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Journal View Points Welcome back to my Blog, all about Art and design developments within my  own practice.  I have been studying an MA in Design for the last couple of weeks. University Lincoln is a lovely university, set within the ancient city of Lincoln with views of the Castle walls and castle of Lincoln.Not forgetting the profile of Lincoln Cathedral always finding itself on the skyline/cityscape background.  The University Design and Architecture building is super modern with large windows looking across the river were there are many little river boats moated  plus an arrangement of trendy bars and restaurants frequented via the young and talented. I have joined the main group of MA students a couple of weeks late,due to a late application(email went on the run somewhere).However I previously joined an MA course some years ago and had to drop out due to unforeseen circumstances (my mum got cancer and I had parental responsibilities that made it more diffi...

Sketch book developments Reviewing previous sketch books can help evoke understanding of personal working practice and encourage an awareness of personal handwriting. Also it helps to consider ,which way one wants to proceed in terms of illustration style. Considering how I want my new sketch book /journal to look like and how to proceed forward in regard to direction with my masters degree project brief portfolio and analysis reflections. MA Design Concepts for Final Show My major Project for my Masters degree is based on Print making techniques within fashion and textiles, developing surface design concepts using other elements/ materials as detail and embellishment. Using my experience in knitwear design and accessories to develop new and inspirational developments within design practice techniques. My inquiring and questions will be how can I demonstrate that there are links between other modern-ities within other design practices. Showing I can demonstrate visual methodologies...

Fashion illustration Journey. The images below show a variety of different fashion illustration  techniques used previously including early illustrator work with Winifred Aldridge who has developed software for computer aided design and also written a number of useful books on pattern cutting and computer design for the fashion industry. Early fashion illustration from life drawing Adobe Fashion illustration technique Early 90's Collection shown in New York. Early Fashion Illustrations using early Adobe Illustrator. Mid 80's Illustrations of design Concepts. Knit and Painted Silk fabric concepts. New Concept ideas for fashion illustrations New direction for style for illustrations

Fashion Illustrations Illustration development using secondary research via contemporary fashion illustrators.  Illustrations created years apart showing inspirations of Fashion and Textile direction. The second image drawn in the early 1980s, the first being more recent early One's.                              Contextualization In order to contextualize my current creative direction.I believe it's important to take a reflective look at previous work achieved, in order to create a retrospective view point moving forward with current work developments. The following images are a of a previous career path within a label based business creating hand crafted Knitwear for a global market place, working with key customer based department stores small independent retailers and designer lead labels.Including Paul Smith LTD, Burberry's , Harrods, Selfridges, French Connection, Oasis stores and too many more to menti...