I found the Invisible Cities project challenging but fun to do. I enjoyed picking a city and drawing out concepts for it. Although I struggled with making thumbnails, I think I've really improved my skills and for the next project it'll be a lot easier. Where I made thumbnails in very uniform boxes, I think it scared me a bit and gave me a lot of trouble when it came to trying to imagine up ideas. I realised, later on in the project when coming up with ideas for Zenobia, that if I didn't draw the boxes I felt a lot more free to come up with ideas, and it made it so much easier. It's amazing how such a tiny difference in my workflow has helped me enormously!
If there is one thing I could change about this project, it would be how I've managed my time. Going from a college course that didn't require any work at home and was only two days a week, to a full time uni course was a massive change for me and took some adjusting. At the beginning of the course, when we first got our brief, I wish I'd have gotten ahead with my work before the pressure really set in! Although I really regret leaving the work, I've definitely taken a lesson from this and will adjust how I work next time. This project was an eye-opener of what uni is like and it's definitely essential to put in more time compared to my old college course!
The main thing I enjoyed about the project was that I've never really done environments before, because I'm more of a character artist. I never had much confidence in doing environments as I've never actually practiced them, but once I got stuck in I realised it wasn't going to be as bad as I thought - it was actually very fun to do, in fact. This was the main thing that surprised me about the project, as I came in a bit apprehensive about how well I was going to do. I quite like my finished designs, and although they could do with a bit more detail, they are a good start to my first year. This is a good starting point for me to improve!
In conclusion I've really enjoyed the first project of uni. I'm excited to move onto the next one so I can take what I've learnt forwards with me.
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