Saturday 13th September - Passport

Saturday was our first crit assessment, for which we had to fill a small passport-sized sketchbook and make it represent an aspect of ourselves. The themes that emerged across the class were diverse and intriguing, from mental health to the journey through life, and the best passports inspired discussion throughout the class. 

Unfortunately, I did not finish my own passport on the day, but I managed to fully plan it and decide what I wanted it to show; namely, my development as a person from early life until now. I used significant milestones such as learning to read, write, speak, and so on, and added to the character I had drawn over each page so that by the end it would have built up to a full, up-to-date representation of myself. This was executed in the style of a scientific or historical journal, featuring labelled diagrams of these milestones alongside the progressively changing character I had created.

The first lesson I learnt from this project was to do with timekeeping - it is important to set aside time to plan and have a fully realised idea before sitting down to complete an assignment, otherwise as the idea grows and develops while you work you are forced to restart and accommodate for those changes, resulting in lost time. 

I also learnt a great deal about how I like to work - choosing an idea that seems interesting on an aesthetic level, then working something deeper into it. This is not always successful, and in future I may have to break out of this comfort zone, but for this project I felt it worked well enough and enabled me to portray what I wanted to effectively and succinctly.

Pictures to follow.

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