The Photoshoot!

Hi everyone!

So, I've got the pictures back from my photoshoot! I'm so so pleased with the outcomes, really happy! Here's my favourite photo of Kath, I'm absolutely in love with it!



Photographer: James Wildberg
Model: Kath Cronin

To see the rest of the pictures, click here!

Lauren xxx

Photoshoot sneak peek

Hi everyone!

Today I did my photoshoot with the lovely James Wildberg and Kath Cronin! I'm really pleased with the images and I can't wait to see them all properly edited!
Until then, here's a sneaky peek!



Lauren xxx

Ready for photoshoot!

Hello!

I'm really happy because today I finished my dress ready for my photoshoot! It still needs to be lined but I'm going to do that after the photoshoot is done. Here it is!



Lauren xxx

Making my final outcomes

Hi everyone!

Just thought I'd show you some progress pictures of making my final outcomes! I started making my dress this week and I've taught myself how to insert piping! I'm pleased with how it's going so far!





Lauren xxx

Professional CV

Hi!

Here is my professional CV. The content of this is slightly different to my creative CV because after a tutorial with Karen I was advised to tailor it to the job role I will be in after uni - which in my case is joining the management team at the shop I work in (Boyes). Here it is!



Lauren xxx

Creative CV

Hi everyone,

As part of our professional practice we had to do a creative CV as well as a professional one. I decided to keep the theme I have running throughout my branding package. Here it is!



Lauren xxx

Letterhead

Hello!

To finish off my branding package I've done a letterhead! Here it is!



Lauren xxx

Compliment Slips

Hi everyone!

I've been continuing with my branding package today and I've made some compliment slips.
Here they are!



Lauren xxx

Business Cards

Hi everyone!

These are my business cards! I've decided to keep the theme flowing through my whole branding package and keep them fairly simple. Here's a front and back view.




Lauren xxx

Swing tags

Hello everyone!

Here's my swing tags! I decided to use the same background as I used on my moodboard to tie everything together, and I think it works well with my logo too so I think I will use that as a base for all my branding package!



Lauren xxx

My Logo

Hello again!

I've finished my logo for my branding package! I wanted it to look quite raw and sketchy because I think that's the style of most of my work but I wanted it to still be simple and contemporary. Here's what I came up with!



Lauren xxx

Branding Inspiration

Hello!

I'm making a start on my branding package so I thought I'd go on Pinterest for a bit of inspiration! I've made a board to inspire me with the styles of business cards etc. Click here to have a look!



Lauren xxx

Poses for drawing

Hi everyone!

I've been doing a bit of drawing practice for my final illustrations because I haven't drawn in a really long time and I decided to make a Pinterest board of poses I like that I can use later and draw from :) click here to have a look!



Lauren xxx

Easter Tombola

Hi everyone!

We've done another bit of fundraising for our show!

One of the ideas we had originally was to do a Tombola so that's what we've done!

We all brought prizes in like gift sets, easter eggs, sweets, cinema tickets etc and me, Rosie, Nat and Jen set up the Tombola!

It went really well and we made a lot of money! All the prizes got won too!

Here's some pictures...





Lauren xxx

Cake sale number 3!

Hi everyone!

We did our third cake sale! It went really well!

Rosie made cookies again which sold really well and since the smaller cakes weren't selling too well last time I decided to make three big cakes instead! I made a Mars bar cake because that sold really well before, and I also made a Creme egg cake for Easter and an Oreo cake!

Here are the pictures!








Jen and Natalie manned the stall again and they also ran a "guess the sweets in the jar" and a blind card at the same time!

Lauren xxx

Preparing for our third cake sale...

Hello!

Here's our posters for our next cake sale!





Hopefully it will be just as successful as the others!

Lauren xxx

Our second cake sale!

Hi everyone!

We've done our second cake sale!

Me and Rosie baked again and Jen and Natalie manned the stall.

Rosie made cookies and they sold really well so we've decided to do another one and do those again next time. I made a mars bar cake which sold out really fast so I will definitely make one of those next time too!

However, we found that cupcakes didn't sell very well so we decided not to do those next time and just focus on doing big cakes and cookies.

Here are the pictures!








Lauren xxx

Poster for our second cake sale

Hello!

Here is the poster for our second cake sale!



Stay tuned to see how it went!

Lauren xxx

JustGiving

As part of my role in the group I have created a Just Giving page for our group's static show so that if people can't make it to the fundraising events such as cake sales etc but they want to help still then they can donate!

The page is closed now because it only lasts a month but we raised £77 from that alone!!! So I feel that it was a success.




Lauren xxx

The Cake Sale

Hi everyone!

So, we did our first fundraising activity!

We did a cake sale, Me, Rosie and Hannah B baked and the others manned the stall. Since it was near Valentine's day we decided to make it themed around the day. Here are the pictures!








Because it was a success we have decided to eventually do another one! Stay tuned for more updates!

Lauren xxx

Fundraising Ideas Board

Hello!

In our studio space we have a big chalk board so we decided as a group to use this space to record our ideas and progress for fundraising. We have also made a little list on there of reminders for things we need to do.
Here's how it looks so far:



We've decided as the first fundraising activity to do a cake stall, so expect posts on that soon!

Lauren xxx

FMP Pinterest board

Hi everyone!

As a way of referencing all my images I've used in my FMP sketchbook and as inspiration, I've created a Pinterest board with them all on, and if you click on each image it will take you to the source. Click here to view the board.



Lauren xxx

Online Presence

Hi everyone!

Today I have been updating all my profiles online and social media accounts to make sure I have a professional online presence. One of the things that we have been told in Professional Studies is to make sure we have a professional-looking profile photo that is a high-resolution image and gives off the right message about you as a person. I have decided to use a picture of myself which was taken in a collaborative photoshoot me and my course friends organised last year. I chose this image because it is professional-looking and of a high quality, and it is also very avant-garde and creative and I think it matches my creative personality and style as a designer very well. To make sure that it looks its best I have been editing it on Photoshop so airbrush away any flaws, alter the lighting, and make the colours more vibrant so it really stands out.
Here is the edited photo:



If you don't already follow me on all my social media accounts online, you can find them by clicking on the various headers at the top of my blog page!

Lauren xxx

Photoshoot styling and inspiration

Hi everyone!

I have been doing for planning for my FMP photoshoot and I decided to look on Pinterest for inspiration. There are lots of good ideas on there for styling and photography styles so I have made a board to collate the things I like together. Also, my model Kath is very good at doing her makeup and has kindly agreed to do her own makeup for the photoshoot so I will use this as a guide for her to see how I want the makeup to look. Click here to see the board.



Lauren xxx

Photoshoot planning

Hi everyone!

As part of our professional studies module we all have to do a photoshoot of our FMP eventually to put in our portfolios. I've been starting to plan mine and I'm very happy because I've found a model who has said she will do mine for me - her name is Kath and she is on another course at my university. I chose her because she is the right build and size for my clothing, she is very pretty, and she has a very unusual and quirky look which I think will work well with the styling of my photoshoot.



Lauren xxx

3D concept of our static show idea

Hello!

We finally got a 3D representation of our final static show idea! The fantastic Graham from the IT department has made us a computer-rendered 3D image of the sketch we made so that we could see what it will look like. However, when we looked at it and the dimensions we found out that the space to walk through will be too narrow for people to walk through with ease. We thought about adding more boards to make it bigger but that would mean that it wouldn't fit in the space that we have anymore, so we're going to need to change it I think. Stay tuned because I will update when we have made more progress with it!
Here are the images:




Lauren xxx