Things Are Looking Up!

Hello there readers! November is upon us & Fridays return to their usual sort of post. There will be a slight change though as my schedule has become full of Uni coursework, so I'll be reducing actual posts to every 2 weeks starting the week after next. On the Fridays I don't post anything properly I'll try & at least post some pictures from my week, but I may not, depends on how busy I am or how interesting my week's been.

Speaking of Uni, I thought I'd give an update on my personal life, seeing as the last time anything was properly said about that was September. As the title (very optimistically) says- things are looking up! (I would add 'oh finally!' to reference Paramore but I think that'd be a bit over-dramatic.)

For those of you that know me IRL or have read some of my older posts, you'll know that I was rather disappointed with my first year at Uni & such feelings left me unsure of my chosen career choice. I'll admit, I wasn't particularly looking forward to going back because of this, however, I chose to remain hopeful & optimistic about the second year, & I have to say I'm a lot happier with the course this year!

For starters, the intro talk given by the course leader was really optimistic, giving insight into the things previous students have done & what we can achieve. I felt really good after that- raring to crack on & get designing!

Secondly, the tutors are so much better this year! A couple of them I encountered last year, one in particular was always one I favoured, but this year we have a new addition who happens to be my personal tutor- & she is brilliant! She's a friendly human being & very motivational- after a tutorial the other day I felt really eager to go & get creative, which led to me creating a great looking final piece:

Needs some tweaking, but am pleased with how the brush lettering came out! Based on a speech given by Bill Gates. Vectorised in Illustrator to make it editable.

Admittedly, there's a lot of work being back at Uni, as I've said, & after four months off it took my brain a while to adjust to the workload! Still, at least I'm actually enjoying myself & learning things, unlike last year.

As well as Uni going in the right direction, I've also passed my driving test- yay! After it being postponed twice, I decided to check online for a cancellation & voila! Got an earlier one! It's great to finally have this independence & to be able to drive properly, as they say, you really start learning to drive when you're properly on the road.

Another thing which I'm really pleased about is that I made a sale on RedBubble! Whilst lettering for the project above, I decided that I'd letter one of my favourite quotes from 'In The Flesh', which, after vectorising, I put up on RedBubble. A few days later, I had an email come through saying I'd made a sale- which I think is pretty awesome! Haven't earned much from it but still, knowing that someone out there has bought something I've designed is awesome!

A screenshot of the piece on RedBubble, which you can find here.

There we have it, a brief insight into my personal life over the past month. I'm glad I'm finally enjoying my course & I soon plan to improve my presence on the web. I also have an idea for a project for next year, but that will be revealed nearer the time.

As I said, Friday posts won't be as regular, or if they are, not all of them will be overly wordy.

But that's all for now, I hope life is going well for you all out there!

Thanks for reading! :D

Ice cream selfie from Sprinkles. You've not seen my face in a while so I thought I'd share. :)