I just found out that one of my photographs was voted runner up in a Tigerprint competition called "Teenage Years." I am so happy as this is only the second competition I have entered and to get runner up feels great!

Being runner up I win a lovely book called "A Year of Mornings"

I also got 2 in the top 17!

Here are the designs (first "party time" was the runner up. "be dazzling" in the top 17)

Getting back on track

I have decided that I needed to get my ass into gear!

I felt like I had been sitting around moping about what I cannot do and the things that havent been working out for me, instead of seeing what it is I can do. Some things do not always work out as planned, and there will be a lot of times when things will fail. I have to pick myself up and carry on.



I decided to enter a competition at Tigerprint and it helped motivate me to carry on designing. I am currently looking for placements and jobs, and am possitive that I will find something.

Heres some bits and pieces I have been working on the last couple of days.

Blocked

Since the christmas Period has ended my mind has been elsewhere...not really sure where. I need to start designing again, but I just cannot seem to motivate myself. Hopefully over the next few days I can motivate myself.

Finding a job is not easy either. Hopefully that will pick up soon too :) I have faith :)

On a plus note, I graduated on December 6th 2011. I am now a Design Graduate. It was a lovely day, even if I was overcome with the flu. Just received my professional graduation pictures today. It was a lovely reminder.

Here is one taken on the day. Thank you to Darren for being a lovely photographer. Thats Chevonne Mckenzie on the right. A great friend and Designer. Check out here blog here

Edacious Bloom

Currently working on multiple projects, hopefully in the next week I should have some items up on etsy.
Working on my own project and working to my own brief feels different to when I was doing this in Uni. All is coming together nicely though.

Here is some of my framed pieces of work

I am also working on a new project, trying to work with a theme that I have not done much of before, interpreting it into my own style. This is still a work in progress, but here is another design. This project is titled "Edacious Bloom"

Back to the drawing board

After a LONG 3 days of being in bed with a Migraine I was finally able to get some work done over the last couple of days...

....until I was rudely interrupted.

That will teach me for going to get a drink. Still I couldn't bear to move him :)

Web design

Just in the process of designing a website for a printed textile designer and recent graduate Chevonne Mckenzie. Her work is so fresh and humorous. It definitely brightens my day. Check out her blog:

Chevonne Mckenzie Blog

Childhood Memories

I vaguely remember drawing these as a child. I used to love reading a story and them drawing my own pictures to go with them.