Extra may blog

This month I did stuff to get ready for my senior presentation. 

I drew things for the slideshow 

I made things to show people 

I learned a lot from the senior project and I am a better Designer because of it. 

Blog 23 Senior Project reflection

itle: Blog 23:  Senior Project Reflection
Label: Presentation
Directions: Please answer the following questions, and submit them to the blog.
Due Date: The day after your block presentation by 8:00 A.M.


(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I am most proud of what i learned during the project. I am proud to say that I went out and found a mentor along with other people who guided me through the process of design.



(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?

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b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?


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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

What worked for me in the project was the independent component. Because fashion design is my passion, I was able to advance my studies in this area while still doing something that I love.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

If I could go back in time, i would do more interviews with more people not just my mentor to get a better idea of what to talk about in my presentation. 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

The senior project was helpful to me because it let me study design, a passion of mine. It also allowed me to express my creativity in a presentation format.

Blog 22: Mentorship

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog -DONE 

·     Contact Name and Mentorship Place

-Kami Boonthanakit

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

- Working on the senior project, i was able to draw valuable skills in research from the research that we had to do. I also was able to practice my skills in searching for something important to me, like my mentorship. This helped me with persistence. 

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

-My essential question focuses on the difficulties of creating a fashion collection, throughout the past months, i was able to work closely with a mentor and on my own to create many collections. These collections i created help me answer my essential question because the direct experience showed me what is the best way to create a successful collection. 

Exit interview blog

Content:

(1) My essential question is "what is the best way to create a cohesive fashion collection?".

 My first answer is "The best way to create a cohesive fashion collection is by gaining an understanding of your inspiration and applying it to your collection using a design technique to tie in each garment."

my second answer is "The best way to create a cohesive fashion collection is by incorporating personal design style with the influence of your inspiration to impliment in your collection"

My third answer is  "The best way to create a cohesive and successful fashion collection is by influencing your designs using an idea and a material that reflect your inspiration while keeping in mind the objective of the collection.  "

My best answer is #3 because it embodies the most important factors of a successful collection.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

I arrived to this answer by creating and working on many fashion collections over the course of the senior project and i have concluded that #3 shows the parts of a collection that the consumer and others look for in a design. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

some problems i faced were design and construction related. I had problems with sewing and designing sometimes. These were easily solved by searching online for information or contacting my mentor.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

The two most important sources I had were Voislav Cionca, an architect, and my mentor and fashion designer, Kami Boonthanakit. These people showed me how to overcome problems in design but also how to push my abilities in design further. 

April Blog

What I did this april to further my essential Question:

I spent a lot of time with my mentor this month, we worked on various projects and she helped me answer my essential Question. One thing we did was work on the concept of a cohesive collection with was fitting considering my essential question has everything to do with that. The conversations that I have with my mentor and her husband, Ted, who is a fantastic illustrator have made me a better designer and have taught me about illustration and design which i will teach in my presentation.

Below are some pictures of things I've worked on with my mentor:

Above is a couture style illustration using ink and maker

Above is an illustration of a pair of shoes to practice perspective, shading, and glare. 

Above is called a "flat" illustration. This is where the illustration is motionless and is often used to show the details of a complicated garment so that they can be understood and not just interpreted as they may be in a kinetic sketch. 

independent component blog

LITERAL
“I, Alexandru Andronescu, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 65.5 hours of work.”

(The biggest help I had in answering my essential question was through my mentor, Kami B. She was a great influence on my designing and has taught me a lot about design in the many hours that I have spent with her. 

WHAT DID I COMPLETE? 

I was able to complete a few well constructed garments, illustrate them, pattern them correctly. I was also able to advance my illustration and design skills in a way that would push me farther when I go to college for design.

I was also able to compete many illustrations that can be presented upon request.

INTERPRETIVE 

I will present below illustrations, my completed garments, and some photos of my pattern book. If any more is required to defend the hours that I have completed, I will present them.

APPLIED

The independent component was instrumental in me answering my essential question because i lived the answers to my question. There were no hypotheticals involved and i was able to experience exactly what i was trying to prove with my answers. 

above is a watercolor illustration I made while studying the anatomy of shoes

here is the beginning stages of studying how to illustrate shoes using a 2HB pencil

here is one illustration of the dress i am currently working on but began during independent component 

above is an illustration using COPIC markers to study face structure, contrast, and hair.

above is one of the completed garments for one of the first photoshoots that i was doing at the beginning go the component 

March Blog

WHAT I DID THIS MARCH TO HELP ME FURTHER MY ANSWERS FOR MY ESSENTIAL QUESTION?

This March I met with my mentor several times to discuss design and illustration. My mentor showed me some different mediums of illustration such as watercolor, Marker, and ink. We also discussed chef coat designs and their practicality. I then spoke to my mentors son, a chef, about what is necessary or something that is often something a chef would like to have in a chefs coat to improve the design. With this information, I went back and discussed with my mentor important factors like material and ventilation for the coat. I was then given the assignment to go home and start working on them. 

Chefs coat design

Above is an illustration I made of a chefs coat design that I came up with. The upper body is loose with wide and short sleeves to allow ventilation as well as to not restrict movement. It also features key important details like the neck being open and the pen pocket. 

Pink ink design

Above is an illustration i made with the use of ink. My mentor was telling me all about how the ink is similar to watercolor but in some ways is faster to access because you still need to wet the watercolor. In this piece, my mentor had me use one color and to show the feeling as well as the color of the dress. By the silhouette and color of the hair and the lips, it gives a different feel and theme to the illustration and garment.