food & emotion

There seemed to be a major lull in my blogging habits for a while, but lately I seem to have become blog obsessed. I also joined Twitter today (lucylikestodraw)... another form of procrastination I could probably do without. I feel pressured to become a vaguely interesting person, now. Rather than the person who has spoken only to the windowcleaner in the past 22 hours...

Anyway, my weekend of drawing has resulted in this little book. It's not a final piece or anything. I'm not entirely sure why I put so many hours in on finalising an idea when really I should still be in the experimentation stages... but nevermind, I quite enjoyed it. I'm just a sucker for bookmaking, and it's a nice way of collating a series like this.

I'm aware these foods don't represent 'the majority'. I conducted a small survey, asking some people what they tend to eat when feeling different ways. Was pretty interesting stuff! Some random answers. But that's the point of it, I guess - the individuality of it all.

The curious case of Lucy's vanishing jeans...

How can a pair of jeans just vanish?

Other than racking my brain over where my jeans have disappeared to, I've seem to have spent the entire weekend drawing food and eating food. It's been quite nice, really. I probably should have ventured outside today to get some fresh air, but nevermind.

food & memories

To kick off this food project I'm doing (ok, so I've technically been doing it for a couple of weeks already, but things have been a bit hectic, and only know can I really throw myself in to it properly!), I've started looking at food as a trigger of memories. So I've spent the past couple of days drawing Toffee Crisps, scones, watermelons, cornish pasties, Cherry Drops, ravioli, Chipsticks, toffee apples, and cheese and pineapple on sticks.

I'm starting to think this food project is a bad idea. It's giving me some serious cravings.

the big two-one

I apologise in advance for the self-indulgent and image-heavy post this is about to become, but it was my birthday at the weekend and I had such a lovely time that I felt the need to post about it. I was spoilt all weekend with good food and good company. Good times.

Birthday breakfast / lilies / balloons / candle in a carrot cake

Lovely books (two of which my brother bought me, not knowing they're actually on my Amazon wish list. Score!) / Rob Ryan wall dacals / Sarah Young linoprints / I got the L, U, C & Y of the Sea Alphabet

If You Could 2008 print collection! It seems a shame to keep them all boxed up, but there's too many to frame or anything. So I'm thinking...a bulldog clip and a rotation system?

ring from my Dad / watch from the grandparents / bracelet from the aunt & uncle / ring from my Mum that she was given for her 21st

My grandparents made a photobook of, well, my life. I'm a bit of a sentimental old fool and love anything like this. Really special :)

A bit of book-love

Last Tuesday at college we were put in to groups and asked to come up with a concept the 3rd year Interior Design group's exhibition book. & today we had to pitch our ideas. Our group came 3rd (congrats Carly and Sophie!), & Nick, Nicola and myself were pretty chuffed with what we'd done. It was kind of based around the Dulux colour sample cards you get. We made a mock up, with all these nice tracing paper bits etc. It looks a bit battered (or 'well loved') now, but took some photos anyway.

Obviously it won't actually say 'info info info' and 'project title', but you get the drift...
It was quite a nice little project. I do love making books.

Those apostrophes again...

I've finally finished making alterations to those apostrophe's posters! This makes me very pleased indeed. We have to submit them to ISTD next Friday, and I just wanted it all sorted, 'cause I'm off to Norwich for my birthday this weekend - I want to indulge in food and shopping without having to stress about apostrophes and grid systems.

Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with how they've turned out. Good times.

Breakfast & portfolio-love

So we've got to start our 2nd year final projects. It's self-directed and you write your own brief. I've gone for food & illustration. I'm not entirely sure where I'm going to head with it. Something to do with food and its consumers. To kick it off, I drew my breakfast this morning. I was considering doing this every day to build up a series, but I think it would be pretty dull ad repetetive. But maybe that would be the point. Hmm.


In other news, I was very excited when this package arrived this morning:

My beautiful new A3 red leather portfolio/display book! It's gorgeous. But I'm going to be so protective over it, making sure it doesn't get scratched. Maybe the odd scratch will just give it character. Yes.

The apostrophe's what?

Remember those apostrophes posters I did a while back? Well I'm making adjustments before I submit them to ISTD for assessment.

It's quite nice going back to them, as you see them with fresh eyes. But I've tried so many variations of layouts now that I think I'm on the verge of insanity. I think I'm just about happy with the main three, it's just that awkward fourth one giving me grief.

Time for a cup of coffee, I reckon. I'll get back to it in the morning when my mind is less numb...

In other news...

In other news, I have Evie Milo of Milomade to thank for putting me forward as one of this month's featured sellers on Folksy! Pretty flattered!

Other positive things this week = the possibility of a bit of summer work experience, and perhaps a few of my images appearing in a book some time soon. Exciting stuff.

Other not so positive things = my USB stick dying on me the weekend before last. Work was lost, tears were shed, tea was drunk, and calm was resumed. Lessons were learnt, and work will be relentlessly backed-up in future.

Entice

The past few weeks have been pretty hectic, but today it all came together, and it's so been worth it. We've been working on group projects at college, teamed up with students from interior design, developing concepts for the redesign of a food kiosk - name, style, products, branding, packaging etc. So this is all the work of Heather MacKenzie, Nicola Green, Nick Lunt and myself.

Our concept was to offer fancy cupcakes, soups and bruschettas. We were aiming for a style that combines a contemporary feel with antique, rustic twists. An exhibition's been set up at college, and this morning all groups presented their work.

I made some cakes. Mainly for display purposes in the packaging, but we also suspected the tutors may be open to bribes... They all went, and I'm hoping I didn't manage to poison anyone.

The project's been ace, and I was lucky to be working within a lovely group. But as nice at it has been, we were so glad to get it all handed in today. Time to start thinking about the new brief now - the final one of the year, gah!