tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59666456378799021092024-03-13T19:07:23.382+00:00buttercup and dotAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-83335705957966550262015-05-12T11:06:00.002+01:002015-05-12T11:06:41.428+01:00Hello, my new website is now live it's <a href="http://nikkiupsher.com/">nikkiupsher.com</a> I hope you like it :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-23871728416742892302015-03-25T13:41:00.000+00:002015-03-25T20:27:03.930+00:00New Website...My new website is <a href="http://nikkiupsher.com/">nikkiupsher.com</a>, it should be finished in a couple of weeks and my blog will be transferred over as well :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-30844755715240363202015-03-25T13:37:00.000+00:002015-03-25T22:29:22.621+00:00MATS B... WK 3 Scrapbook Project<div style="text-align: center;">
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Week 3 of Lilla's MATS course was Scrapbooking…for me this was the hardest week so far! The mini assignment was based on airships… and if I'm totally honest, I wasn't loving it. <span style="text-align: center;">This then led onto the main scrapbook project with the theme of Vintage Communication, including airships. Although I struggled more with this brief, I'm glad I persevered… I definitely enjoyed it more once I started putting colour down. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-36980763833578518872015-03-19T20:24:00.003+00:002015-03-19T20:24:59.893+00:00MATS B wk 2 continued...For my final babywear project, I went back to illustrator... I just feel more comfortable using this software and I seem to get a more contemporary look. I am pleased with my final project, but I think that maybe it is more toddler/ young girls rather than baby wear and the characters need to be cuter and more stylised.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-58059438483218908472015-03-19T20:09:00.005+00:002015-03-19T20:23:26.409+00:00MATS Week 2...The second week is Baby Apparel, which is my absolute favourite area…the brief is seahorse's …so cute!<br />
I wanted to practice my character development for this…I always struggle between photoshop and illustrator, I am naturally drawn to illustrator, but I like the way you can achieve a more painterly style/textures in photoshop.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-71758037770782580922015-03-19T19:44:00.000+00:002015-03-19T19:47:33.099+00:00Freelancing and Lilla's MATS course part B...Wow, a lot has happened since I last posted...I left my full time greeting card design job to freelance...a big decision, but something I have wanted to do for a long time. This also mean't I was able to move back to my home town of Bath... it' s great to be home!<br />
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I have been freelancing since January and there has definitely been some up's and down's! :)<br />
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I have also been doing Lilla's Roger's MATS course part B...the first week is paper products, the brief is toy trains... design a portrait Christmas card. Tricky as a train is horizontal, but the greeting card is portrait. Here is my final piece...hope you like it :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859070294969087217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966645637879902109.post-17890048390339793372014-09-11T21:57:00.002+01:002014-09-11T22:38:09.701+01:00Here's my semi final entry for the Lilla Rogers Talent Competition 2014... The brief was to design an animal character for a child's t-shirt. The top 6 get announced next week, so I'm keeping everything crossed it's good enough! <br />
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I designed a range of plates with a theme of bromeliads, this project was set by Lilla Rogers in the MATS part 1. This is my favourite plate from the collection...<br />
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My first assignment for Lilla's Bootcamp was to design a phone cover, the theme was Cuckoo Clocks... hope you like it :)</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I have named my new design studio after my beautiful greek rescue dog Dotty, who is now in doggie heaven running through buttercup fields...</span></div>
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