So to start off the week we had our presentations on our plan for the Zombie apocalypse. I had prepared this over the Easter and had been practicing the recital, however that still didn't prepare me for the uncharacteristic nerves that set in. I'm usually completely fine with things like this, I guess it was the pressure of it being a formal assessed piece to count towards my final grade. With that being said I think it went quite well, I had some key points from my last presentation I wanted to work on, one being conveying evidence to back up a point. I hope I did this effectively as I reasoned my concepts satisfactorily in my opinion, even though they were actually quite silly. My whole plan was based on riding a motorcycle which I have no clue how to do then riding to a high security prison half way across the country, so I tried to give as much evidence for why a person who is not completely insane would do that. I also tried to project my voice well and capture the audience as much as I could, trying to throw a bit of humor in with the whole silly idea of my plan. Despite the nerves that had set in a few days before the presentation, like I expected, it was painless and over in a flash and I actually quite enjoyed it! I actually wished I had a bit more than three minutes up there! One of the things I could have definitely improved on was the aesthetic quality of the presentation; it wasn't the prettiest. However I also believe that to keep an audiences attention they shouldn't be sidetracked with the imagery, there does need to be a balance, however I do admit I didn't hit the balance.
So that was Tuesday over with. The rest of the week was dedicated to concepting my Zombie modifications! The project I've been waiting for! So I started out with (after the moodboard) sketching extremely roughly over my base truck I'd made previously and annotating my ideas, just to get them on paper. After this I could move onto the next stage which was bringing a few decent concepts forward and photobashing them up. In all honesty I wasn't too satisfied with my concepting, I think I could have done way more with it that what I chose (such as my hoover-leaf blower idea), however I chose the most practical out of some quite wacky designs.
The rest of the week was taken up mostly by writing my Extended Reflection essay which I hadn't got round to in the Easter. It wasn't that I was dreading it, I don't actually mind writing, it was just I did need a break or I'd completely burn out on the cusp of the year.
So, essay done, I'm now moving onto modelling my assets for the 'Zombified' pick-up truck. I'll join you next week with the finished asset and the end of the year! (Wow it's gone quick...)
Until then!
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