categorising images

In one of our seminars we got given a number of cards with all different kinds of people. We were told to categorise them in anyway we felt that was right. So we went through different types such as Eras, Actors, Authors, Models, Artists/Musicians, Influential People/Presidents, Companies, Designers, Products, Single, Couples and Groups. We then had to choose one from the pile that inspired us, I choose Andy Warhol as his pop art is wonderful.

Then we had to pair up and show a picture of ourself in an everyday outfit and try and sum up our 'Personal Style. My partner told me that I looked polished, glamorous and minimalistic. I feel as thought I don't have a specific style and that I change all the time, I can go from really girly, to punky, to gothic, to colourful and to dark. I don't stay away from anything I just choose what appeals to me. It can be vintage or new, it can be something I wouldn't think anyone else would wear and that you have to be quite confident to wear such as a bold print. I really love to express myself through fashion and put different types of outfits together. However my 'everyday look' would have to be whatever I feel to most comfortable and whichever keeps me the most warm/cool for the weather that day. Therefore a lot of my clothes tend to be quite high street and plain on these types of days. I had fun completing this task and looking at what other people wore and their styles.

my personal manifesto

I completed a personal manifesto so that it would inspire me and encourage me to be creative and to think positive. This includes basically everything that I aspire to be and everything is life that people should think and follow. Of course there are some specific things that only apply to myself like 'fashion' or 'stylish' but the others are great thing to look back over if you are feeling uninspired have a 'creative block' or just need help to get you through the day. I thought this was a really nice idea to complete one of these and enjoyed finding and choosing words that put a smile on my face!

S.W.O.T.

Whilst in one of our lectures, it was suggested that it would be a good idea to do a S.W.O.T. This includes my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and treats.

First I started out with my strengths, the first ones that I choose were things I have been passionate about since a young age. Photography, photoshop design, editing and blogging. I have been through my fair share of different types of blogs, including fanfics, graphic blogs, nail art blogs and currently I have my own fashion blog. I think this shows that I love creating these in my own time and being a part of something as well, such as the bloggers community. I started my design work on paint when I was about 7, from there I was given photoshop and couldn't stay away from it, I've spent countless amounts of time on this programme and still enjoy every part of it. Then I moved on to say I am good with time-management as I always (normally) get everything done for it's deadline. I also feel as though I have a great passion to achieve and produce things, meaning I don't always see things as work but as something that inspires me and something I would do as a hobby anyway.

Now moving onto my weaknesses, this is something not everyone likes to talk about, but I have to say that I have very little self-confidence, of course this has been building over the years, and I am well on my way to not only being confident in myself but comfortable speaking and expressing opinions in front of other people. I feel as though I am weak at creative writing but I don't have a large vocabulary, and tend to not speak using 'fancy' words, although I will work hard to improve this.

My opportunities are basically working on my treats so they are not a problem to me anymore. I can see myself making sure I achieve highly and wanted to complete all my work to a high standard.