AD136 Research Year 1 | Phoebe McCarthy

Phoebe McCarthy

A good article for backing my research up (AD136)

http://https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2014/dec/23/the-return-of-sheer-tights

What have I done this week? 24/10/16- 28/10/16

What have I done this week? This week I have mainly been working on my magazine editorial, writing my evaluation, updating my blog and working on my sketchbook. I have also taken part in a darkroom workshop on Wednesday with Maria (I have written a separate blog post on this). At the moment I am…

My experimentation with sheer tights

My experimentation with sheer tights Throughout this project I have tried out multiple experimentations with sheer tights. My main reasoning for this was to not only broaden my creative skills but to enable me to discover more about the sheer tight and see what I could do with it when deconstructing it. Making Figures:I I…

Darkroom Workshop- 26/10/16

DARKROOM WORKSHOP This week, we had a darkroom workshop with Maria. We were told to get our film developed from the manual cameras we hired out and get it cut into six strips, or how ever many your photos needed. We then got shown the darkroom and what different processes you can do in there….

Photoshoot Images 22/10/16

PHOTOSHOOT IMAGES Below I have inserted some of images from the photoshoot. I have chosen the ones that stood out to me most. When taking the pictures I wanted to keep them crisp and not have noticeable filters over them. I experimented with different ISO’s when photographing and used the natural lighting- enhancing this when…

Photoshoot Outfits / 22/10/16

Photoshoot I decided to do a photoshoot for the object brief as I wanted to capture some pictures that I could manipulate and put in my magazine editorial. I went back home (Broadstairs, Kent) to take the pictures as I wanted to use the promenade stone walls we have by our beaches. I wanted the…

100 Word’s about myself

100 WORDS ON MYSELF From a young age, I’ve been excited by the creative elements of objects and things around me. I like the idea of being able to creative something different with an ordinary object. A main career pathway that excites me is visual merchandising. With any chance I get I will go to…

Experimenting on Photoshop (18/10/16)

Experimenting on Photoshop I decided to take some of the pictures me and my group had taken this past week, of both sheer tights along with the denim and white shirt and experiment with the ‘pattern stamp’ tool. I got images I had taken and made them into a new pattern to layer over an outline…

What did we do today? (19/10/16)

What happened today then? Today we had another tutorial with Phil Tyler. We looked into visual research and how to explore and create new ideas through looking deeper into pieces of art. Phil showed us a painting by Antonio Lopez Garcia named ‘The Table’ (Image below). We first had to quickly sketch the painting, noticing…

Styling Workshop with Stephanie John (10/10/16)

On Monday, as a group we had a lecture about fashion styling from Stephanie John, who was the Styling Director for Burberry for over eight years. I very much enjoyed her lecture as she spoke about gaining research and ideas from outside fashion sources, such as photographers, artists, films etc. I acquainted a lot of…

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