I think I have finally finished my FMP!!

I went in this morning to help with the exhibition build but I was an hour late due to personal reasons so when I got there most of the hard work had been done, I do feel bad about this but I also did ask Mark as soon as I got there if I could go to the library asap as I’m really trying to avoid taking the extension.

He said this was fine just to stay til lunch, which I did.

Since then I have been sat in the library finishing the FMP.

I have added in my exhibition plans to the sketchbook, sent off my A3 PDF for Chris to organise printing for and paid for an A1 print of my poster to be printed at a brighton printing service. Doing at a printing service was easier than trying to organise it with reprographics at uni as I could just upload it from my laptop and know that it’s done.

Now, onto finishing the portfolio!!

I have spent 10.5 hours in the Library today with maddie. We have been grafting our bottoms off trying to get our projects finished.

I feel like I have made good progress today and am getting closer and closer to finishing the FMP!! YAY!!

There are a handful of things left for me to do within the FMP and while this is a wonderful feeling, I know that I still have quite a lot to do for the portfolio. I’m hoping that if I finish the FMP tomorrow, I can spend next week smashing the portfolio out. I know we’re expected to be in to help build the exhibition all week from the schedule and I will be going in on Monday as I have already got it covered at work. I do however hope that considering the circumstances and having an extension, I will be allowed to continue working on my portfolio for the rest of the week in hopes I can submit all on the 3rd. I feel like I can definitely do it IF I get the FMP finished this week.

Okay, so, I’ve been adding the finishing touches to the new website and after editing it following the advice of my last tutorial, I’m happy with the outcome. The first website was cool because it had parts of the template that were flashy and engaging but looking back on it now, it’s definitely too much, especially for the type of service I’m offering.

My new website is clean, organised and professional and I’m feeling really confident in submitting it as my final outcome.

In other news, I did apply for an extension and it has been granted…

I don’t want to use it though. I have a week left and reckon I can get the FMP finished in time. Just need to spend all my free time in the Library getting work done and finished. There’s still quite a few blanks in my sketchbook that I need to do but Eloise said last week to leave the sketchbook alone because it’s finished.

I haven’t analysed and broken down the website design yet which I know I definitely need to do and there are other things I want to do to show my development as well so I’m giving myself to the end of this week to do them.

Today I had the last opportunity for a tutorial with Eloise before hand in. With energy running low from how much I’ve been using my brain the for the past month, I feel as though I didn’t get what I should have out of it. There are quite a few things I forgot to ask Eloise.. I might ask in am email if I have time, but for now, I’m just going to get on with the last remaining things I have to do.

I showed Eloise my new website and she advised me to take some images out as it had started to look repetitive. I agree on one example I have included within the website (the one we was looking at when she suggested) so will edit this later. I have redesigned the website on a new site, adobe portfolio after my success with this when creating my portfolio website. I followed her instructions to make my images smaller within the page.

While I was advised rework the website into something a little more simple, I still feel as if I like my first version more. I just feel like it’s more professional and actually looks like a real brand website whereas the new version is more of a portfolio.

I don’t know what to do go with because on one hand Eloise told me her thoughts on the original website but on the other hand, I can’t help but feeling like the look of the website is down to personal preference.

I probably will go with the new website to put forward as my final outcome because I’m always told less is more and the site is pretty easy to navigate.

I wanted to take the time to just reflect on why I haven’t included one of the shoots within my website and exhibition plan.

The shoot, Blood On My Nikes, didn’t go wrong nor was I unhappy with the outcomes. I feel that I conducted a shoot that conceptually but also obviously reflected the song it was influenced from. I just find that as that was one of the first shoots I did, my work progressed as the FMP went on. I feel like the other shoots I did show a higher level of photography and styling. I don’t think the Blood On My Nikes shoot matches the level of the other shoots so I’m not including it within my final outcome nor the exhibition. I also feel that the way they’re quite gruesome pictures isn’t appropriate for a website anyone can view, they almost need a trigger warning as the fake blood looks quite real.

After todays tutorial, Eloise suggested there were a few things I needed to change about the website and with the problems I’ve been having with wix, I decided to use adobe portfolio to redesign my website. I went into doing that kind of unseriously but turns out I much prefer the look of it for my FMP final outcome. It allows me to do all the changes Eloise suggested to me while also creating a website I’m proud of that’s also easy to use. Wayyyy less stressful than wix.

I’ve finished putting in all the images onto the site and chosen where and how I want to incorporate the colour pallet I have decided on, just need to add a home page. I’m waiting to see what Eloise says about the new version before I carry on incase the new version isn’t as good as the original one.