I have now finished everything for my portfolio and just need to submit. Makes me feel sick thinking about it and in all honesty I think all the checking over I’m doing is procrastinating against submitting.

Overall I have found task 2 really hard because of the freedom to what we create. For some people this was probably something exciting but for someone that has around 10098834683 thoughts per second, no real direction can be quite overwhelming. Trial and error was a big part in finding successful outcomes but I’m so glad I’ve stuck at it and given it my all because I’m honestly so proud of everything. It might not be up to everyones taste but it is mine and that’s what matters. It’s not often I have something good to say about myself but I’m honestly still so shocked at my change in attitude towards uni.

Now this is probably going to be my last blog post so I feel it is only right to sign off.

Brighton University, you have been a whole whirlwind of emotions and an experience that I will never forget. Never ever did I think that I, Sarah Yaz Green, would get into university let alone finish it!!! So providing that all my work hasn’t completely flopped, its an honour to say thank you for letting me become the first person in my family to graduate, thanks for all you’ve taught me and I HOPE you remember me when I’m rich and famous 🙂

Lots of Love

YAZIA

Yeah so that didn’t happen, the fmp took all of my focus as I was way more on track to have that finished by the original deadline.

I’m very grateful that I had my extension approved because there is no way I would have been able to get my portfolio submission up to the standard its at right now.

Since finishing my FMP I have been working everyday to get the portfolio finished. Experimenting more than I have wanted to but pushing myself this last bit has been a true testament to how much my mentality has progressed towards uni since even last year.

Third year really has been a whole different experience for me in a hard but positive way.

Looking at how my portfolio project has developed has given me a lot of confidence within my creative abilities.

Initially I had felt quite overwhelmed at the printed portfolio outcome because I knew that there was a lot of work I was going to want to include however felt that creating the digital archive all the work from my degree allowed me to narrow down what I would include in the printed portfolio.

I’m now just adding finishing touches to my sketchbook but all outcomes are finished. All I need to do now is upload the finished outcomes to a separate presentation and go over everything and then I think I will have finished… scary

I have the framework there for the portfolio, I just need to add the sketchbook and create the final outcomes. When I say framework, I mean that I have my logo experiments and typography testing already done I just need to explain and reflect within the sketchbook. I have typed out what I want to have on my CV I just need to actually design it. I have uploaded all my images to my website, just need to add my about page and my design aesthetic within the site and I have completed the database already, I did this a while ago.

Because I have all these things sort of half done, I feel that I can get the portfolio finished for next week, it just all depends on whether I can finish the FMP this week.

I’ve not actually enjoyed creating my portfolio website at all.

After the issues I had with cargo that caused me to move to Wix, I’ve spent weeks trying to create a portfolio website that I’m happy with. Using wix was a safe bet because I had used it before and thought it was the safest bet but it has actually been driving me up the wall.

Every image you upload to the site automatically uploads the images title, so I’ve had make sure to delete every. single. one. Otherwise once I publish the website, it would show viewers ‘JPG.2321’ for example if they click on the image to see it full sized. Which is not something I want because it just looks messy and like it shouldn’t be there.

I have also never been satisfied with the layout my website, no matter what grid variation I use, I’m just not happy with how it looks.

To top it all off, today, just as I was finally coming to finishing uploading all the work I want to show, it decided to tell me that I have no more storage to upload anything off my laptop!

It still let me upload images within the project page under the portfolio section of the site but if I wanted to upload anything else like my logo, it won’t let me despite deleting files and images permanently.

After deciding to take a break from it and work on the sketchbook, I stumbled back across the portfolio website links mark had sent out and the adobe portfolio link caught my eye…

Today I have spent a lot of time developing a logo for myself. This is so I can create something memorable against my name within all elements if my portfolio. I feel like creating an actual logo rather than typography with my name is going to help me make a theme within my portfolio personal to me while also creating a unique visual identity for myself.

It was fun to try something new here and I do like the outcomes but feel they’re a little flat and I’m not happy to use these as final logos. I plan to develop these further by making it 3D or look slightly ballooned.

I’m really struggling to juggle both the portfolio and FMP at the moment. In all honesty most of my time has been spent focusing on the FMP. I feel like I’m running out of time to get everything done.

Both the FMP and Portfolio submissions are literally all I think about whenever I’m not actively doing something towards each.

My brain is full of ‘need to dos’ and every time I do actually sit down to do work it still feels like I’m not checking off any of the ‘need to dos’ and just adding more to them.

The portfolio task needs some serious time alone with me. I have A LOT to do. I know that it’s only 20 credits as opposed to the FMP but all the examples have set a standard I can’t help but feel I must match.

I know organisation has never been my strong suit but I have really tried this year to get better. I’m yet to accomplish that but I can say that I have successfully caused myself more stress this year with how much I care about this in comparison to other years.

I think I mentioned previously that I’ve definitely felt a shift in my attitude towards university. I don’t know if that’s because I’ve started to appreciate that my time at university is nearly over or the fact that I didn’t really think I would make it, but here we are 🙂

There’s room amongst all the stress for me to gloat somewhere, might just have to wait until these are actually submitted and done…

I’ve been trying to continue using cargo but every time I go to preview the page I’ve been working on, the page just goes blank. This is really frustrating because I really like the features and designs of cargo but I don’t want to continue adding if the site doesn’t work. I’ve even taken to online forums and found someone with the same problem as me on reddit but no replies on a fix.

At this rate I feel much safer and confident using wix so probably going to switch over to that if I can’t find a solution in the next couple days.

Today I have finally started my sketchbook for the portfoilio.

While it has been at the forefront of my mind since we was briefed on it, I havent been able to juggle my time between the FMP sketchbook and this one. But today I have finally started it.

I have to say, when first starting this module, I wasn’t really sure where or how to start. Having the example sketchbooks is always good but just felt that with the portfolio, everyones approach was so different. It left me feeling overwhelmed and like I had no idea how to approach this but I found one example that gave me the confidence to just start researching so thats what I’ve done.

Im scared but excited to see how this progresses but very anxious about juggling my time between the FMP and this along side my part time job.