recap of wk 1 classes, quick getaway

So since I last wrote and made those vids, everything has been a whirlwind. That Friday, I was trying to complete as many of my assignments as I could so I could head to Memphis, TN to the Southern Heritage Classic for the weekend. My sewing just straight up sucked at this point, so I figured I'd concentrate on getting my fashion design and fashion illustration assignments out of the way. Then I could just work on my fashion construction (sewing) assignments when I got back on Sunday and had slept some.In Fashion Illustration, I had an assignment to do 30 blind contour drawings and pick the best three to turn in. A blind contour drawing is where you just draw without looking at the paper, and keep one strong, solid, bold, authoritative line. We were given pics of naked people (to help us learn to draw the human body well with clothes on, we apparently have to be able to draw it well without). Here's one of mine...you are warned though. It's not pretty, nor is it supposed to be. But it is fun!
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blind contour drawing
I also had to do some work on/in my sketchbook. I had to decorate the cover and put a contour drawing in it of anything that I wanted, and I could look when I did this drawing. Here's mine:
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decorated sketchbook (front cover)
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sketchbook contour drawing. Don't laugh, it's my first one!
In my Fashion Design class, I had to choose a country to serve as my inspiration theme and then find enough images to fill up 20 pages in my inspiration book. I chose the country of Guatemala and found 200 images. I borrowed this pic from my friend Rita who actually went there earlier this year. I thought it was hilarious!
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Guatemala sign
Finally at a good stopping point with homework, we headed to Memphis.
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on the way to the game (omg, look at my arms. Being a fashion student can put on the lbs! I have gained weight since beginning the program in June, and with me cutting my hair short it just feels like I'm extra big. Working on getting it off though!)
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Half time band show (playing OMG by Usher)
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At the game in the sky box
Now that I'm back, I have to complete my sewing assignments for my Fashion Construction class before 12 am PST (2 am my time). There are many different kinds of seams that I have to sew on muslin, and I refuse to bore you to death with posting pics of them. However, there was a really cool project that we did to practice sewing that I never thought in a million years that I would be able to do. Here it is...
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