walk + draw + freeze

Today our group started the 2 week London project unit. Our first day was a walk + draw along the river Thames. We considered it a nice day for the task, but as we left Uni, we realized it was bitter and cold outside.


Zoe freezing. Hannah and I learned quickly that drawing was impossible whilst walking.

Hannah's drawing was pretty good for sketching while on the move.

We wondered what was happening, so we wandered over.
Apparently it was a Sugababe! My first celeb sighting.
Hannah and I decided to be tourists...
Lucy and Hannah doing some sketches with frozen fingers.

A homeless man's dog... poor pooch.
Tate Modern museum
Inside the Tate Modern
Some strange giant spider display

My drawing of Hannah's lunch.

Some other sketches from the day.

The last drawing of the day.

ANIMATION PROJECT

Today we filmed our animation project. It was exciting to see our ideas come to life. I took some shots of the process, which was long and tedious for 10 seconds. We spent a lot of time cutting and colouring prior. Then we have to capture each increment of his movement.

preparing Zoe's hands for their scene.

"The little man" set
Rostrum camera filming ...
not sure why it was displayed upside down.. made things extra tricky!! Looked great when finished!!

ADVERT PROJECT

Alas some photos of our Advertising project have surfaced on Facebook, so I have stolen them to post on here for you to see! Hopefully shots of the aftermath will appear at some point soon!


We're currently working on our animation assignments and I think it's going to be really rad, so I'll add a link or something to that when it is completed!! Very exciting!!

Hello Surbiton!

After being sick all weekend and feeling a bit stir crazy, I went to visit my friend Megan in Surbiton, outside of London (south west). It was my first experience taking the train, which was kind of exciting. It was a really nice place, very leafy, and the evidence of fall was everywhere - lots of red and orange leaves falling from the trees.

We visited Kingston, which was just around the corner.
Here's a bit of wikipedia info on Kingston:

"The main town in the borough, Kingston upon Thames, has existed on the banks of the River Thames for many hundreds, if not thousands of years. Many Roman relics have also been found in the surrounding areas.

All Saints Church, at the centre of Kingston, has been the site of a church for over 1,000 years, its predecessors being sacked by the Vikings in 1009AD. It is one of the most important historic sites on the River Thames, alongside the Tower of London, the Palaces of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court, Runnymede and Windsor Castle.

Kingston was famous in antiquity for being the coronation place of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs, listed below:

Name	Year
Edward the Elder, (son of Alfred the Great)	900
Athelstan	925
Edmund I	939
Eadred	946
Eadwig	956
Edward the Martyr	975
Ethelred the Unready	979

Kingston still has a monument, the Coronation Stone, on which the monarchs were said to have actually been crowned. A coin from the reign of each of the monarchs listed is set into the base of the stone, which now stands outside the local council offices, the Guildhall."

In the Kingston Market Square

I'm assuming this (above) is the All Saints ChurchAnd had a lovely lunch on the Thames.
We thought he was rather sweet... and we both miss our poooches back home.
I can be very oblivious at times... Megan pointed out this guy in the boat with his 3 fishing lines.

VISIT TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM

On our day off before real classes commenced, Emilia and I took a trip to the FREE science museum.


Giant steam engine
apollo 11 (I think) module

random tools and machineslawnmower!
checking out the entire room
lightbulb
various light bulbs
the guts of a lighthouse
x-ray machine
can't remember what this object was!

pretty certain the second from the bottom is a saab and the one above is a VW, but not sure about the rest.
big rrrrrrocket!
the inside of a very ancient mac computer
keyboard of the mac
giant computer of sorts
man alive! I can't recall what this was! this is what happens when you post days later.
another space module.

Dolly, the first ewe cloned.
a rather large diagram of the inside of your eye.
this room basically educated people on the positive and negative of different types of fuels i.e. cost, easy to switch to, etc.

the male and female innards.

the upstairs is dedicated to identity - what makes people who they are.
displays of different unusual phobias.
Emilia liked the little figures, so I took a pic.
some lovely organs
bloody something or others
some taxidermy
the extra parts guy..
detailed look at some medical additions available.
a butt load of materials used in creating the .....
giant scrap puzzle dealio!
Emilia utilizing the demonstration of gas - liquid - solids.
Looking back at the entrance before heading to Canary Wharf to check out Emilia's very nice townhouse.
Canary Wharf - is a bit like being in Toronto with all the new skyscrapers and handsome suits - only MUCH cleaner.

walking along the pathway with serene fountains and trees!
Reminds me of what they predicted the future would look like back in the 80s.

Bad luck for this poor unfortunate boater.