What I won't miss - Clinking.

I think we all know what I say when I talk about those pots and pans being smashed together downstairs making an almighty ruckus. The culprit? It has to be mother. Persistent clinking of cups, washing up, plates at stupid o'clock like 6am - its almost as if they are pretending to be your alarm clock with the snooze button broken. But that is something I definitely will not miss, unless one of my flat mates decides they like early morning washing up.

Idea generation - Dreaming.

Linking in with my bedroom theory, I feel that dreams are also a huge part of where my ideas come from. As soon as I wake up I have these wacky, crazy ideas that I’ve normally picked out from my dreams. As much as I should start to make a dream diary, each time I remember to; i’ve always forgotten the dream I have had. Im also very intrigued by ‘LUCID DREAMING’ which is basically being able to control your dreams and recall pretty much exactly what your doing - scary stuff.

Facts about me - Early Bird & Night Owl.

I'm both an early bird and also a night owl, I'm normally up at 7 / 7:30am latest, well I try to be. That way the day goes longer and it gives me more time to get things done because as we all know there are never enough hours in the day anymore.
 I also like working until its fairly late at night 1:30 / 2am, its at this point where my head is fully functioning and I get a lot done because for some reason my work ethic is so high at this point in time. I find working at night better as in the day time I get so distracted by just generally anything but when it comes to the evening; everyones asleep, you don't want to make any noise to wake anyone up, You end up having more ME time and its just so peaceful outside.

Idea generation - London Underground.

Whilst in London, I normally find myself using the tubes a lot, which I personally think is a great idea; loads of people travelling and commuting  right beneath our feet. When sat or stood on the tube, a lot like the Train Journey theory, I find myself with a fair amount of spare time on my hands. This comes in useful when looking for inspiration or anything visual - it could be again on a person or in a paper ect. Also seeing all of the advertisements around the underground and on the platform always spark up some inspiration or idea.

Facts about me - 5 Cats.

Quite simply, I have 5 cats.

  Pickle, Zena, Dora 
     Percy, Bailey

What I won't miss - Morning Drunks.

My house is about a 2 minute walk from a pub, and conveniently everyone that enters and gets bladdered, decides to walk down my road and make the most abundant amount of noise. Haha, and I'm not just talking about at 10pm or even 11pm, no no no... this is at least around 3 or 4 in the morning every single day. Although I'm sure student halls won't be much different it would just be nice to get aware from all the raging & screaming drunks in the early hours of the morning for a while.

Idea generation - Train Journeys.

Seeing has I travel by train a lot, mainly because Im heading to London half the time to look at exhibitions / galleries or all over the UK to meet and greet family, I find myself having an awful amount of spare time on my hands. This is normally a great opportunity and time for me to think about ideas and thoughts, whether I gain inspiration from the people on board, the newspaper I'm reading, or what I see out of the window, it all helps.

Facts about me - Third Dimension.

Between March and December 2013, I had set-up and ran my own clothing line from scratch called Third Dimension Clothing or '3D'. Initially, I wanted to do something along side my college work, but something that I could see physically, which struck up the idea of clothing. Now at this point in time, independent apparel companies where on a high and constantly popping up, so I felt this was probably my best chance to get in the mix. Over the course of the 9 months, I was able to get Connor Ball from The Vamps help promote the brand, This in the long run really helped. I also learned very simple html coding by sorting out the website which I found very useful and it came to be very useful. As well as these points, I also learned out about marketing and getting across to my audience, all in all I'm so glad I took the time to do this. Even though it wasn't a big company by the time I finished up, I still really enjoyed the whole experience and also learning some other things along the way.

 Below are just a couple of photo's from the website, photo shoots, and also Connor helping me promote the company. 

Screenshot from Third Dimension's website.

Screenshot from Third Dimension's website.

    

   

One of many shots from location photo shoot.

What I won't miss - Familiar Faces.

As much as it's going to be slightly emotional when I move away in September, I can't help but express how nice it will be not see a familiar face. After 18 years of seeing people I know when walking to town or what not, it all becomes a bit childish, 'guess who I saw...' Moving to a new place, over 100 miles away, will do me good and to practically see nobody that I know at all!

Facts about me - Music & Festival Enthusiast.

Music is a huge part of my life, my taste in it is fairly diverse and varied; from Future Garage & Deep House to Electro Swing & Jazz. Below are just some of my favourite albums including; Gramatik, Flume, Doctor P. With me loving music so much, I guess it explains why I love going to festivals; the whole atmosphere and vibe that you get there is literally like nothing else. I've been to a few festivals in my time but hopefully plan to go to even more in the future; I have been to the likes of Reading, V-festival and Parklife but I would love to go to Creamfields and Global Gathering.  I guess the whole love of festivals also ties in with me being fairly adventurous and exploring as at most events you have to camp up and stay in a tent for a few days maybe 2 or more, but it all sort of ties in.

Short selection of various
albums I'm in to.

           

Reading 2013 - Front of Knife Party.
(BANDANA)

        

Discoveries - Coral Beach.

In my eyes, the most interesting thing that I have ‘found’ is more of a discovery than a find. On a family holiday in July 2010, we went up to the ISLE OF SKYE, which is a small island off the Northwest coast of Scotland. Around on the 5th day of the holiday we ventured-out following signs to a ‘coral beach’. After about a 30 minute car drive and then another hour walk we come across this unreal spot. The water was like something you would find in a Caribbean island it was literally clear blue, the sand was pure white and the skies didn’t have a cloud in the sky.

There was nobody around and the fact about half an hour the other way where we had came from it was all marsh and groggy, the sky was grey and this ‘beach’ felt a whole new world. There wasn’t a noise in the air, only the waves lightly crashing against the rocks.
 This is no doubt, one of the most magical places I have been to and discovered.

Idea generation - Working.

I do honestly find that my thoughts and ideas normally generate quicker whilst I'm working on another project. For example, I could be working on a branding design then ideas would spring to mind for a photography or advertising project. So all in all, I feel my ideas come from when I begin to start work and my brain is in motion, this is also another great way to collate groups of thoughts together at once.