Facts about me - Punctual.

Much like my Organised post, I feel i'm very punctual too - I hate being late to gatherings or meetings, I feel it gives off a bad impression. If you can't manage your time properly then what else can't you manage? So I always make sure I'm on time or early to anything whether that is work deadlines or meet ups, they both come under the same belt, but I can only be punctual if Im organised. I normally end up laying my clothes out in the evening for the following morning if I know I need to be somewhere, this saves a lot of time because I normally keep changing my mind about what to wear wasting precious time. As well as this, something I've always done since school is sort my bag the night before, I'm normally wide a wake in the evening and by ticking off a list I'd know if I had forgotten anything than in the morning where I'm rushing around and consequently forgetting things.

What I won't miss - Nagging.

Living in a house with my mum and sister, they are always asking me to do things around the house or help them with something utterly pointless. It's time that this malarky should be stopped. It will be so nice to wake up and not hear the yelling of;

"ROSS, COME HERE..." or "ROSS, HAVE YOU DONE THIS?"

Don't get me wrong I love them to pieces, but I much rather do things of my own accord than being forced to do something almost immediately
unless I actually have to - but hoovering the stairs can wait until tomorrow.

What I won't miss - Weather.

Seeing as I live in the midlands, the Weather is usually 75% of the time either dull, wet or windy - comparing to London's weather forecasts where it normally is Sunny; it will be a nice change to have some warmth for a while. It will be a nice excuse to get outside for and enjoy the outdoors with the good weather, compared to being stuck in on a dull, wet afternoon.

Facts about me - Open Minded.

I see myself as a very open minded person; has Hipster as this sounds but talking about secret societies, space and extraterrestrial life really fascinates me. I could easily hold hour long conversations on any of these subjects and just go into great detail about my opinion and what I know. Although I failed science at GCSE, I'm find myself reading about the most recent discoveries found in space, or new planets that scientists have identified - for some reason I am quite mind-blow about the whole process.
With secret societies side of things, there are hidden groups of people called; Free Masons, The order of the nine angles and quite known, The Illuminati which are supposedly running the world without anyone knowing, sort of like a 3rd world order. So they are Apparently above our presidents / prime ministers ect; these groups are telling them what to do. So again, like the space theory this is something that I find rather intriguing - because in all honesty I doubt we'd ever find anything out in our life time - but we all have our own theory's and opinions on the whole concept. Finally is the extraterrestrial life scenario. This may make me sound slightly nerdy, but it relates back to the space situation. I love reading up on newly found unidentified objects or what not and also reading into the past - I started watching this documentary called Ancient Aliens and in all fairness after watching the first episode I was hooked.

Free Masons Symbol.

Order Of The 9 Angles symbol.

Illuminati Symbol.

Idea generation - Games.

As I like to relax and play games from time to time, I feel that some of my ideas and thoughts do actually come from the games that I play. Whether that is the environment the game is set in, the characters appearance / personality or even the advertisements in the game its self.

Facts about me - 3D.

For a about 2 years now I have self-taught myself a 3D modelling programme called 'Cinema 4D', which I am still learning new things to it each day. In my spare time, I produce small 3D models of scene's or cities if I have the time - but this is just a hobby. I have become quite renowned for my Low Poly Isometric styled scene's on youtube and behance.

These are just a few models that I have done;

China Town.

Normans Barbershop.

Sega Rally.

Welcome to London.

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.