The Beginning

What did I get up I pictured my summer to be fun, you know going out a lot and doing a lot of sketching. Hahah none of that happened I spent of my time working, making hard to want to go out because I'll end up being tired. Also to find a job is a job in it's self so I spent weeks on my bed with my mac on job sites.  However instead of being annoyed at myself I told myself that next summer I will set aside more time for myself so I can actually go out and explore. Funny enough I did towards the end with Shoreditch.  Let me tell you about Shoreditch I discovered this place when I was looking for a jazz bar for my birthday; to which I found Juno Bar. But on this journey I fell in love with the art and individuality of this city. On the walls you can fine graffiti with a message, independent shops and very unusual bars. I was told by one of my friend that this is where artists that wanted to be unconventional came (and Camden too). One interesting fact is that ...

The future does scare me at times, I mean I have the guts and courage to climb the mountain but it's whether I'll actually be given that opportunity to that. That's what worries me the opportunity. I'm trying to change because I'm the type of person that with out me knowing I hate taking small steps, I just like doing that big leap. I don't know if it's because I like sports were if your about to run a track all your concentrating on is that finishing line. However sometimes in life you have to also put your focus on taking the steps to get to the finishing line. Taking the small steps. It was coursework that actually forced me to change my ways. Before when something goes wrong last minute, and you don't believe you have enough time to change it, I would sit there and stress about it. In some cases I could be stressing about it in the beginning, when your told the brief and you feel that the project is to big to handle. I had to teach myself how...

I'm not going to lie I don't really know what my style is yet. And to be honest I don't think it's a bad thing because I'm kind of like a baby been born into the Graphic Design world; if I had been designing for years and didn't know what my sense of style is then I'll be worried. But I'm still learning and experimenting, so to say what my style is already I feel would be restricting because I wouldn't explore new ideas. I want to keep my mind open you know and not be like a person that thinks they know everything to which they are less likely to learn. One thing I will say is ... I remember one of my tutors talking about in terms of advertising sometimes doing the cliché thing makes it easier for the viewers to feel your message. At that moment I know I could't do that. I always, no matter what the brief or assignment is, is create something new and unique. Yes as we all do look at existing ideas and use it as inspiration but I make my desi...

After listening To Pimp A Butterfly, I called my dad and told him to listen to it. Most people would think that's weird but to me he needs to hear it. I am so thankful for one thing my dad did that a lot of African British families do not do, is not just educate me about my culture but make me feel proud to be an African. The way the media, for instance charity adverts focus on the poor side of Africa gives you a bad prospective and like most African British young people only clam the British side or even try to be Caribbean. But he showed me movies like Roots, documentaries and books about what Africa is really about. One thing as young as I can remember that my dad used to do is play Reggae and Rap music in the car all the time. A about the age of 9 I know most of the lyrics to Bob Marley's album Confrontation and Survival. I asked one day "Daddy why do you play so much reggae, we're not Jamaican" and he said it doesn't matter he loves the way Reggae artis...

Kendrick Lamar, is all I can say.  To Pimp A Butterfly is his latest album and for my generation he is one of the best rappers. I repeat my generation not the 90's not in comparison to Tupac, Nas, Biggie, Dre Dre and so on.  His album left me happy and in tears; it was filled with so much emotion. Most rappers rap about drugs, girls and sex. But Kendrick is a conscious rapper like the legends above, he raps about American system not built in benefit to people of colour this can been seen in his song The Black The Berry, where he talks about the Travyon Martin case. And he said in his interview that to young people he the closet to a Reverend, because they he feels they don't believe in anything these days; which makes it easier for people to take you of track. He doesn't necessarily go to church which to be honest doesn't prove your Christian, it's more about how you treat and respect others. Anyway he wants to use his God given grift to educate his lis...

Well after the first semester people's true colours started to come through. This all started in January, the fake ' I'm nice and smily' to everyone dropped, like people acting a bit anti social around you. Your friend and another girl are having issues making it awkward for all of you to be in the same room etc etc. And you know the funny thing I liked it this way, because you can see people's true colours. You know who you can trust and which people just like chatting bs. You see some people are stupid and still like to be part of the gossiping lifestyle but to me once your heading to 20 and your in Uni; I rather focus on on enjoying myself, going out and having a good time. No matter how that person looks taking time out of your day to just talk about people number 1 makes you negative, number 2 negativity attract no one and to be honest you just attract people that will eventually start talking about you. But yeah staying in a only girls school for 7 years (I ...

In the beginning I loved my timetable even though it says I'm in till 4, you can actually leave at 12 if your tutor is done speaking to your class. Also I had 2 lectures a week and one hour each. But later on  when the coursework starts to build up, I started to hate it. This is because after January I had longer modules, so the majority of time your tutor doesn't set you anything but just to get on with your work; so we had to come in at 9:30 just to get registered. When you have gone out the day before and come back at 4am, it's not funny. Also I have to come into uni everyday, during this time I only had an 1 hour lecture on Friday. I thought why am I waking up so early to be registered then go back home to sleep. Even the people that commute from Birmingham I felt sorry for. Then again it was done so that if we don't sign the University register our tutor has proof that we're in. But yeah weirdly enough I actually want more lectures, I want to have a reason to...