And since I'm posting anyway, I thought I would put this, my first attempt at an Illustrator vector portrait, up on here as well, as a record of my inability to do anything very creative. I'm going to be honest - I like many of the elements of this sketch. It looks pretty similar I think (although perhaps a little...predatory? - that certainly wasn't in the original). And I also like the simplicity of it. No colour, and the almost wireframe like layering of hair is a really good aesthetic I think. Truth be told that's a convenient truth as I couldn't have coloured the thing if my life depended on it. More practice needed in that department at least I think. Still, I'm fairly proud of it for a first attempt (and it didn't take a geological period of time, which I had rather worried about). Helps when you have a good model I suppose ;)

PS - I have read literally shed loads this summer, and will at some point write some short reviews. Look forward to it.

PPS - Literally no idea why it has gone green. It was rather more elegant in white. Bloody thing.

Labels: bored, design, girlfriend

"The circle of human knowledge, illuminated by the pale, cold light of reason, is so infinitesimally small, the dark regions of human ignorance which lie beyond that luminous ring so immeasurably vast, that imagination is feign to step up to the borderline and send the warm, richly colored beams of her fairy lantern streaming out into the darkness ; and so, peering into the gloom, she is apt to mistake the shadowy reflections of her own figure for real beings moving in the abyss.

Sir James George FrazerThe Golden Bough

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The title of this blog comes from a poem by Coleridge, A Wish: Wriiten in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10th, 1792, Plus most blogs are moans anyway. Including this one. lol manuscripts

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I'm a 23 year-old student in London Cambridge London, studying English Literature Law. It's hard to really think of anything truly personal I can put here that might give you some idea of who I am, so I will just tell you that my favourite Shakespeare play is Richard II, my favourite chocolate bar is Snickers, and I have a bit of a thing for instant coffee, especially if someone else makes it for me.

I'm interested in Renaissance Literature, Higher Education policy, and libraries.
I'm completely in love with a Scottish girl.