Passing My First Year!

My final headshot photo featuring the prosthetic
makeup I designed, created and executed
along with the copper prawn headpiece.

I woke up very early on Friday morning. My tummy was fluttering as if filled with a hundred butterflies and I was definitely on some kind of nervous/excited adrenaline rush, which meant I couldn’t sit still! Results days have always been an odd thing for me, even though I try to talk myself into being calm and collected something inside me doesn’t want to keep cool and I end up with a racing pulse, hot flushes and become ridiculously chatty. Friday was no exception and as I queued up to pick up my little white envelope I became a blabbering mess of excitement and nerves all in one.

As soon as my eyes scrolled down to find the word ‘DISTINCTION’ they began to fill with tears as I started to shake and jump up and down all at the same time! I must’ve looked like an absolute numpty, but in that moment I couldn’t care less. I had managed to not only pass my Foundation Art year, but pass with such integrity to be awarded a distinction!

It’s such a relief to know that all my hard work, my geekiness and enthusiasm for my project was recognized. My final piece photos were presented in a gallery as part of the assessment criteria, and it was such an amazing thing to see people so interested in the aesthetic my work as well as overhearing little snippets of conversations about it. It has made me a million times more excited to begin my degree in September, and I’m genuinely excited to write some big old essays again!? This year has been such a year of ‘growing up’ for me. Obviously not in height, but in so many more important ways. I’ve become such a positive person, and I vow to take every single opportunity that comes along with as much energy and enthusiasm as I possibly can!

I’ve plastered these images of my work all over my social media already (blatant plug here, check out the links below, it’s my dream to become instagram famous at the moment!) but I’ll add a few here for you to have a nosey through too!

My project was called 'Human Arthropod' and involved designing and creating the hair and makeup for a magazine with the same title. I chose to focus my project towards crustaceans  and concluded with a 3D metal copper headpiece creating the outer 'shell' of the creature and the prosthetic makeup making up the soft underbody of it. I also completed some biro illustrations of my visual sources which were rendered and coloured on photoshop.

Thankyou so much for reading, ooh and do let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

Best wishes, Zoë xxx

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