for the past month I started working on a portfolio to apply to london college of communication for digital media design I tried to talk to the school about what they want to see from me and the only reply I got was for me to make a few digital media projects working with interactivity and so on. But the catch was they want something called a skecthbook where I am supposed to draw design ideas and show my process development. Ive never done anything like that with any of my projects I usualy draw a things on a piece of paper and then start up my computer and go wild. The sketchbook has been killing me I dont understand I want to make a interactive map I know how I want it to work and look so I could just start building it. But they want to see research and sketches how could I finnish a big sketchbook about interactive maps when they want one project to come out of it.
I asked them if I can have sketchbooks where I work on different ideas and then build them the answer was no. I look at the student work and my stuff isnt really that different if not better. Im stuck and this is killing me can someone who has experiance applying to university of arts london please explain to me how this skectbook thing works. I talked to an agent of the school in my homecountry and seems like she cant help me at all most of the students from here apply to fashion design and product design so she is used to that.
Sorry for grammer mistakes thats one of the main reasons I dont post.
It seems like they just want you to show a progression from idea to finished product, in a series of gradual steps...even if that isn't how you normally work.
For instance...if the project was to design a sports car...you could have some initial sketches of the types of body designs you were interested in. You could have examples of other vehicles or elements pasted on there as well (actually cut out pieces from magazines, glued to the page alongside your drawings). You could have technical notes, information about aerodynamics, engine size, horsepower to weight info, etc. The vehicle could be sketched in several different configurations, different color, lighting, orientation options. Individual components of the vehicle could be examined in closer detail...a door or wheel could have its own page. In the end you would have a single, finished, image of a vehicle that was a natural progression of all the sketches and notes before it. Just my take on it.
Apply to a different school. one that is focused more on your work, not your conceptual process. if you don't have what the school wants you to have or do what the school wants you to do... you don't belong there and it's in your best interest to find a place that will suit you. sorry for the honesty.
Can someone please give me some advice?
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