On the 22nd of Feb 2021 I attended the Online Portfolio Workshop hosted by my lecturers at Napier. We were shown how WordPress works in general and we’re given tips on navigation and organising out content for the purposes of submitting out assignments through an online portfolio. I had limited experience with WordPress over 7 […]
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When I started my drawing skills sessions, it was also recommended to me that I join an online life drawing group. They have meetings on Monday nights, where a different model each week will pose in different positions, and everyone draws. Pose times range from 2 minutes, 5 minutes, up to 20 minutes, music playing
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As part of my core skills development (and to improve confidence) I decided to work on my drawing practice. I’ve been working as an Analyst for a number of years and getting back into drawing I thought why not start from the basics? Maybe I’ll find a personal style, or a method I prefer? And
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Onshape is a cloud based 3D modelling software. Onshape’s website describes it as “an all-in-one platform for product development”. Onshape is very similar to SolidWorks in terms of capabilites and purpose – but has key differences in its licencing model, collaboration and the fact it is cloud based. Originally I had planned to learn Solidworks
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During this workshop hosted by Marian Kirton we learned some tips and trick for using the Napier Library online literature searh tool. Tip: The search bar doesn’t require ‘and’ the system associates search words together automatically. The workshop started by walking us through a search using search terms ‘Design Emotion’ (including all items, meaning books,
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In order to learn more about user experience and user interface design I signed up for a Udemy online course called ‘User Experience Design Essentials – Adobe XD UI UX Design‘ which went over basic principles as well as how to use Adobe XD. The course consisted of a number of videos and exercises. I
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