Week 21! Destiny's powerful hand has made the bed of my future, and it's up to me to lie in it.

So my first "year", and i use the term loosely as it has flown by, is coming to an end and its time to look back and assess how things have gone so far.

Generally I think things have gone OK. I feel there is a lot of room for improvement and I intend to keep grafting over the summer period and return in year 2, providing I'm allowed of course, at a level I would feel much happier. I think returning to education has been a bit of a culture shock and it has taken some getting used to but it is definitely a change for the better.

The biggest change I have noticed is in my drawing capabilities, I find myself approaching a scene in a much more methodical way, my thought processes have changed, as well as my technical capabilities. I have learnt new techniques and styles and have been able to see the results of these changes clearly by looking at sketch books past and present.

Area's I would like to focus on are digital painting which was a new medium to me at the start of the course. I can see improvements from when I first started but again this is an area I will be focusing on developing along with the bane of my existence 3ds max. 3ds max is much like walking a tight rope, all it takes is one little error and you're done for, at least that how it seemed to me. Again its not all bad I have definitely progressed from the start of the year and hop to continue to progress with all the practice I can get.

What i would like to gain from the course is the knowledge and know how to move into a field which interests me and with the structure and content of the course I think if I knuckle down and continue to develop the skills i have already learnt along with what is still to come the doors to a multitude of different and exciting careers will be opened.