Long time no shoe

This portfolio class has been taking up some of my time but one of the goals that I set myself was to make something for my portfolio that was from the mood board/fabric headers that I have put on there. It also will match one of the sketches on my mockup line sheet but I haven't begun to do those sketches yet. Yes I know I should have dont those first but my creative process tends to start at the pattern and as you can see this is just another pair of ballet flats from my goto pattern. I should finish them today but until then here's a sneak peek.

Design School Dropout No More

I've often joked about being a design school dropout a few credits away from graduating but I never thought that was 100% true. Turns out it actually truly is. I only need 2 one unit fashion classes and an art sketching class from graduating with an Associate of Science in Fashion Design and Production. I enrolled in the first class Portfolio Presentation Techniques which started last week. It's a half semester course then I'll take the final fashion course which is ironically FASHION 101 Career Opportunity in Fashion which most students take first semester. Then just take a sketching course again which I should have taken first semester but got waived out of

I find it weird that I'll be getting a science degree though Fashion is a technical skill more than anything. If I had graduated from FIDM I would have gotten an art degree. How did I get so close yet so far away? Well when I was actively studying fashion I did what many students do. They believe the hype and think they are stupid so don't take the GE requirements. Well when I switched years to Nursing many years later (I am a licensed vocational nurse on the fence about being a RN) I ended up filling in most of the gaps since they are prereqs for the RN-LVN bridge. I did all the smart courses like Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology and nailed them. So designers aren't dumb. Not by a long shot.

I am enjoying starting to put my portfolio together even though I don't plan to look for work with it.
Here's my cover page logo. I'm going to focus on shoe and bag design.