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Welcome to Art Portfolio 2

Welcome to the second term of art portfolio. This term is exciting because we are working on a larger project on which we will be collaborating with each other as we are recreating a town. To start off, we are initiating this term with the creation of this welcome post. Looking back at the challenges in the previous term, I struggled with time management which I intend to work on, in order to get feedback from my tutor to improve the quality of my project. I am also dedicated to increase the frequency of my blogs updates for more consistent sharing of my progress throughout the term. I want to explore more 3D softwares and improve my hand-drawing skills throughout this term. I am looking forward to……

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  1. Sam Dargan7 April 2024 at 23:10

    Would like to see you complete this with some thoughts on designers/architects you are interested in looking at this term.

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