Saatchi&Saatchi

I realised at the end of summer that da studnt lyfe will soon be over and I should start pondering what I want to do post University. Advertising caught my eye, as it intends to, and the more I find out about the industry the more I think of it as my future career.

Long story short Saatchi&Saatchi are one of the agencies I had heard of before I started googling things. I applied for the graduate scheme and went through 1 billion rounds (aka 4 briefs and an all day interview) before tripping at the finish line. Despite not getting in I'm glad to have got from >3000 to the final 25 and I'll put the experience down under 'character building'.

We were sworn to secrecy for parts of the application, possibly just for dramatic effect, but here are probably the most interesting parts of my application.

Possibly the most well known part of the application is Brief 1. We had to make someone an 'internet celebrity'. I chose my dad, 'Papa', and the page is tribute to the sound advice and reasoning he continually comes out with. He is a hilarious man.

Brief 3 was a critique of an advert you don't like, and a remake of one you do. The first 90s are me monologuing about Matthew McConaughey looking like I have the plague//the flu. The last 90s are the acting talents of some of my most dedicated Uni friends.

*****Disclaimer, all the gals you see in this ad are respectable members of society***** 

ART SOC-ING

Experimenting with Inks

For those of you unaware, I'm currently in the last year of University. It's a hot pot of emotions really. Really excited to be joining 'the adults' and looking forward to not hearing the word 'student' banded about like it's something dirty. The prospect of a full time job is amazing too. The chance to spend all day doing something I love and on top of that getting paid for it!

But I know when the time comes - and it seems to be racing towards me - I'll be upset to leave. It'll be strange to live in a house not occupied with 5 other girls; strange not to spend every day with my course mates in the library (and every night complaining about it); strange to be doing a job that doesn't involve standing behind and bar; and strange to be leaving Art Soc in the (extremely capable) hands of someone else.
It was the annual AGM last week and I'll officially be handing over the position over the next month.

I made this in one of the recent sessions, and uploading it now made me realise it's one of the last things I'll have done as a member of Art Soc. End of an era.

GAY PARIS

A sculpture from the Louvre.

 We went to see the Mona Lisa and, not realising you had to pay, walked straight through the ticket gates. Unfortunately I mistook the staff's disgusted looks for our general appearance and didn't realise I was receiving the glare reserved for thieves and scoundrels.

We had a bit of a photo session in the hostel with the beret, the above are sketches of Matt Lee and Matt Pickles. Perhaps the former Matt's Napoleonic heritage is why he seems to rock the look with a lot more confidence than the latter Matt.

Slutty Brownies

One of the ways I find time to endlessly wile away the hours is by trawling the internet. More often than not this results in a lot of cat videos and hours of my life lost forever.

But occasionally I find something life changing that justifies all those lost hours watching moggies.

The Londoner has created one of the best recipes I've tried in a long time. Slutty Brownies, so called because they're easy and a little bit filthy. 

Unfortunately by the time I found my camera there were none left, so here's a picture from the original source.

Oh my are they good. 

A base of cookie dough, covered in Oreo cookies (I usually wouldn't go for these but they just work amazingly in this) all covered with brownie mix and baked together.

I've made them a few times and they go down very easily with one and all. They have even been used as bribes for forgiveness, I am thinking about writing a letter to MI5 about their use in negotiation. 

 The only alteration I'd say is to make the cookie dough and brownie mix from scratch as it's super easy and cheaper, although it does take a bit longer, it's definitely worth it. Dericious!

HO HO HO

You know Dasher and Dancer

And Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid
And Donner and Blitzen.

A sketch of a Reindeer, and then some editing in that high tech programme Paint - hence the poor resolution in the second image. Really need to get some good editing software, and a scanner. But until then we'll have to settle for intermittent posts with low res images. 

CRAB FISHING

                          Brachyura

Just a quick little sketch/ink of a Crab to the tune of Weezer. I've been having some trouble getting to the scanners in the Library, busy time of year study wise so expect some delays...

I'M HAVING A BALL

The Societies at the University of Sheffield put this together last Saturday. Not bad for a few hours work. ArtSoc provided some of the signs/banners you see and BiologySoc are dancing about ~1.20. You'll see me at ~1.28. I guess this would be my 3seconds of fame Warhol predicted.