NCAD student thread

DigiGal · 14-08-2009 10:25am #1

Yay NCAD

I've moved 64 posts out of the Portfolio brief advice thread into here. I think it's better if NCAD students have their own thread where they can post away in it about things relating to NCAD life, projects etc.

That okay with everyone? I'll sticky the thread too. Also, if you want the thread titled changed give me some suggestions!

And please, enough of the text speak. It hurts my eyes. If you want to do that kind of chatting go to MSN etc. (serious mod voice)

Any other suggestions feel free to PM me, Snorlax or CorkGirl.

Thanks , Larianne.

DigiGal · 27-08-2009 1:18pm

So who else got their book list etc today

Weekend Warrior · 27-08-2009 1:22pm

DigiGal wrote: »

So who else got their book list etc today

Still waiting on the postman but I had a feeling that stuff would come today at last! :eek:

Papillon! · 27-08-2009 7:12pm

i got in when the cao offers came out yay

i got the book list etc today as well !
so excited!

DigiGal · 27-08-2009 8:36pm

Weekend Warrior wrote: »

Still waiting on the postman but I had a feeling that stuff would come today at last! :eek:

Did you get the project yet

DigiGal · 27-08-2009 8:38pm

Papillon! wrote: »

i got in when the cao offers came out yay
i got the book list etc today as well !
so excited!

Me too!!

qwertyu · 28-08-2009 12:44pm

it says on the letter that you get with the stuff that a project and materials list will be sent out early september...

arlone · 28-08-2009 9:59pm

Thats about right, qwertyu.Re book list, don't go buying them, some are v.expensive., go to your local library, if they don't have them they can order them from the libraries that do.

qwertyu · 29-08-2009 12:42am

whoops i already bought them i got them from the national gallery they cost 60something euro for the two of them with the 10% discount when i showed my acceptance letter thing...are you going into first year or 2nd? i have to say though, i really don't see myself reading them before the course starts! are they having a laugh when they say to read them beforehand lol??I hope so!:rolleyes:

DigiGal · 29-08-2009 2:21am

qwertyu wrote: »

whoops i already bought them i got them from the national gallery they cost 60something euro for the two of them with the 10% discount when i showed my acceptance letter thing...are you going into first year or 2nd? i have to say though, i really don't see myself reading them before the course starts! are they having a laugh when they say to read them beforehand lol??I hope so!:rolleyes:

Are they big :?

Oh O!

qwertyu · 30-08-2009 1:27pm

Very big.. One is 900something pages the other is about 600 or 700 !

kimmyt1987 · 30-08-2009 1:31pm

A word to the wise, As a fellow NCADer going into third year... I have never read these books....
They are great really but they are huge, cost a bomb and in the greater scale of things ull be too busy to ever read them! Also, the library has a few copies! Approaching a forth year to buy them second hand might be a wise idea instead of shelling out a small fortune that could be used in a much more exciting way... Like towards booze for freshers week! :P

DigiGal · 30-08-2009 4:20pm

qwertyu wrote: »

Very big.. One is 900something pages the other is about 600 or 700 !

Aggghhhhhhh *Hides*

RaeRae · 01-09-2009 5:03pm

Guys, hate to say it but don't buy those two books. I'll root around and see if I can find mine and a few of you can share em if you want. But honestly.. I looked at them once. Maybe twice. And for what I paid for them, it just does not make sense.

Ask people in the older years if they have theirs still, i know people who have sold them on or just given them to first years.

They're lovely books and all but really, they're not a necessary part of the course. Also, if they gave you a seperate booklist, some are well worth a read but you don't have to buy em. Libraries people. LIBRARIES.

Weekend Warrior · 04-09-2009 4:24pm

Eek, anyone else get their project thingy today? :eek::p

DigiGal · 04-09-2009 11:58pm

Weekend Warrior wrote: »

Eek, anyone else get their project thingy today? :eek::p

Jaysus........How am I gonna carry all that **** in lol

unugh · 05-09-2009 7:21am

So we only really source the objects/things from the list...It doesnt exactly say record your observations,so what im taking from is that it is mostly brainstorming type work?

Im more concerned with the bringing of your portfolio...I havent looked at it in a while but im pretty sure it has been distorted beyond recogition from changing it to cater to other colleges.

Papillon! · 08-09-2009 4:55pm

anyone who got the project thingy understand what they mean when it says

*5 things online...anythings????
*upload 5 images to internet...like where on internet????
*4 surfaces
*a set of fragments

im probably way over thinking this

eleven · 10-09-2009 11:03pm

*5 things online...anythings????
*upload 5 images to internet...like where on internet????
*4 surfaces
*a set of fragments

im probably way over thinking this

Ha! When I first read the letter I thought it was a set of fragrences! I was like WTF??!

It's pretty bonkers in all fairness. I suppose everyone is in the same boat, no really know exactly what they mean... I think they're obtuse on purpose.

Are we just supposed to bring in the objects, or have loads of drawings of them as well?

Papillon! · 10-09-2009 11:05pm

eleven wrote: »

Ha! When I first read the letter I thought it was a set of fragrences! I was like WTF??!

It's pretty bonkers in all fairness. I suppose everyone is in the same boat, no really know exactly what they mean... I think they're obtuse on purpose.

Are we just supposed to bring in the objects, or have loads of drawings of them as well?

i think just bring in the objects! (:

DigiGal · 11-09-2009 12:23am

How are you guys carrying em in
I'm thinking of using a suitcase

Papillon! · 11-09-2009 12:25am

i duno...i dont wana look like a complete sap on my first day...but im living too far from town to go back and forth :P

eleven · 12-09-2009 11:46am

I think not having a massive suitcase full of crap on the first day will be like going to a fancydress party in your normal clothes!

DigiGal · 13-09-2009 12:16am

Papillon! wrote: »

i duno...i dont wana look like a complete sap on my first day...but im living too far from town to go back and forth :P

I think they want you to have everything

Its better to look like a sap then get off to an awful start with your lecturers etc
Plus every1 will have big bags and suitcases

kimmyt1987 · 13-09-2009 12:22am

Bring as much as you can without killing yourself.
Summmer project, Basic materials (they will give you work to do but nothing too stressful) and a sample of your portfolio. Tutors understand that it is a lot to carry in and will probably be understanding once you have the essentials!
Suitcases people..... Everyone uses them! :P

DigiGal · 13-09-2009 12:25am

kimmyt1987 wrote: »

Bring as much as you can without killing yourself.
Summmer project, Basic materials (they will give you work to do but nothing too stressful) and a sample of your portfolio. Tutors understand that it is a lot to carry in and will probably be understanding once you have the essentials!
Suitcases people..... Everyone uses them! :P

Yep everyone I know from NCAD said they used suitcases....
I would reccomend one with wheels lol

Papillon! · 14-09-2009 3:11pm

DigiGal wrote: »

Yep everyone I know from NCAD said they used suitcases....
I would reccomend one with wheels lol

suitcase it is then

Weekend Warrior · 14-09-2009 3:33pm

God, only like two weeks to go now.

Papillon! · 14-09-2009 3:36pm

10 days!!

how are ye getting on with collecting the items and doing the tasks?
im finding it hard to think of stuff which is personal to me...really feel like that should be the easiest but its not!

DigiGal · 15-09-2009 1:14am

****, i've barely got anything done, better ask for some days off work

leeolee · 15-09-2009 12:17pm

two weeks! :P
gah! i couldnt belieeeeve the amount of stuff we gotta bring in...suitcases?!?! (they should provide a bus service for all poor exhausted first years!) ...hmmm...my actually portfolio case is heavy nuff.:( im tiny! haha! i think ill have to hire a sherpa...;)
any takers??;)
yeah that whole uploading images and those four recordings of movment...do we like upload them onto a memory stick?..

oh yeah...and in the midst of all those pages of acceptance letter goodness, anybody check out the FIELD TRIPS?!?!?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! X)
..
think i jumped around my kitchen for a good 20 mins annoying everybody in the family...:P

what are people putting as their first choice??

(HOW random is Istanbul?!?!? :P)

apologies for the random post..:P just joined this today in search of other first years:)
*waves*
xxxxxx

Papillon! · 15-09-2009 1:08pm

leeolee wrote: »

two weeks! :P
gah! i couldnt belieeeeve the amount of stuff we gotta bring in...suitcases?!?! (they should provide a bus service for all poor exhausted first years!) ...hmmm...my actually portfolio case is heavy nuff.:( im tiny! haha! i think ill have to hire a sherpa...;)
any takers??;)
yeah that whole uploading images and those four recordings of movment...do we like upload them onto a memory stick?..

oh yeah...and in the midst of all those pages of acceptance letter goodness, anybody check out the FIELD TRIPS?!?!?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! X)
..
think i jumped around my kitchen for a good 20 mins annoying everybody in the family...:P

what are people putting as their first choice??

(HOW random is Istanbul?!?!? :P)

apologies for the random post..:P just joined this today in search of other first years:)
*waves*
xxxxxx

yay hello fellow 1st year-er! emm im so undecided! i was actually gona put istanbul as my first choice only to turn on the tv the next day and see HUGE FLOODING IN ISTANBUL all over the news

leeolee · 15-09-2009 1:43pm

Papillon! wrote: »

yay hello fellow 1st year-er! emm im so undecided! i was actually gona put istanbul as my first choice only to turn on the tv the next day and see HUGE FLOODING IN ISTANBUL all over the news

awh no way your joking!flooding!? typical! hahah! :S...
where are you from?:)
have you strated reading any of the books yet?!?! :S...
hmm this whole 'suitcase' idea thing is a bit worrying! :L ..its gonna look hilarious to see a group of first years loookin like eejits carting round suitcases!:L...
yeaii! im so excited tho! i havent talked to anybody else whos going..:)
xxx

leeolee · 15-09-2009 1:44pm

snorkeling in istanbul anyone?;) xx

Papillon! · 15-09-2009 2:12pm

leeolee wrote: »

snorkeling in istanbul anyone?;) xx

dya know i love an aul snorkel from time to time !
aha what were u thinking of putting as your 1st pref?

leeolee · 15-09-2009 2:27pm

Papillon! wrote: »

dya know i love an aul snorkel from time to time !
aha what were u thinking of putting as your 1st pref?

awh id actually LOVE to go snorkeling..haha ah sure feck the list of field trip options! i say we go and feck off to the great barrier reef

ehm..im not sure really what to put down to be honest..=/..
id love to go somewhere ive never been before like totally random...st petersberg sounded collld but uber fun;)
...new york is pretty amazo too

..paris would be nice..
london...
GAH! LETS DO THEM ALL MY NEW ROSCOMMON FRIEND!

xxxxxxx

Papillon! · 15-09-2009 2:29pm

leeolee wrote: »

awh id actually LOVE to go snorkeling..haha ah sure feck the list of field trip options! i say we go and feck off to the great barrier reef

ehm..im not sure really what to put down to be honest..=/..
id love to go somewhere ive never been before like totally random...st petersberg sounded collld but uber fun;)
...new york is pretty amazo too
..paris would be nice..
london...
GAH! LETS DO THEM ALL MY NEW ROSCOMMON FRIEND!

xxxxxxx

yeah st.petersburg sounds delish!
hey i messaged u on your profile so that we're not cloggin up threads with our excitedness

leeolee · 15-09-2009 2:36pm

Papillon! wrote: »

yeah st.petersburg sounds delish!
hey i messaged u on your profile so that we're not cloggin up threads with our excitedness

stupid boards wont let me comment you back..its sayin i have to have like 25 more posts to b able to wb!
my facebook is the same as it is here, just 'leeolee'

xxxx

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 4:22pm

Papillon! wrote: »

yeah st.petersburg sounds delish!

uwaaaaaah st petersburge is my number one choice!!!!! its gonna be uber expensive though..U_U

leeolee · 15-09-2009 4:59pm

Inso Maniac wrote: »

uwaaaaaah st petersburge is my number one choice!!!!! its gonna be uber expensive though..U_U

ohh wow so you've actually decided! :O :P ...

hmmmm...it sounds kinda cold tho..but yeah! how cool would that be (no pun intended) !

*waves* are you a firstie/male/female/human too?! :P

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 5:04pm

leeolee wrote: »

ohh wow so you've actually decided! :O :P ...

hmmmm...it sounds kinda cold tho..but yeah! how cool would that be (no pun intended) !
*waves* are you a firstie/male/female/human too?! :P

ohh yes..actually i decided eons ago!!! st petersburge..(russia) is the second place i want to visit during my lifetime!!!!!
the first is japan but i think they went there last year...TT__TT

oh im a girl..im 17..yesh yesh a firstie to ncad...straight out from sixth year.....is that too young??TT__TT and alas i am not a human but a clone!! lol!!XP and you??

leeolee · 15-09-2009 5:08pm

Inso Maniac wrote: »

ohh yes..actually i decided eons ago!!! st petersburge..(russia) is the second place i want to visit during my lifetime!!!!!
the first is japan but i think they went there last year...TT__TT

oh im a girl..im 17..yesh yesh a firstie to ncad...straight out from sixth year.....is that too young??TT__TT and alas i am not a human but a clone!! lol!!XP and you??

japan! awh mannnnn!

that would've been amazo! :P yeah i wanna go somewhere totally random..i wanna either go to russia or istanbul, (im sure youv read the snorkeling comment

) ...hahah

im outta sixth year too

im from dublin where you from??:)female, 19 and i am TOO...a clone..:P*waves*
xxx

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 5:15pm

leeolee wrote: »

japan! awh mannnnn! that would've been amazo! :P yeah i wanna go somewhere totally random..i wanna either go to russia or istanbul, (im sure youv read the snorkeling comment ) ...hahah

im outta sixth year too im from dublin where you from??:)female, 19 and i am TOO...a clone..:P*waves*
xxx

yesh yesh i read the snorkeling comments!! lol!! is there THAT much flooding over there??@_@ ahhh dublin!! so you have no problems with accomdiation?? lucky!!>< im wayyyyyyy far away from co. clare!!!!! ooohh fellow clone!!! yayness!!!!!^^ *dances* nice to meet you!!!!!!!XDDD my names Emi btw!!^^ and you??

leeolee · 15-09-2009 5:26pm

Inso Maniac wrote: »

yesh yesh i read the snorkeling comments!! lol!! is there THAT much flooding over there??@_@ ahhh dublin!! so you have no problems with accomdiation?? lucky!!>< im wayyyyyyy far away from co. clare!!!!! ooohh fellow clone!!! yayness!!!!!^^ *dances* nice to meet you!!!!!!!XDDD my names Emi btw!!^^ and you??

im not sure to be honest! the nice gilr from roscommon told me she saw it on the tv the day after putting it as her first choice hahah x)..
CLARE?!?!? uh la dee dah! :P hows the whole accomodation thing commin along then for yah?:) hah my 'rents were actually talking about getting a student in ...lol...
so do you know anybody else from clare who's also gotten accepted??.:P
*yeaiii dancing randomly with new ncad friend*..im leigh

sounds loike leanne- with out the ann bit...(im sorry a lotta people get a bit confused when they read it..lol) ...so just for future refrence..;)

awh you sound so cool:P haha

xxxxx

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 5:40pm

leeolee wrote: »

im not sure to be honest! the nice gilr from roscommon told me she saw it on the tv the day after putting it as her first choice hahah x)..
CLARE?!?!? uh la dee dah! :P hows the whole accomodation thing commin along then for yah?:) hah my 'rents were actually talking about getting a student in ...lol...
so do you know anybody else from clare who's also gotten accepted??.:P
*yeaiii dancing randomly with new ncad friend*..im leigh sounds loike leanne- with out the ann bit...(im sorry a lotta people get a bit confused when they read it..lol) ...so just for future refrence..;)

awh you sound so cool:P haha xxxxx

the thing is with clare ppl is that since its close to limerick they went to limerick.....BUT I WANT THE ADVENTURE OF GOING TO DUBLIN!!!!!!!XDDDDD..so i know no one in clare going to ncad...i know of a girl who applied...but she waned limerick more than ncad.....¬¬
i think im not tooo bad in accomidation....i already have a sister living in dublin..(she's studying [email]psychology@.@)..so[/email] she's looking for a place for us to live together!!...dublins really expensive though..TT__TT

uwaaah your names like Lee then?? thats how you pronounce it?? that sounds sooo kewl!!!!!XDDDDDD

oh yesh!! ha ha im like the definition of kewl!!!XD *nerd laugh¬¬*..XDDD
heh heh random fact!! im short!!X3

leeolee · 15-09-2009 5:44pm

Inso Maniac wrote: »

the thing is with clare ppl is that since its close to limerick they went to limerick.....BUT I WANT THE ADVENTURE OF GOING TO DUBLIN!!!!!!!XDDDDD..so i know no one in clare going to ncad...i know of a girl who applied...but she waned limerick more than ncad.....¬¬
i think im not tooo bad in accomidation....i already have a sister living in dublin..(she's studying [email]psychology@.@)..so[/email] she's looking for a place for us to live together!!...dublins really expensive though..TT__TT

uwaaah your names like Lee then?? thats how you pronounce it?? that sounds sooo kewl!!!!!XDDDDDD

oh yesh!! ha ha im like the definition of kewl!!!XD *nerd laugh¬¬*..XDDD
heh heh random fact!! im short!!X3

awh sounds deadly! wheres she studying?!:)
dublin can be uber expensive yep...its lameo

haha uwwaahhhhdddhh your names cooler! haah emi! i love it!

awh mann im short too !haha theres NO WAY im gna be able to carry all that stuff in on the first day! wanna rent a sherpa with me??!

added you on facebook :P x

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 5:57pm

leeolee wrote: »

awh sounds deadly! wheres she studying?!:)
dublin can be uber expensive yep...its lameo

haha uwwaahhhhdddhh your names cooler! haah emi! i love it!

awh mann im short too !haha theres NO WAY im gna be able to carry all that stuff in on the first day! wanna rent a sherpa with me??!

added you on facebook :P x

gaww shucks...^^

wooper!! power to ze little ppl!!^^ YESH!!! DUDE!!!!! THERES LIKE UP TO 60 THINGS IN TOTAL THEY WANT US TO BRING....PLUS ART SUPLIES...PLUS PORTFOLIO!!!!!!!!...><........
my portfolio is almost as tall as i am...>< i dont know how ill survive!!!><

erm whats a sherpa??o.O for some reason a carrier sheep comes to mind....they dont exist do they??U_U

wooper i accepted!!!XDDDDD

leeolee · 15-09-2009 6:00pm

Inso Maniac wrote: »

gaww shucks...^^

wooper!! power to ze little ppl!!^^ YESH!!! DUDE!!!!! THERES LIKE UP TO 60 THINGS IN TOTAL THEY WANT US TO BRING....PLUS ART SUPLIES...PLUS PORTFOLIO!!!!!!!!...><........
my portfolio is almost as tall as i am...>< i dont know how ill survive!!!><

erm whats a sherpa??o.O for some reason a carrier sheep comes to mind....they dont exist do they??U_U

wooper i accepted!!!XDDDDD

hah awe'll all just stick together :L little people ...haha

maybe we should set up a new student society..'p.t.t.l.p'..(power to the little people);) haha hmm..think im on to somethin there

there are rumours of peple bringing in suitcases with all their stuff ..;/ oh jeeez..i should really start that assignment lol :P ...
yeah a giant carrier sheep thing X) haha i think we could getta good deal on the on thomas street..;)
x

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 6:20pm

leeolee wrote: »

hah awe'll all just stick together :L little people ...haha maybe we should set up a new student society..'p.t.t.l.p'..(power to the little people);) haha hmm..think im on to somethin there
there are rumours of peple bringing in suitcases with all their stuff ..;/ oh jeeez..i should really start that assignment lol :P ...
yeah a giant carrier sheep thing X) haha i think we could getta good deal on the on thomas street..;)
x

hee hee yes just stick your fist upwrads and shout power to the little ppl!!!!XDDDDDDDD student society....hrmm....I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!XDDDDD

vaaaassss???? suitcases???o.O i suppose thats not a bad idea...but what if its a prank for the newbies??TT__TT @___@

oh haha have you not started?? MEEE TOO!!!!!!!!!! i found a box!!! wooper!!!!! thats bout it..U_U ooh ooh!!!!!! dyou know what the deal is with the internet stuffs..//like uploading and downloading stuff....and recordings of motion...@___@ its soo confusing...><

leeolee · 15-09-2009 6:25pm

Inso Maniac wrote: »

hee hee yes just stick your fist upwrads and shout power to the little ppl!!!!XDDDDDDDD student society....hrmm....I LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!XDDDDD

vaaaassss???? suitcases???o.O i suppose thats not a bad idea...but what if its a prank for the newbies??TT__TT @___@

oh haha have you not started?? MEEE TOO!!!!!!!!!! i found a box!!! wooper!!!!! thats bout it..U_U ooh ooh!!!!!! dyou know what the deal is with the internet stuffs..//like uploading and downloading stuff....and recordings of motion...@___@ its soo confusing...><

haha ! WE CAN EVEN INVENT OUR OWN LIL SECERT HANDSHAKE..;) (teehee...caps makes it even more exciting lol)
ehm , yeah i read it from a few different peoples..the whole suitcase thing..typical..ill be the onli one who turns up on the first day with one...and be known as 'suitcase girl' for the next 3/4 years.....haha

yeah, i was thinking we'd just upload all of that tech-y stuff onto our usb's?...uber confusing yep ..:( xxx

Inso Maniac · 15-09-2009 6:45pm

leeolee wrote: »

haha ! WE CAN EVEN INVENT OUR OWN LIL SECERT HANDSHAKE..;) (teehee...caps makes it even more exciting lol)
ehm , yeah i read it from a few different peoples..the whole suitcase thing..typical..ill be the onli one who turns up on the first day with one...and be known as 'suitcase girl' for the next 3/4 years.....haha
yeah, i was thinking we'd just upload all of that tech-y stuff onto our usb's?...uber confusing yep ..:( xxx

UWAAAAH A HANDSHAKE!!!!! IVE ALWAYS WANED TO DO A SECRET HANDSHAKE......hee hee and and and it can be like fightclub.....you know where rule number 1 is you dont talk about it...and rule number 2 is you dont talk about it!!!! hee hee....^^

ahahahahah the girl with the suitcase...well if it helps and comes to it..ill prob bring in a suitcase too...so we can be the suitcase loosers together....TT__TT...but secretly WE'RE THE KEWL LITTLE PPL CLUB PPL!!!!!!! buahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!!!XDDDD

....ahhh its so confusing..i was also told..by a friend taht she thought a recording of motion was like a pic thats the background tends to be blurry and stuff....><
i suppose its like the brief......where you confused at the start?? i was uberly confused..but in the end i decided that they want to see what WE come up with...so anything goes really.....><.......
maybe when i start the project itll be easire.....maybe....¬¬ XD

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