ncad portfolio brief, help!

vixy

iv decided to start a portfolio for ncad.. does anybody understand the brief?

leeolee

vixy wrote: »

iv decided to start a portfolio for ncad.. does anybody understand the brief?

that the 2010 brief??
hah consider yourself lucky! the 2009 one was RIDICULOUSSSSS!...this years one is wayy easier! :P (well i think so anyways).

DO it tho..:P totally worth it!:D

what part is confusing ya?:) x

butterbunnies

I know they want you to show development in your ideas and have an understanding of how to work with a brief, the problem I have with it is that I find it quite BORING.
Boring and hard to understand what exactly you are supposed to be aiming for... even the WORDS they give you as "broad starting points" are just dull....food, memories, habitats, mechanisms???
None of those words interest me, I'm interested in drawing people, designing clothes, getting inspiration from somewhere and then developing it into a finished piece but I can't get my head around the brief at all.
It frustrates me because I know its not to "encourage creativity" or "provide guidelines" so that YOU know what the college is looking for....

It's really just a way to standardise creativity...easier on them, not us.
They get their little marking schemes out and mark your work as if they were marking a leaving cert art project...
Honestly think about it. They used to get tons of applicants and they have very few places, in 2008 they got over 1000 applicants someone at ncad told me, then they introduced the brief an automatically discouraged around 300 people or something...less portfolios to look at

Its a load of crap.
If you dont understand the brief, you're not the only one.

spinandscribble

brain storm! use mind maps and gear it to your interests. honestly if anything i find those broad starting words very free and easy so that you can do whatever you want.

vixy

thanks for that:)

Chorcai

butterbunnies wrote: »

I know they want you to show development in your ideas and have an understanding of how to work with a brief, the problem I have with it is that I find it quite BORING.
Boring and hard to understand what exactly you are supposed to be aiming for... even the WORDS they give you as "broad starting points" are just dull....food, memories, habitats, mechanisms???
None of those words interest me, I'm interested in drawing people, designing clothes, getting inspiration from somewhere and then developing it into a finished piece but I can't get my head around the brief at all.
It frustrates me because I know its not to "encourage creativity" or "provide guidelines" so that YOU know what the college is looking for....

It's really just a way to standardise creativity...easier on them, not us.
They get their little marking schemes out and mark your work as if they were marking a leaving cert art project...
Honestly think about it. They used to get tons of applicants and they have very few places, in 2008 they got over 1000 applicants someone at ncad told me, then they introduced the brief an automatically discouraged around 300 people or something...less portfolios to look at

Its a load of crap.
If you dont understand the brief, you're not the only one.

If you don't understand it, then how can you say.. "not to "encourage creativity" or "provide guidelines" so that YOU know what the college is looking for."

The brief is the guide line, I think you really need to open up your mind (not sound like a hippy!) but thats what they are looking for, you might be amazing at drawing but can you expand a given idea/word or object and still come out with an amazing result be it drawing/painting etc etc.

If you are in leaving cert year this year, 50% of the places are for LC students then 50% for PLC/mature/other students. IMO They really should advise people to do a porfolio prep/PLC course before hand.