Reflecting, what's gone right whats gone wrong, what pieces of work worked well and why
Whats went right:
- Come a long way this year in terms of being a presence in class, attending, punctuality and taking part. This is reflected in my submissions, solid submissions with final outcomes
- Staying behind more but I finally have a mac which means I can now work from home taking the pressure off
- More polished final outcomes that I am proud of
- Establishing myself more as an illustrator on social media sites
- Selling work and commissions. Taking part in competitions - which ones went well which perhaps didn't
- Digital experience touching on animation seeing my images in movement was a big step
- Other formats that my images have been taken across onto such as product
- Concepts driven by passions for subjects - been watching the news more, getting clued up on politics which is not like me at all! But I care more now
- COP allowing me to become passionate about equality which often drives my work
- Started to see a future for myself and the work that I produce, it has purpose now
- Become comfortable with my way of working and knowing how long it takes me to do things means I plan better and I am less stressed with deadlines, been creepily calm about them.
- Looking back at last years work I was creating work for the sake of it or for just fulfilling briefs and when it came to the end of year show I wasn't proud of any of my work, whereas this year any of my work could be put in the show because I feel i've pushed it as far as possible
- Collaborating, first with Hannah on YCN, then pairing up with 3rd year graphics student to design my logo got along well with both and gave me a great insight into how other people work, producing work we were both proud of at the end of it
- Communicating, Emailing companies and illustrators even if I didn't get any replies, sometimes i did and got freebies!
- Logo has been successful I feel it looks slick and has been taken across onto social media sites, as well as on products, cvs, business cards.
- Personal branding Succesfuly branded myself and I think my pack is sufficient in highlighting this
- I've become more professional. Seeing my craft as more of a business now
- Colours may vary in charge of the drinks, went well, planned far too many drinks but we needed them in the end. Successful exhibition. Wasn't really proud of my final outcomes for it but I'd really battled with them as etching was a pain in the...
- Tackled new challenges such as collage, etching, animation, pdf'ing, burning disks, making cvs and business cards, stickers, products. Learning constantly mostly through other people around me, asking more questions.
What's gone wrong :
What kind of things am I looking at? :
- Etching! What a module that was, extreme hard work because it kept going wrong. Plates in the acid weren't taking and I was losing months worth of work, close to tears. Pulled it around in the end and had lots of prints for the exhibition
- Animation. Wasn't a huge fan of this couldn't really get my head around it but I learnt the basics which I later got a commission out of
- My idea of a fun pack for my promotion material didn't come out because it was going to be far too expensive, scratch cards etc cost hundreds unfortunately
- Lifes a pitch presentation went wrong despite being practised we didn't pull it off on the day which was a shame because it would have been funny but ended up being funny for the wrong reasons
- Initial ideas for 505 ended up being far too offensive got carried away and that didn't reflect my views well as a person or as an illustrator so had to reign that in and create something more sensitive
- Earlier modules perhaps too research heavy and not enough focus on the final products whereas the later modules were more based on creating products that could actually sell.
What kind of things am I looking at? :
- Watching the news. I never used to want to do this because it depressed me, but now I know I was just being ignorant. This has really influenced my work and I can't stress that enough, I am becoming passionate about things, about the world.
- Speeches and reading up on equality gender rights
- Politics. First time this year I actually voted which considering im 25 is pretty shocking
- Books, but Illustrators are something I really need to look more at. The summer is going to be all about pushing my line work and experimenting.
- Looking at businesses online such as Paperchase, Scribbler, Jolly Awesome and Brainbox Candy and realising I can do that! I want to do that.
My practise is becoming :
- Drawings that are digitally painted, that can be animated, that can also be taken across onto products and packaging. They can be transformed into pattern.
- Character design
- Light hearted and humorous
- Serious at the same time, social and political awareness. Seriously funny.
- Professional, slick, ready to sell.
- Presented well, looking at typography more, I can make presentation boards! Finally!
- A representation of what I care about
Research into the type of work I want to make :
(images)
Work for the future, what I want to achieve next year :
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Work for the future, what I want to achieve next year :
- More business focused, creating an online presence
- Social media master, on all technology, might even be one of those idiots with a hands free set soon
- Website set up
- More competitions and commissions
- Making work backed up by COP and my dissertation that will be intelligent and will make a statement, but also become a trend and try change modern culture
- Get involved in more events and opportunities
- Master of printing onto products. Kind of cheated this year buying stuff in from wholesalers but I want to learn to print onto bags etc. Make things myself.
- I want to talk to more people, show them my work, hand out my business cards. Need to start making money, as much as I like fooling around, I wanna have a range rover like Daniel Craig
- Attend more exhibitions and take part in more.
- Better linework, draw funny. Paul Davis
What do I want to do when I leave? :
- Helppppppp. I still don't know. I need to know, need to attend career talks.
- If I have a website set up and a good online presence going on I can sell things on the side but I need to be looking for work, creating a relationship with clients. I think knowing where the work is is the most important thing, knowing where to look for it. Do I want to be a freelance illustrator? I don't know. Do I want to be an illustrator? I don't know. Sometimes I have ideas that don't necessarily come across in the way I work, I see myself being some sort of director in the future. Working alongside other people bouncing my ideas off of them. Kind of like telling people what to do in a weird way, I'm used to being a manager so I don't like people telling me what to do which is why I should have my own business. It's in my blood too all my family have their own business.
- Will being an illustrator be enough? If you hit it and hit the big time you're rolling, but do you need a sideline job?
- All else fails I'll become a female rapper
What are you looking at
What is your practice becoming
Research into that
How are you planning on working for the future
Evaluation of your progress
Investigating professional practice
Visual organisation of your presentation - thought into how it is presented and material
Verbal delivery
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