5 things I've learned so far on the programme:
- I learnt the importance of being true to my passions
- to put my own personality in my own work
- how to have my own tone of voice
- the importance of making roughs and trialling lots of different ways of doing things
- to just push on and be creative when you're having a block, its the only way to make good things
5 things that I want to know more about:
- printmaking and the different print processes
- what it takes to survive as a creative person in the real world
- what areas of illustration there are
- where myself and my work might fit within that
- finding a creative process that works well for me
5 skills/strengths:
- having a strong sense of myself and what I'm about as a person
- putting a lot of humour and personality into my work
- marketing myself and my work, whether that be on instagram or in person
- being self motivated and getting things done on time
- getting involved and making connections with people
5 things that I want to improve:
- my time management, although I do get things done on time always, they may not always have been done in the most efficient way
- focusing and staying focused on briefs that may not initially excite me, or that I feel go on for too long
- pushing myself further, to make things that are out of my comfort zone and not just stick to methods of making that I'm used to
- my computer skills, particularly in terms of using Photoshop and Illustrator
- drawing more as thinking, and maybe using it to generate ideas at the beginning of a project
5 practitioners that demonstrate my interest in illustration:
- Sad Ghost Club (Lize Meddings)- collaborative, "club" membership style of buisness, gets people involved in making, talks about mental health, products that everyone can afford
- Kristyna Baczynski- limited colour palette, strong sense of character in her work, tells stories of folklore and sci-fi
- Charlotte Ager- very expressive, fluid, sketchy images. Drawing as thinking, visual observation sketches that have a lot of feeling to them, evocative
- Rebecca Green- lots of portraits, but with a personal, sentimental feel to them. Combines gouache and watercolour with rough pencil drawings. Feels very playful and accessible
- Rob Ryan- papar cutouts, really detailed. Mostly admire how fluidly he combines word and imagery, they feel like poems. Really sentimental
5 online resources:
- https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/kriski?ref=search_shop_redirect - Kristyna Baczynski's online store
- https://ohhdeer.com/ - distributers of paper products made mainly by illustrators
- https://coloursmayvary.com/
- http://nobrow.net/
- https://wearegirlgang.co.uk/
Summary:
I felt last year was a year of discovering the ways in which I like to make work and explore imagery. Although I’m not 100% polished and final on this I now feel like this year is a time to begin seeking a place for me and my work to fit. I’ve identified that I have a lot of opinions and causes that I feel very strongly about and one of my main aims this year is to discuss those through my work. I’d also like to get involved in more exhibitions through people and organisations such as Girlgang, and begin to sell my own work, I want this year to begin to put the wheels in motion for post grad life.
Sketches for self portrait and final image:
