Rationale
Over the course of this year I really want to develop a few of my skills, the first skill I want to develop is my leadership skills, I think this is a really valuable skill to have as working in the creative industries I think it is essential that you can take on a leadership role in a project. This skill will make me infinitely more employable and also leaves me in a good position if I was looking to start my own company or if I was working as a creative director or project manager.
The second skill I want to develop is my collaborative practice, I think this goes hand in hand with developing my leadership skills. I think this is really important to develop as when I leave uni I will more than likely be working in collaboration with someone else wether it be a graphic designer, editor or as part of a studio. I want to develop these skills as again I think it will benefit me greatly when I leave uni, It will make my much more employable when I leave uni.
The third thing I want to develop this year is my sequential work, This is essential because I feel like this is the logical next step in my practice. I want to produce a body of work that exhibits my skills in sequential illustration, I will examine the way a page should flow together and look at composition and colour. This is all about getting my work published and out there in the industry where i can start to build up a public presence for my work.
The main thing I need out of this is to develop a diverse portfolio of work that I feel accurately sums up my areas of interest within illustration. The most important thing i've learnt from looking back at my work from last year is that i want to avoid doing fan art as much as possible, the only brief I should do anything near fan art for is the Thought Bubble prints.
Themes / Subjects
There are two main themes and subjects that I want to explore and I feel are or will become essential over the next year. The first theme is Cinematic work and I don’t mean this in that I’ll start making filmed work, What I really want to do is capture the cinematic feel of some of my earlier work in the first year such as my Vietnam piece. I feel like this is going to be a big part of what makes my sequential work stand out, to do this I’m going to be looking more and more at cinematography and it’s role within sequential work.
The second subject is Football, I’ve made no secrets of being a big football fan and I think that the two football pieces I’ve created over my time on the course are two of the strongest pieces I made at the times I made them, I think this is a really good subject for me to examine and will add some diversity to my portfolio as I don’t to be pigeonholed into just doing sequential work.
Products / Methods of Distribution
I think this will vary from project to project, for my narrative work I really want to find a synthesis between digital and printed distribution. To me the printed version will be the definitive edition though I would crazy to ignore the possibilities of digital distribution, I really want to have a go at adding some small animated elements to the digital versions of my comics. I think the main point for me is to make diverse work that will work both ways and will work in print and digitally.
Practical Skills / Media / Formats
I think this will again depend on the project, I will more than likely work digitally for the most part this year but I think it’s important for me to find a way to incorporate traditional medias into my work as I feel that sometimes my work can feel too digital and sterile. I really want to develop my design and typography skills over the year as well as I feel this is a skill that can really make my work stand out as a freelance illustrator.
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