I am sat with a cup of tea and I want to re think where I am heading. So far I am not really enjoying this project if I am honest, and it seems silly that I set it myself! I don't think I made informed decisions about my next steps and I would like to re-write my brief or change my aims and direction. I don't see this as being a problem as I feel it will help me establish a context for my work and if I will enjoy it more it will lead to more work.
I feel like jumping from Graphic design in the first year to second year illustration has made me rush into a style that I really don't enjoy or particularly like. (See first initial illustrations) Playing more with hand based materials was a lot more inspiring for me (see hand based images most recently posted) and I want to focus more on this.
A past project at level 5 for Digital Revolution that I did was a much more interesting subject, as I used real conversations as my inspiration. I would like to go back to this idea as a starting point and create a project based around my real interest in people and interaction with others. I enjoy the random element of conversation and language and using a dictaphone for Dig Rev really helped me capture this.
I also think life drawing class has made me realise how I was a lot more into drawing from life in the past and how I should really get into capturing life situations with my sketchbook and pencil in arm.
I will make a mind map of ideas of where I am heading with this.
