Well...It was the first timetabled day back today. So maybe thats it for this summer blog?
One thing I did realise today was that I really don't like the brief I wrote for the manchester book fair. I've decided I am going to re-write it and I want to create a book based on quotes from celebrity magazines. This way I can combine two of my favourite things; illustrative type and celebrities :D
I might aswell make it something I will actually enjoy!
I've had a great summer, I can't believe how fast it went! x
Design Skills updated
Evaluating this skills plan against the one I did at the beginning of summer;
- I didn’t evaluate anything as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ - this didn't really change over the summer...I think I could do better in most things.
- Organisation average to good, not particularly awful but could be a Lot better.
- No skills in screen printing, only ever done it vernon street where Roger helps a lot; the thought of doing it on my own confuses me and slightly scares me so I just avoid it...but I wish I hadn’t...but now it might be too late.
- Dreamweaver and html completely baffled me and was one thing that I really didn't enjoy, I wrote notes with screen shots and still couldn’t even begin to produce a website (but I did leave it too late). Usually I seem to get the jist of software quite easily but not this. Now I’ve got a site, done on a website builder that I’m not happy with because it has a structured layout and just doesn’t look very good. I hope to have a significantly better one in the near future...but I know that website and interface design is no passion of mine.
- In terms of other software, I feel I am capable on them, but I want to work more and more with illustrator and photoshop to produce better work, rather than vectorised pieces with a black outline where its obvious that it was created in illustrator.
- Cheesy fact; when I injured my hand, I didn’t really get to do very much. It was negative for the most part, but in reality it meant even when I wanted to do something I couldn’t do it very well so it made me realise what I missed doing most and that was drawing. I chose the course to have a job that I LOVE in the end, no matter how long it takes, I want to be an illustrator. I'd rather struggle, possibly work part time and achieve my goal eventually rather than settle for a job doing something that eventually bores me and I'm not truly happy with.
- I want to focus a lot more on illustration and hand rendered pieces (type and illustration). I have always said that I couldn’t be good at illustration because I don’t think my imagination is very good, but if I don’t try to work with it then I will never get better and I now really know that I do want to get better.
- Critical studies - at beginning of summer I said I didn’t think I needed any support, but I changed my mind by the end of the summer. I don't think I need a lot of support but I will definately be more prepared for tutorials in terms of questions etc. I find primary research really hard - especially contacting people as I am really Really shy, I'm also not sure of the questions to ask that they would be seen as beneficial. In terms of visits/exhibitions, I don’t really know where to look or what sort of exhibition to go to? Writing, I don’t find too hard but I do find getting the bibliography right a struggle and structuring the essay.
- Right now, I don't have any promotional material but the contact I made with illustrators proved that they see it as successful method of promotion to have leave behinds/mail outs.
- Enterprising section - filled it in completely wrong early in the summer, because I haven’t really done any at all, I produced some floor plans for the library but I just told them how long it took and they paid me the rate that they already have so I still have no idea about charging etc. I do know how to invoice though.
- Finally, I Really need to work on a printed portfolio!
Putting my finger in some internet pies...
So! In terms of web presence and networking...I'm getting there.
I have registered on all the following sites...I just to need to actually put things on most of them;
Twitter;
This was my personal account but I've sort of transformed it into my personal/networking joint one. I created my own background and have a small description of myself.
The reason I chose not to have 2 seperates ones is; I don't really post that much anyway, so its not as if I'm going to offend anyone and if I set up one Just for the business/networking side of things, I would come across way too serious and boring when I don't want to. Twitter is a casual thing...I don't want to completely bore! Plus, a few designers/creative groups are following me already thumbs up.
Threadless;
Although I don't know if I would class this as a networking thing...its fun, it gets my work out there and if you are really Really lucky, you can earn some money from it.
As of yet, I haven't uploaded anything, but I intend to enter the 'movember' competition.
Flickr;
The above screenshot is from my personal one that is just photos really...I need to set up a new email account so that I can open another just for the illustration side of things. I am doing the opposite as what I am doing with twitter because flickr isn't really about your personality conversation wise, its about the work.
Plus...I can't really afford a pro account and I don't have much space left on this one so I might aswell try and get another, lol.
Etsy;
Once again, I don't have any work on here yet...purely because its about selling things mainly and as of yet, I don't have anything that I would deem acceptable for sale! But its great to see other crafty things that people are doing and at least I have the oppurtunity to sell things in the future!
Folksy;
Another site just like etsy really...but again, its nice to look around and gives me a platform to sell things in the future.
Tumblr;
Just another blog really...but lots of designers use it and it was suggested that I get myself on there by one of the people I contacted over the summer. Once again, I don't have any work on it yet...but throughout the year, this is probably where I will post some of my personal and college work and not have to give a description/evaluation of it.
I have registered on all the following sites...I just to need to actually put things on most of them;
Twitter;This was my personal account but I've sort of transformed it into my personal/networking joint one. I created my own background and have a small description of myself.
The reason I chose not to have 2 seperates ones is; I don't really post that much anyway, so its not as if I'm going to offend anyone and if I set up one Just for the business/networking side of things, I would come across way too serious and boring when I don't want to. Twitter is a casual thing...I don't want to completely bore! Plus, a few designers/creative groups are following me already thumbs up.
Threadless;Although I don't know if I would class this as a networking thing...its fun, it gets my work out there and if you are really Really lucky, you can earn some money from it.
As of yet, I haven't uploaded anything, but I intend to enter the 'movember' competition.
Flickr;The above screenshot is from my personal one that is just photos really...I need to set up a new email account so that I can open another just for the illustration side of things. I am doing the opposite as what I am doing with twitter because flickr isn't really about your personality conversation wise, its about the work.
Plus...I can't really afford a pro account and I don't have much space left on this one so I might aswell try and get another, lol.
Etsy;Once again, I don't have any work on here yet...purely because its about selling things mainly and as of yet, I don't have anything that I would deem acceptable for sale! But its great to see other crafty things that people are doing and at least I have the oppurtunity to sell things in the future!
Folksy;Another site just like etsy really...but again, its nice to look around and gives me a platform to sell things in the future.
Tumblr;Just another blog really...but lots of designers use it and it was suggested that I get myself on there by one of the people I contacted over the summer. Once again, I don't have any work on it yet...but throughout the year, this is probably where I will post some of my personal and college work and not have to give a description/evaluation of it.
Threadless*
*This is the brief I am most unsure about. I like the idea behind it; t-shirt designs and uploading them to threadless to be put to public vote, but I'm not sure about the theme/content idea. Hmm.
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