evaluation

For this module I feel I have learnt a lot about how quick the industry moves and that you have to be very sharp to get your work out there to the right people. It’s been great producing work that I have sold, as I feel I don’t make enough ‘final’ products.

Having listened to guest speakers and asking them how they have made it to where the are has been really inspirational, and I have been taught that hard work, perseverance and determination are important, as well as producing beautiful artwork. No story has been an easy one, and I’m learning that to gain what you want to achieve can only be done so through grit and hard work.
I would like to keep producing sellable work or more graphic based work, as I have previously done some craft stalls.

Communication is key of illustration, communication through your work, to people and advertising and promotional means.

Unfortunately I didn’t manage to gain a work placement, but I feel now I should have pursued it further, and that emails aren’t the greatest means of talking. I did manage to do some work for stalls though, which has gained me some extra work through that. I do find that I need a website for my work (not the blogs I am currently running for modules) and business cards would be useful. I’ll look at these over the summer and hopefully use my sketches from travels to make books... which I feel is the way I would like to go as I enjoy making books and favour my sketching.