Making a Note

Thinking about the visual diagram, have some threads of thoughts / influences / whatever that I need to write down before I forget.

Deerhunter concept map by Bradford! This is important because it's Bradford's interests, influences, moments in his life, memories - all coming together to make this thing that is personal and interesting and reveals small things about him. I really like this as an image too. Handmade.

I thought it was worth mentioning because I really like it, it's even on my door. I thought that if I find this interesting about someone else, maybe this type of collection of things could work for me too?

Keep things broad, think outside of illustration, think about other disciplines, subjects, themes, ideas, show inspiration from anywhere

Eleni. She is very good at making the internal (emotions, feelings, a sense of something) into a visual. This will be useful for visualising my mind map. I like Eleni's work, aesthetically and thematically. I also like the varied way in which she approaches image making. There is something to take away from this.

Michael DeForge (Forgey-boy). Keep it weird, fun, make things for yourself, be self-indulgent. Flowing shapes and lines, bold images and compositions and colours. Fun, vibrant, otherwordly.

Thinking about many things accumulating (interests, thoughts, etc) and compiling together made me think of his comic strip 'Queen'. A being from another planet walks through their version of a forest, collecting bits and pieces of plants and creatures to sculpt its appearance turning into this beautiful space lady. Weird but nice.

I need to gather my own likes things that make me happy and sculpt 'me' from them. Goodnight.