• The end product isn't the be-all and end-all
• Concept and idea should come before aesthetics and what's on the surface
• You (the human) informs you (the work/creative person)
• Take inspiration from a wide range of places, not just illustration (film, tv, books, podcasts, talking to people, memories, something funny you saw on the bus)
• Ask people for their opinions and help ("hey man is this drawing of a dog okay?")
2. Identify 5 things that you want to know more about
• Professionalism (Putting work out there (like actually putting work out, and being mentally ready and okay doing that), pricing, the business side of things)
• Context within illustration/visual arts & design (What exists out there? Is there really interesting and niche projects and ideas and formats that me/my work could exist in? Something amazing that I don't even know about?)
• My practice (What I'm good at, what I do, what forms my practice as a whole, where my interests lie)
• What illustration means to me and how this could inform my place in an industry-situation, where I go to next
• Facilities available to us once we leave here (printing, publishing, materials, all that serious stuff. Because thinking about buying paper keeps me awake at night ☺)
3. Identify 5 things that you consider to be your strengths
• Researching
• Creating links and connections between different info, sources...
• Drawing? (Just lines, really...)
• Idea generation (multiples, roughs, thumbnails, sketches)
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4. Identify 5 things you want to improve
• Having a level of assurance in my ideas/execution of ideas
• Ability to make quick, certain decisions
5. Identify 5 practitioners that have informed your practice
• Mikkel Sommer
• Joost Stokhof
• Nathaniel Russell
• Michael DeForge
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6. Identify 5 websites/resources
• It's Nice That
• The Library (I like the photography and illustration/graphic novel sections. Wandering around is also good)
• Creative Review
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• Facilities available to us once we leave here (printing, publishing, materials, all that serious stuff. Because thinking about buying paper keeps me awake at night ☺)
3. Identify 5 things that you consider to be your strengths
• Researching
• Creating links and connections between different info, sources...
• Drawing? (Just lines, really...)
• Idea generation (multiples, roughs, thumbnails, sketches)
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4. Identify 5 things you want to improve
• Having a level of assurance in my ideas/execution of ideas
• Ability to make quick, certain decisions
• Just going for it - taking initiative and going off gut feeling
• Expand skills with different techniques and media (so I can be an image-maker with a range of approaches, not just falling back on the same thing)
• The capacity to enjoy making things / worry-free creativity (solve this mystery)
5. Identify 5 practitioners that have informed your practice
• Mikkel Sommer
• Joost Stokhof
• Nathaniel Russell
• Michael DeForge
•
6. Identify 5 websites/resources
• It's Nice That
• The Library (I like the photography and illustration/graphic novel sections. Wandering around is also good)
• Creative Review
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