W here am Inow? A Vi sualEval uati on
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T hi sev al uat i onwi l lr evi ew andr ef l ec tuponmyper s onalpr ogr es sandt hepr ogr es s ofmypr ac t i c et hr oughoutt hedur at i onoft hec our s es of ar . Whathav eIl ear nt ?How hav eIi mpr ov ed?WhatdoIs t i l lneedt owor kon?T hes e ar eal lques t i onst hatIhopet oans wert hr ought hi sev al uat i on.Ial r eadybel i ev et hat Ihav epr ogr es s edc ons i der abl ys i nc et hebegi nni ngoft heac ademi cyear ,ev al t uat i ngt hi spr ogr es s i onvi s ual l ywi l lbet hei dealwayt os eehow mypr ac t i c eandmy t hought shav eev ol v ed.
Iam more aware of the fact that Ineed to work hard i f Iwant to be successful
Whi l et hi si ss omet hi ngt hatIhav eal waysbeen awar eoft os omeext ent ,t hi spoi nthasonl y been c l ar i f i ed.T hi shasbeen a r es ul tofa numberofel ement soft hec our s es of ar . Pr i mar i l y,Ihav ebeenmademor eawar eoft hi s t hr oughbi gheads .A per f ec texampl eoft hi s woul d beGl ynnDi l l onexpl ani ng t hel engt hs hewentt ot of i ni s hhi sgr aphi cNov el驶 T heNao ofBr own始 . Ihav eal s os eent hi spl ayapar ti nmypr ac t i c e ont hec our s e.Mywor khass uf f er edwhenev er Ihav e putl es sef f or ti n,and t he end r es ul t s hav enotbeenoft hes ames t andar daswhenI hav e buck l ed down and wor k ed har d. Es ent i al l y,t hei deat hatmypr ogr es sdepends on t he amountofef f or tIputi nt hr oughout t hes et hr eeyear s ,i smuchc l ear er .
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Iam l ess focused on becomi ng a concept arti st and more open mi nded as to what Imay do
Ear l i eroni nt hec our s eIwass t i l lf oc us edon bec omi ngac onc eptar t i s t s ,howev erIbegant o wonderwhatot herpos s i bl ec ar eerpat hs I c oul dper s uef ur t herdownt hel i ne.Iam now ev enmor euns ur e. Howev er ,Inow s eet hatasagoodt hi ngasI am much mor e open t o t he pos s i bi l i t i es pr es ent ed by t he c our s e.Di s c ov er i ng whatI want t o do wi l lc ome wi t h t i me and exper i ment at i on. T hek eys k i l ls etr equi r ed f ormos ti l l us t r at i on anddes i gnf i el dss eemst obek nowi nghow t o s ol v eapr obl em c r eat i v el y .I ft hi si ss omet hi ng t hatIam abl et o c ons i s t ent l y achi ev e af t er t hr eeyear s ,t henIt hi nkIwi l lbeOK.Il i k et hi s i dea,asi tmeanst hatIdon' thav et odec i deon af i el dj us tyet ,butIc ans t i l lmak epr ogr es s .
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Iknow more about possi bl e careers after unithanks to bi g heads
As I gr adual l y bec ome mor e i nt er es t edi nt hepos s i bi l i t yofper s ui ng c ar eerpat hsot hert hanj us tc onc ept ar t ,myk nowl edgeoft hos edi f f er ent pat hsi si mpr ovi ng.
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Bi g headshaspl ayed a bi g par ti n t hi s . Seei ng s o much v ar i et y and pos s i bi l i t y wi t hi n i l l us t r at i on i s i ns pi r i ng.If eelt hatt her e ar e many pos s i bl e s pec i al i zat i ons and t hat many ar t i s t sdon始 tf oc uson one i n par t i c ul arand wi l lof t en j ump f r om onet oanot her .
Ihave been made aware that I l l ustrati on i s not just drawi ng
Many oft he modul es ,i n par t i c ul arVi s ual L anguage,hav emadet hi sappar entt hr ough t hewor kwehav ehadt oc ar r youts of ar . Pr i ort ot he c our s e Iwoul d hav e notr eal l y c ons i der ed much ot her t han dr awi ng and pai nt i ngt obec l as s edasi l l us t r at i on. s ualL anguageal ongwi t hBi gHeadshav e Vi made me r eal i s et hat i l l us t r at i on c an be anyt hi ngf r om c ol l age,t o3D,t ophot ogr aphy . It hi nki l l us t r at i oni smaybej us ts ol vi ngvi s ual pr obl emsc r eat i v el y . EdChev er t on
Iknow that research can be key to maki ng i nteresti ng work
Res ear chpr i ort ot hec our s ewasmos t l ys omet hi ng t hatIj us tdi dbec aus eIhadt odoi t .I twas n始 tunt i l Is t ar t ed wor k i ng onbr i ef sl i k e Vi s ualNar r at i v e t hati tbec amemor et hant hat . I twast heVi s ualNar r at i v ebr i efi npar t i c ul art hat mademer eal i s et hei mpor t anc eofr es ear chand how r es ear chc anmak ef ormuchmor er el at abl e, r ealandi nt er es t i ngwor k. Onear t i s ti npar t i c ul art hatr eal l yi l l umi nat est hi s i dea i sL or aI nnesand hergr aphi c nov el驶 T he Dr eamer 始 .I t 始 sa s t or ys eti nt he Amer i c an Ci vi l War ,s or es ear ch i sk ey t o mak i ng much mor e r eal i s t i candi nt er es t i ngchar ac t er sandnar r at i v es . L or aI nnes
Ihave l earned that Iam di stracted way too easi l y by T V and Youtube
Ihav es l owl yr eal i s ed t hatIpr oc r as t i nat ea l otwhen If i nd wor kdi f f i c ul t .Iget di s t r ac t edbyt hei nt er net ,TV andYout ubeani nc r edi bl eamountandi thasahuge i mpac tonmypr oduc t i vi t y . T oc ombatt hi sIhav ebannedmys el ff r om yout ubeandhav eal s os t ar t edus i nga t odol i s tappt ohel pk eepmef oc us edandont opofmywor k.If i ndt hati thel pst o hav eev er yt hi ngIneedt owor kon,i nonepl ac ef ormet obeabl et ot hi nkc l ear l y aboutt het as k sathand.
Ihave l earned that Iam extremel y cri ti calof my own work and don' tl i ke i t that often
Ihav eal waysbeenf ai r l yc r i t i c alofmy wor k,I ʼ m notal wayshappywi t hwhatI pr oduc e.It hi nkt hi si spar t l ybec aus eof t he way I dr aw and my ʻ vi s ual s i gnat ur eʼ hemomentIam t r yi ngt obr eakout Att of t hos e habi t s and t hat ʻ vi s ual s i gnat ur eʼ ,whi chi ss t ar t i ngt owor k,but i sal s omak i ngmec r i t i quemywor kev en mor e. Ul t i mat el y, It hi nkt hatbei ngc r i t i c ali snot s omet hi ngt hatIwi l lbeabl et ochange, i t ʼ ss omet hi ngt hatal lar t i s t sdealwi t h.
Ihave l earned that Ifi nd i t di ffi cul t to step out of my comfort zone (di gi tal )
St eppi ngoutofmyc omf or tzonei ss omet hi ngt hatIhav eal wayss t r uggl edwi t hwhen i tc omest oc r eat i ng wor k.Di gi t al ,i npar t i c ul arPhot os hop,i ss omet hi ng t hatIhav e wor k edwi t hf oral ongt i meandIf eelc onf i dentt hatIc anus ual l ypr oduc es omet hi ng dec entwi t hi ni t . I 始 mt r yi ngt ochanget hi swi t hev er ybr i efIt ack l ebyus i ngnew mat er i al sandt r yi ngt o pr oduc ef i nalpi ec esofwor kwi t houtdi gi t almet hods .
Ihave real i sed (i n the l ast few weeks) that Ineed to do personalwork as wel l
Whi l e Ido bel i ev et hati twoul d pr obabl ybemor et hanenought o j us tc ar r youtt hec our s ewor k,I t hi nkt hatIwantt os t ar twor k i ng ons omeper s onalpr oj ec t sont he s i de. It hi nki twoul dbeagoodwayt o s t ar t put t i ng t he t hi ngs I 始 m l ear ni ng i n t o a r eal wor l d per s pec t i v eanddev el opmys k i l l s ev en f ur t her al ong s i de my s t udi es .
Ihave noti ced that now that I ' m drawi ng much more frequentl y,my drawi ng ski l l s are i mprovi ng
Ik new bef or eIs t ar t edi ns ept embert hatdr awi ngonadai l ybas i swoul di mpr ov emydr awi ngs k i l l s , i t 始 soneoft her eas onsIj oi ned t hec our s e,asIk new i twoul d behar d wor kand t hatIwoul d be pr oduc i ngal otofwor k. AsIhav epr ogr es s edIhav edef i ni t el ys eenani mpr ov ement ,i t 始 snotmuch,butI 始 m def i ni t el yget t i ng bet t er .I t 始 senc our agi ngandonl ymak esmewantt odr aw mor eands eehow f arIc anpus hmys el f .