Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION OUIL603 Extended Practice
Level
06
Credits 60
STUDIO PRACTICE Statement of Intent Name www.s-hargreaves1316.blogspot.com Sophie Hargreaves Date 13/10/2015 MODULE DEADLINE: 19TH MAY 2016 Rationale Throughout this module I want to become more confident in my skills as an illustrator. I will be focusing on specific areas to refine and develop the quality of my work. As well as developing the practical aspects of my practice, I will be developing my overall professionalism. This will include how I present physical out-‐comes, propose those I cannot create myself and my ability to talk about my projects. By the end of the module I want to have a clearer idea of the sort of illustrator I will be when I graduate and a portfolio to be proud of and represents my skills. Themes / Subjects Practicing professionalism is fairly straight-‐forward and to do this, I will be allocating more time to presenting final outcomes and considering what sort of presentation is most suitable. For example, photographing a physical piece of work, producing presentation boards or choosing an appropriate stock for printing. Within the briefs I set myself I want to explore publishing once again. In level five I don’t feel as though I did enough work with book illustration, character or smaller publications such as zines. On the back of this, I will also be investigating product and packaging to get a better understanding of commercial illustration. This will include developing products or packaging for a specific brand; print requirements or restrictions and which materials and production methods would be most suitable. I want to explore character to an extent, through zines and book illustrations because it’s a part of my practice that I have never really refined. I draw a lot of characters in my personal sketchbooks but they very rarely make it into my final work. A more overarching theme I want to investigate is my voice as an illustrator, I am interested in how I can combine the way I draw – which is quite bold and girly – with social/political issues I am concerned with. Products / Methods of Distribution Specific products I am interested in making are book covers and inside illustrations, zines, greeting cards and illustrated home-‐ware. These are all quite commercial areas of illustration and I feel that although they could do with some improvement, they resonate with the strongest parts of my practice.