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1. Hi
Hi as most of you know I'm Jenny.
2. First year
I started putting
this presentation together by looking at my presentation which i gave this time
last year. Here are 2 slides from that presentation about what I wanted my work
to become, and then what my manifesto was for this year. I was surprised to see
how much of this I had accomplished but you can be the judges of that too after
this presentation. I struggled a lot with first year and I was worrying too
much about everyone else work and not making the brief's my own, and didn't
like any of my work and in second year I really set out to make work I enjoyed
at liked. I knew I wanted my work to have themes of enchantment, magic, the
dark and unknown.
3.Second year
Overall
EVALUATE
4.Strengths and what I've learnt
I've learnt
so many skills this year, more information about the illustration business and also
more about myself and what I enjoy. I've learnt more printing methods in 503,
especially lino printing and how to incorporate foil into lino prints. I have learnt
so much on Photoshop, last year it was so alien to me but now it's so helpful and
quick but I don't want to rely on digital. I want to combine both analogue and
digital whilst keeping my tone of voice. I don't believe I've found my style
but I think this year I have progressed a lot in finding my tone of voice. I
want to carry on experimenting with different medias moving forward but also
carry on combining analogue with digital. I like the rawness and
unpredictability of analogue but the ease and immediacy of digital even if it's
just for editing.
5. Need to improve on
This year I
really could have improved on my research skills and the content of my work.
I'm always inspired by nature, witchcraft and something but I feel I don't
immerse myself fully in information like I could. I know I want my work to
focus on magic, witchcraft, the occult, feminism but I think I get a bit lost with motifs rather than the
actual context but if I focused more on research I believe I could push my work
and ideas a lot further. Also I feel I need to work more in my sketchbook to
visually solve problems, because I often think about my work a lot without
actually drawing and experimenting in my sketchbook and again I think my
practice could be progressed more if I did this.
6. Colours May Vary
For the
first time ever I was able to be part of an exhibition this year. It was really
fun and eye-opening being in an exhibition and also helping put it together as
a group. I had never realized how much went into planning and putting on an
exhibition. The whole process taught me how to present my work in a
professional way, as part of an exhibition and as standalone prints. I also
sold 2 prints there which was cool cos never really sold any of my work before.
This gave me a lot more confidence about my work which I was severely lacking
so I suppose this was a real turning point for me in my practice.
7.COP
I enjoyed
COP a lot more this year as I got to create work where I was really interested
in the content. I chose to research witchcraft, in particular why modern which craft is increasing and then
for the practical part I created 3 greetings cards designs in an attempt to normalize
witches. I think I enjoyed this so much because I had put so much into the
research beforehand and then that showed in the final pieces. I need to apply
this method to my other creative modules. I then got the cards actually
printed, folded and packaged with an envelope and I intend to sell. I realized
in this module that I find making an actual product really satisfying and
exciting.
8.504
So then for
504 I chose to go into retail and packaging. I've realized I prefer to make my
own work on what I want and then apply it to products or make products to sell
rather than keeping to a brief from someone else that I'm not really interested
in. I'm definitely a lot more motivated when working like this. For 504 I
created different designs for products such as patterns for bed sheets and
tapestries, stickers and notepads etc. I went even further on this module and
got some of the products actually made. 504 was the major turning point for me
this year where I made the most work, enjoyed the work the most and realized
what area of illustration my work sits best.
9.Selling stuff and setting up Insta
Since 504 I
learnt how to use laser cutter and also how to make stickers so I have started
making my designs into stickers and I've also made earrings and fairy lights I've
been selling. Also this year I set up and art instagram and have been posting regularly,
I know most students do this anyway but for me it was a big thing as I had
never really had to confidence to post my work out there to the public before.
10. Inspiration
For the
contact report in the professional practice module I contacted 2 illustrators who
inspire me Camille Chew and Cassidy Rae Marietta. Both are inspired my themes
of feminism, the occult and this task really pushed me as I would never have
the confidence to contact someone as it was a really scary thought but after
doing it I would happily do it again.
11. Application
They both
make incomes from online shops like etsy, society 6 and red bubble. They gave
me many tips in their replies to me and they said websites like society 6 are great
as they print on demand and you only have to make the work and they take care
of the rest and it supplies them with most of their income. They also said through
their online shops, they have been offered commissions where based on the work
they have made. They gave me a lot of confidence when hearing about how they got
to where they are now, it's really reassuring knowing they started out like me
once
12. What do I want to
do next year
The past 9 months have made me realise what I want to do, given
me way more confidence and shaped my work into something I'm a lot more happy
and excited about. Moving forward into level 6 I want to sell work on etsy,
take part in craft fairs to sell work and meet illustrators, and I want to keep
making more work and having fun with it. Also, after the group project in PP
where we proposed an idea of an art therapy centre it has made me realise my
interest in community art. Over summer I am volunteering in art workshops in
prisons and with homeless people and then from September I am planning to
volunteer with the workshops at Inkwell once a week.
13. What I want to
work towards after uni
I think in the future community art is something I want to
volunteer in but also I want my own practice. Hopefully I can find a way of
juggling the two even if it's just volunteering once a week to give back to the
community. Over summer I'm going to set up an etsy and put some work on society
6 and also volunteer to gain experience.
14. Manifesto
Looking back at my manifesto from last year and realizing I
had accomplished a lot of it I thought I'd set some goals for next year too. I
want to put more into researching and really think about what I want to say
with my work, make more stuff to sell, and sell more stuff, by setting up an etsy/society
6, and doing craft fairs, and also volunteer different places and gain
experience.
15. Thank you
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