Monday 10 February 2014

Study Task 4: Creative Practice - What Next?

What are your goals?
Short-term:
  • to pass this year/degree
  • to get better at composition
  • to draw more for myself
  • to experiment more - with tone of voice, media etc.
  • learn how to do more things on Photoshop
Long-term:
  • to have a successful career in the creative industry; 
    • I am particularly interested in children's illustration and 
    • working within the animation industry; character design/visual development/concept art for animated feature films and television
Visual development for Disney's Frozen ('Art of' books make me happy):

What are your expectations?
  • To pass this year/degree
  • Study the human form
  • Study backgrounds - different environments/settings
  • Study colour/lighting
  • To draw lots
  • To experiment more
  • Build a strong portfolio

How will you achieve these?
  • Be more enthusiastic and motivated
  • Not be afraid to try new things and fail
  • Get out more - see the world, absorb and inform myself about the things that happen around me
  • Work real hard each and everyday and things for sure will go my way:

How will you judge your successes?
  • compare old work to recent ones
  • number of commissions/likes?
  • how much I earn
  • my audience - how broad globally

What do you do when it goes wrong?
  • Hakuna matata
  • If at first I don't succeed, try, try again
  • Keep moving forward - wise words from Meet the Robinsons: