Where am I now?

5 things I've learnt this year:

1. Need to broaden my influences - look for and be inspired by people/artists I don't usually follow 
2. Keeping a personal sketchbook to just draw whatever I want like my summer sketchbooks will really improve my drawing abilities
3. To not be too precious with my drawings and get annoyed if it doesn't turn out the way I want it to
4. And to use this to learn from my mistakes - repetitive drawing will also improve my drawing abilities
5. Need to leave some time for me to enjoy my life outside of Uni - don't get too stressed out

5 things I want to know more about:

1. How to get myself known/promote myself
2. How to set up my own website
3. The business side of things (e.g. prices etc.)
4. What is expected of me to work within the industry
5. If I want to work within the animation industry, how do I do that? what would I need?

My 5 strengths at this point in time:

1. I put 100% effort into my work and quite good at managing my time effectively
2. I am able to keep my work consistent with quality
3. Familiarity with Photoshop
4. I am quite good with my compositions and thumbnailing
5. Drawing the human figure/characters

5 things I want to improve on:

1. Being more experimental with media, tone of voice, production methods (e.g. screen print)
2. Colour and lighting to create moods and atmospheres
3. Drawing things (figures, objects, places) in different perspectives/angles
4. Drawing backgrounds (different environments and settings)
5. Making my illustrations more dynamic (e.g. how to capture movement in my illustrations - distorting, exaggerating shapes? etc.)

5 images that define where my interests are:

1. Children's book illustration:

2. Character design:

3. visual development/concept art:

4. Story boarding:

5. Stand alones/decor/art prints: