Peer review and Lino prints

Peer Review Queries

• I think my printing ideas are too literal; how can I refine them

• What sort of printing process shall I use?!

Peer Feedback

• Do some more mono-printing; do some abstract brains

• Make up brains from objects too for example the things that Oliver Sacks loved.

• Try the prints and see what they look like, refine them digitally if you get stuck

Ben's Feedback

• This way of working (the lino prints) is too graphic for you...

• Consider making a book

• Your drawings of objects and scenes from the film are really good, do some mono prints of these

Reflection

This feedback has left me feeling like I've hit yet another brick wall, and that I'm just going round and around in circles!I appreciate what people are saying but I just feel like I can't make decisions for myself. Part of the reasoning for this is that I haven't yet discovered what my real strengths are within illustration; I want to be good at everything and try new things but this just isn't possible. So at the moment I'm feeling utterly deflated, and that I don't want to continue with the project because I just keep hitting brick walls.

Results of my lino prints:

I really dislike my mono prints, I am so heavy handed with the cutting tool that they do not look delicate and aesthetically pleasing.

Things I will do from here:

Ben suggested that I 'make a shit load of mono prints' for next Tuesday. So I will go crazy and have a go at that I think. I will also look for more inspiration to keep me motivated (because my motivation is at an all time low right now!