Portfolio: has to show product, range and distribution. Also has to show a demonstration of context, which is more likely to be convincing towards a client.
Group task: Come up with a list of briefs:
- Secret 7
- Illustration Friday
- Inktober
- Decks for change
- Penguin design award
- Pan Macmillan
- Cheltenham prize for illustration
- Folio society
- YCN
- D&AD
- Quirty T-shirts
- Loop-de-loop
- Drawlloween
Disciplines/Areas/Themes:
- Music album art work
- Book cover design
- GIF/animation
- Children's book illustration
- Editorial
- Character design
- Concept/narrative
- Printmaking
- Textile printing
- Surface pattern design
- Greetings cards
- Stationery
- Fashion illustration
- Publishing/self publishing
Benefits of One-a-week briefs:
- Implements self discipline
- Quick turn around
- Allows you to develop through repetition
- Gradually produce a good body of work
- Constant reflection and evaluation
- No restrictions
- Doesn't matter if it is wrong
- Allows you reflect upon your interests
- Experimental
Benefits of Live/Competition briefs:
- Working to deadlines
- Gets your work exposed
- Could win money and opportunities
- Potential for collaboration
- Chance to research a new area of interest
- Level of professionalism
Summary
Today's session made me think more carefully about what it is that I want to get out of the briefs that I choose. The idea of my practice being quite broad is making me feel a bit apprehensive in terms of what briefs I think I should choose. Perhaps I am thinking too far into the future along the lines of 'if I do this brief I could have a better chance at getting a job in such and such', which isn't really very helpful. Over the next week I am going to try and think more in the present, i.e. what I am enjoying now, and go from there.
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