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Textile illustrations I did in my earlier work

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Textile illustrations I did in my earlier work

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I want to develop a stronger sense of what I want to put out into the world of illustration. I have aspirations for my work to affect people by being honest in my subjects and events I depict. My journey is always going to be a deeply personal one as I know my work will always follow themes of my relationship with myself so I want to continually be expanding my methods of communication through art.

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I always want to be honest in my journey, to focus on the key aspects of what makes my work mine and strengthen them. I need to continue to reflect on all my mistakes and use these to inform my figure projects and approaches. Also I want to break free from the idea that I need to restrict myself to one form of illustration to be successful, I believe there will always be merit in adapting my techniques so I need to keep this idea strong through my work.

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I want to explore the many layers there is to being a woman. I want to be insightful but relatable as I think that holds so much power. Depicting my personal struggles with who I am and issues that surround being a female will hopefully connect people together by sharing these stories. There’s also a power that comes with being unapologetic about the real situations in your life. As an artist exposing my flaws is a liberating way to face the reality of what is going on in my head or life at the time. This constant need to document these moments acts as a diary for me, my hopes is I can turn these moments into a large scale depiction of what I feel is important for people to talk about it life. Starting a conversation also allows for other inputs to be placed within the narrative I’ve created, it’ll build a stronger interpretation of these issues.

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After taking part in a series of work shops I found my illustrations fell into the category of author and activism. Storytelling as a tool of activism to engage with the audience. I began to research publications that mocked mainstream media as a form of activism

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I started to look at artists that I thought combined similar PODs to me to use as a reference of approaches.

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From my experiences of the workshops I decided to use what I’d found along with my preexisting passions for creating a magazine to guide my project.

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More sketches I did using Face magazine as a reference for inspiration for unique facial expressions and formations.

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The speed of these drawing allowed me to focus less on precision and examine how I work more.