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- I'm further thinking about art direction, exhibitions and workshop creation. I feel that just selling work at print fairs and creating small zines will not be the top of my achievement list- I think I can be more ambitious and confident in how I can apply my work.

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From my PDP I have established that in the future I want to have a solo/ professional career that spans things like freelance illustrations, exhibitions, and more of a full time established career.
I want to produce artists books and small press as well as set myself goals for exhibitions and larger work.
My main goal is to continue my project, I produced a small zine to kickstart my exploration of positive experiences people of had in the year, now I need to analyse the results of my field research and develop a larger publication and surrounding work.
This will lead into me developing ym website to be more professional (like adding gifs to the main page and categorising work to be more user friendly for potential employers and clients). Alongside this, developing a professional portfolio to send people.
In the next 6 weeks I need to divide my time effectively and develop smaller one/two week projects as this is the way I work best. I want to produce work that goes towards both my main and secondary focuses.
I want to use the briefs to also branch out and look at 3D work, animation and get better at book-binding and graphic design.

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Authorship is a student led brief where the individual must choose a path to take and develop their own illustration practice. This should incorporate at least one external competition or live brief which I will decide on later in the project.

**pictures of drawing project and sketchbook work

I have utilised the weekly drawings sessions to illustrate freely without any idea of briefs or contexts; this has been reqally useful to experiment with colours and observational drawings. From the first lecture, I concluded that I need to go out on location more and start producing concious work and find out what is going on around me. From this, I can create a basis of practice, alonside looking at my previous work, whch will lead to ideas about what to do for Authorship. I have created a Padlet for my intial ideas and research which will form the basis of the authorship brief.

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Authorship is a student led brief where the individual must choose a path to take and develop their own illustration practice. This should incorporate at least one external competition or live brief which I will decide on later in the project.

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How do you envisage your future career? think about the next 5 years? what do you need to do to achieve this ambition at a practical level?

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How do you envisage your future career? think about the next 5 years? what do you need to do to achieve this ambition at a practical level?

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- Self employed, freelance illustrator getting commissions and work through clients
- Either (1) Graphic arts: fairs, exhibits, small press, work/life balance. Or (2) Solo career: editorial, freelance, employment in the industry, professional portfolio, more intense but full time.
- Make contacts, keep producing work to show to people
- Say yes to more opportunities
- Contact agencies and get advice on portfolios, work
- Running workshops

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Can you identify particular practice role models? people you have researched and aspire to?

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Can you identify particular practice role models? people you have researched and aspire to?

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Can you identify particular roles in employment? 

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Can you identify particular roles in employment? 

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Employers in my outer circle-
- Hallmark studio: commercial, cards, stationary
- Plum Pudding: childrens book ageny
- Chellie Carrol: Illustrator in manchester, connected to Wall in the Barn

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Beyond the live drawing sessions in Block 1 - what else would you like to do to develop a stronger sense of a course/design community?

- Continued drawing classes
- Small one-week briefs or challenges that help us think outside of the box

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Identify skills, transferable skills, and attributes to acquire and develop in 20/21

- I have a portfolio website but make this more consise and deliberate
- Develop a small physical portfolio that I could send to people?
- develop skills of confidence in presenting and pitching ideas

- Look more into collecting ideas, like a questionnarie for peoples experiences this year
- What am I really wanting to explore?

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Can you identify the skills you might need? 

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Can you identify the skills you might need? 

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tip - research job ads and note the skills being asked for.

- Better skills in illustrator and indesign (teach myself when I get an iMac)
- More confidence

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Consider your experience of blended learning in Block 1 and the end of year 2. Think about the things that have gone well and things that are more challenging in this mixed learning environment..

- I feel less able to be experimental as materials are not quickly accessible
- I think the small tutor groups function well as a good way to get feedback from different people