During the course of this module, I've found out a lot about my personal practise, both professionally and personally, and how I want to proceed in the future. At the start of this module, I felt completely lost and confused about what I wanted to achieve with my illustration and I was finding it really difficult to picture my future. I really had no plan and it was getting quite stressful, because I had no idea what I wanted to do and what road to go down.
I had a complete style turnaround and I made myself so many random personal briefs of different types of illustration to try and figure out what was best for me. I experimented a lot to try and figure out what style fit me best and I felt I created a few diamonds in the rough, and then went full steam ahead with those ideas and trying to refine them as much as possible, before going back to my character and environment designs. I saw a huge amount of growth in my work, especially as I dedicated myself to my illustration and I drew pretty much every single day for hours trying to refine my style. I really gave it my all this year, because I was feeling so much more confident once my work started feeling better.
I plan on continuing my refinement of my work and trying to find clients. As I mentioned in my Career Thoughts blog post, I want to find an agency and do older children's book illustration as well as perhaps asking them to find me some animation concept art work. I will see how that would work, but I would definitely like to start with some children's book illustration work, even just to bulk out my portfolio and CV with work. I would love to do book covers and the inside illustrations for books for the ages of around 7-12, as that would be my ideal solution.
I will also be applying for my Masters in Illustration, as I would like to do that part time as well as working in the illustration sector, because I would love to be a tutor one day and having a Masters is another step towards that goal. But I can't sustain myself for another two years without work, so I will try my hardest to get into an agency and get enough work to sustain myself through that period.
I am so glad I used this module to really find my illustrative voice, and I would like to thank every one of my tutors for encouraging me and helping me figure out what I want to do. I'm so much more confident not only as an illustrator but as a person, and I feel so much more motivation and drive to become the best visual storyteller I can be. I'm so excited for the future and I hope my plans come to fruition, and I really can't wait to start working as a professional illustrator.
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