Project Proposal
Professional Briefs
Through the module I want to be able to get stuck in with some real world briefs. I aim to start the module with some live competition briefs, but eventually be able to find enough work as an illustrator to see me through the rest of the module. I will aim to work towards briefs that will further develop my understanding of my practice as an illustrator and professional.
The bulk of my time throughout the module has been spent on paid briefs (NBC + CCS Co.) so I consider this a success, I feel much more confident about how to approach getting paid briefs and communicating with clients more effectively.
Practical Skills
The main thing I want to look to within the module is developing my roughing skills. I know from previous briefs that I need to experiment a lot more during the roughing stage of briefs, which should help me integrate better concepts into my work in general. The way I will do this is to try and focus on working in sketchbooks with simple pencil drawings and try to work at making roughs on location.
I think I let myself down with my roughing during the module, I think many of the briefs lack substantial roughing, which in some cases really deprives the brief of decent concepts. However, during my Mam Tor brief, I wanted to make a point of roughing on location, creating quick line drawings responding directly to the experience, which was definitely a success.
Products
I want to look toward making products during this brief, be it tees, finishing brush packs, or pushing my work to be able to be used for other practical applications. I think the best way to achieve this is to approach companies to work with, and try and get work with them.
Most of my briefs were aimed towards products (NBC- Instructions, CCS Co.- Tees, BrushUp- Brush Packs, CocoLoco- Chocolate Bar Packaging) so I guess I achieved what I set out to on this point.
General Aim
I want this module to be the beginnings of setting me up as a full time illustrator. Hopefully by seeking professional briefs I can gain enough experience and confidence to be able to work consistently post-uni. I don’t want to get bogged down with working on too many competition briefs if I don’t have to- hopefully I can find enough work to be able to work consistently on a paid brief throughout the whole module.
This part of my proposal is probably the most successful, through the NBC brief, which is still ongoing, I have been able to acquire a secondary brief from another company to re-do their instructions as well ,which should keep me in work well into October, which is more than enough time. The success of my brushes has also granted me a full-time income, meaning I was able to quit my part-time job and rely on that for regular income, giving me more time to work on illustration based pursuits.
Themes/ Context
During the module, I want to explore the type of images that I am genuinely interested in, I don’t think Ill ever be a children’s book illustrator, for instance- so I want to explore ideas and themes that I am interested in. I have really enjoyed product packaging in previous briefs, so this is definitely something I’ll be looking at working with during the module. I would also like to play with experiential illustration, and create work based off of my own personal experiences and events. I think this will open up the module to a lot of playing with images and allow me to investigate what I want.
During the module I got to explore a lot of things I am interested in. I got to work in tattoo style images to produce tees from them, as well as creating more experiential images through the Mam Tor brief, so this was a success.
Professional Skills
I want to challenge my skills in terms of professionalism. Time keeping is a big one for me, so I want to be able to draw up an in depth timetable and try to stick to it the best I can, be it a general timetable for the whole module or for individual modules themselves.
I think my professional skills have come on leaps and bounds during the module. I am much more comfortable approaching clients about potential and communicating with clients during a brief.
I expect this proposal will change quite heavily as the module continues, especially if I am wanting to find paid briefs to work on.
Initial Intended Briefs:
Professional Briefs
Through the module I want to be able to get stuck in with some real world briefs. I aim to start the module with some live competition briefs, but eventually be able to find enough work as an illustrator to see me through the rest of the module. I will aim to work towards briefs that will further develop my understanding of my practice as an illustrator and professional.
The bulk of my time throughout the module has been spent on paid briefs (NBC + CCS Co.) so I consider this a success, I feel much more confident about how to approach getting paid briefs and communicating with clients more effectively.
Practical Skills
The main thing I want to look to within the module is developing my roughing skills. I know from previous briefs that I need to experiment a lot more during the roughing stage of briefs, which should help me integrate better concepts into my work in general. The way I will do this is to try and focus on working in sketchbooks with simple pencil drawings and try to work at making roughs on location.
I think I let myself down with my roughing during the module, I think many of the briefs lack substantial roughing, which in some cases really deprives the brief of decent concepts. However, during my Mam Tor brief, I wanted to make a point of roughing on location, creating quick line drawings responding directly to the experience, which was definitely a success.
Products
I want to look toward making products during this brief, be it tees, finishing brush packs, or pushing my work to be able to be used for other practical applications. I think the best way to achieve this is to approach companies to work with, and try and get work with them.
Most of my briefs were aimed towards products (NBC- Instructions, CCS Co.- Tees, BrushUp- Brush Packs, CocoLoco- Chocolate Bar Packaging) so I guess I achieved what I set out to on this point.
General Aim
I want this module to be the beginnings of setting me up as a full time illustrator. Hopefully by seeking professional briefs I can gain enough experience and confidence to be able to work consistently post-uni. I don’t want to get bogged down with working on too many competition briefs if I don’t have to- hopefully I can find enough work to be able to work consistently on a paid brief throughout the whole module.
This part of my proposal is probably the most successful, through the NBC brief, which is still ongoing, I have been able to acquire a secondary brief from another company to re-do their instructions as well ,which should keep me in work well into October, which is more than enough time. The success of my brushes has also granted me a full-time income, meaning I was able to quit my part-time job and rely on that for regular income, giving me more time to work on illustration based pursuits.
Themes/ Context
During the module, I want to explore the type of images that I am genuinely interested in, I don’t think Ill ever be a children’s book illustrator, for instance- so I want to explore ideas and themes that I am interested in. I have really enjoyed product packaging in previous briefs, so this is definitely something I’ll be looking at working with during the module. I would also like to play with experiential illustration, and create work based off of my own personal experiences and events. I think this will open up the module to a lot of playing with images and allow me to investigate what I want.
During the module I got to explore a lot of things I am interested in. I got to work in tattoo style images to produce tees from them, as well as creating more experiential images through the Mam Tor brief, so this was a success.
Professional Skills
I want to challenge my skills in terms of professionalism. Time keeping is a big one for me, so I want to be able to draw up an in depth timetable and try to stick to it the best I can, be it a general timetable for the whole module or for individual modules themselves.
I think my professional skills have come on leaps and bounds during the module. I am much more comfortable approaching clients about potential and communicating with clients during a brief.
I expect this proposal will change quite heavily as the module continues, especially if I am wanting to find paid briefs to work on.
Initial Intended Briefs:
- CocoLoco Chocolate Bars
- Penguin Book Covers ( A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawking)
- Penguin Book Covers ( A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawking)
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