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26th September During a recent tutorial with J. I have talked about my project (The Future Self) and the initial plans and ideas for it.  I have explained ti him that I am basing the project on a poem that I've written Heart vs Brain , which speaks of a feeling that many people encounter during the time, when their mind is overtaking by thoughts and they don't notice their surroundings. Zoning out is common, people have moments when they just 'disappear' in their own world. My poem is about a person, who experiences the zoning out and then is faced with a car that might drive into them. Their heart and brain are battling, one wants the person to be run over by the car, while the other organ wants the person to get back to safety. Therefore, my tutor looked through my images and plans for a concertina book and discussed with me the possibilities and various routes that the project might take me to or that I can explore in a more interesting way.  J. gave me few ex...

 The first week back at university provided us with a challenge exhibition at The Kosmonaut Bar in Northern Quarters, Manchester.  Faced with limited colour palette, we were tasked to create a quality piece of work, developed from the summer project and refined to the best standards.  We rushed into the pace of work and dealt with it quite well, if I may say so, although we were stalled for a day due to the printer failure. Thankfully, our Managing Team (J, Y, C, and S) were up for it and able to find a professional printing service.                                        The exhibition 'Chrome' run from 22nd Sept to 26th Sept.                                    I think that while the experience was needed and useful, it also made us think of different v...

Today we had a lecture from Emma Reynolds , an established illustrator and character designer, on possible careers available to illustrators. Okay, so what are the possibilities and what are the routes for us after we graduate from an Illustration course? Well, first of all: THERE IS NO SET PATH, THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS AVAILABLE AFTER UNIVERSITY Option 1. A steady, full time job provides you with a stable wage, job security and a set routine that can help you with your working method. Furthermore, if you choose to work full time in a studio, be it a gaming, graphics, printing studio, you are in a place where you can share and learn from others, you will gain industry experience, as well as gain the option of lecturing in your field. On the other hand though it is not as flexible, for example if you go into teaching you can end up working extra hours and not having enough spare time for your own practice. Option 2. You can get ...