Position Statement

Following the self-promotion poster task; we then had to make the following list of ten or more things.

10 things I want to get better at:

• Using photoshop and illustrator
• Screen Printing
• MONO PRINTING (because I am terrible at it)
• Drawing from imagination
• Having more self-belief and confidence
• Creating my own work outside of set briefs
• Finding out what really interests me
• Balancing four modules equally
• External knowledge and reference that can inform my practice
• Better understanding and use of composition and depth

10 things that I want to know more about:

• Knitting and embroidered techniques
• The life of freelance illustrators, especially the financial aspect of being self-employed
• Comics!
• Politics and understanding of modern conflicts and warfare
• How films and their directors have an influence on illustration and creative practice in general
• Printing, because I am terrible at it!
• Mental health and behaviour; how creative practice can help underpin and relieve problems and suffering
• Sub-cultures and interesting aspects of cities and popular travel destinations
• Historical movements that have informed creative practive; e.g. renaissance/modernism etc.
• Classic literature- I don't read enough books! 

10 places I want to go/people to meet:

• Auschwitz concentration camp
• Amsterdam
• Berlin Wall
• Barcelona
• America- Road trip!
• Africa to help struggling communities
• Scotland- Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• Australia
• Bristol Balloon Festival
• Japan

10 things I want to change:

• Having to pay for Adobe CC!
• The student finance system- it is so unfair.
• How addicted society is to social media
• The existence of chavs
• Violence, conflict and trauma caused by needless reason
• Peoples attitude and stigma around mental health
• The dire state of Grantham high street (my hometown)
• How narcissistic/negative society has become
• How art students are looked down upon
• 18 year olds being forced to go to uni, and being seen as a failure if they choose to take another path

Position Statement (combination of the ten most important points from these four lists)

• I will embrace print workshops with a more positive attitude
• I will keep on top of all of my work
• I will make the effort to keep my mind stimulated and become more aware of things that are happening in the real world
• I will eat healthily and exercise to improve my overall wellbeing
• I will invest more time into rough sketches
• I will draw every day
• I will diminish my negative self-confidence issue and have more faith in my ability and the work that I produce
• I will make the effort to relax, de-stress and have time to myself so that I don't feel so burnt out 
• I will make time for my other hobbies (music) so that I don't lose the skills I have
• I will try to watch more films and attend more events that will inform my creative practice.