Illustrated Self Initial Ideas

Ideas

Ten characteristics of an art student

Ten traits of a first year Illustrator

Ten struggles of being an art student:

• Long Studio hours
• Other people think your course is easy
• BIG AWKWARD PORTFOLIOS
• Hot having enough time for things
• Forgotten academia
• Own worst self-critic 
• People expect you to work for free
• The government seem to think art is unimportant
• 'What are you READING at university?'...
• Expensive Materials

Ten Perks of being creative:

• Go with your instinct
• Motivated by passion
• Speculative
• Embrace being wrong
• Don't try to be normal
• Don't let 9-5 constrain 
• Think of amazing ideas
• See different perspectives
• Take time out
• Keep learning 

More Ideas

Ten Stages of tackling a brief:

• Get the brief and be really excited
• Cry because this is the fourth brief you will be working on at one time
• Start gathering ideas
• Panic because you have no idea where you are going with it
• Pre-crit anxiety
• New ideas from crit,yay!
• Procrastinate
• Procrastinate some more
• DEADLINE TOMORROW?
• All nighted featuring red bull,coffee and cheesy love songs

Ten Tragic Student Meals:

• Fish Finger Pizza
• Mandarin segments
• Vomlette 
• Pasta and BBQ sauce
• Dahl curry
• 19p super noodles
• Burnt toast
• Baked bean spaghetti
• Carrots dipped in boiled egg
• Carrots on their own

Critical Incident

My favourite idea so far is the tragic student meals, although that doesn't really reflect MY year as an Illustrator. After talking to my tutor I decided to make a little 'Ellie character' to help me decide and illustrate the most important parts of my year. I based it on my second idea of 'perks of being creative', but more related to my personal experiences.

10 things first year has taught me:

• Don't try to be normal
• Take time out
• Draw more
• Go on adventures
• Speculate
• Conceptualise
• Socialise
• Exercise
• Keep organised
• Eat well