sarah maycock

http://sarahmaycock.co.uk

Sarah has a wide range or projects and clients she has worked with (down the right hand side of the web page) therefore i think she is an idea illustrator to contact for advice on how to contact/ get work. 

Vanessa vanderhaven

Vanessa is an illustration artist, photographer and designer based in Sydney, Australia. With a sharp eye for detail and an affinity for character and soul, her work is precise as well as emotive. She works across a broad range of disciplines and has developed a well-rounded appreciation and understanding of the art and design world, with her specialty being illustration. Creativity, ingenuity and sleek communication are highly regarded elements to her professional work, in addition to the guarantee of a long lasting impression.

or custom illustrations, photography and imaging services, business branding and stationery, brochure and flyer design, advertising materials, or to work on a collaboration - send through your ideas to 

vanessavanderhaven@hotmail.com - contact email! 

georgina Luck

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http://www.georginaluck.com

georginaluck@gmail.com - contact address!

Chamo San

Chamo San

Contact: hello@chamosan.com
Phone: +34 617 01 05 87
Address: C/Ramón y Cajal, 17 Barcelona. Spain

Poster for the John Talabot‘s show at Bilbao BBK Live 2014.

Since September 2012 I work for Panenka magazine. A different football magazine. Each month I do an illustration for a section in it.

final promo pack

links to online presence
http://pigeonwithapencil.tumblr.com
https://www.facebook.com/REW.illustration?ref=hl

final end of year ppp presentation

OUIL502 PPP module evaluation

I found this years PPP has been really beneficial in my development as an illustrator in terms of branding and the industry itself. It has definitely addressed the key concerns of mine that I have perhaps been to scared or ignorant to think about, like the big question of ‘what happens after I graduate?’ though at times I found the PPP sessions quite confusing and theoretical, especially learning about service sectors and creative industry, I appreciate that this is an important part of business.

 I have found the weekly session with John very helpful and have learnt a great deal about self-promotion and things to look out for when dealing with a client such as copy write, legislation, pricing of work.  Though I could not of asked for better advice, I still struggled with the idea of defining my practice in the form of a promo pack, let alone defining myself! I am a very indecisive and hesitant person, which made it difficult for me to come up with new work to visually communicate myself or choose from my existing work to do so.

However I persisted and focused on myself as an illustrator and a person, which allowed me to figure out what message I want my promo pack to communicate about myself. This process has made me still back and think about  design style and where I feel my strengths lie, something I should do more often as it has allowed me to focus and develop on what works and what does not.

I feel content with my promo pack that is represents me, as a person and as a creative.

Because I am dyslexic, I find it hard to communicate myself well which does not help my confidence, something which I feel hold me back from branching out and talking to people about my work, especially professionals as I do not want to appear stupid. Thankfully, the main thing I taken from this module, especially creative presence is confidence. I feel a lot more confident to approach others or contact professionals now I have learnt how to deliver questions and myself appropriately. I also feel reassured that this is hard for everyone and you have to start somewhere! I plan to start with emails, which will hopefully allow me to build a relationship up with clients or professionals which will with any luck make me feel more relaxed when meeting them or talking to them on the phone.

I have also set up a number of social media sites presenting my work, something I would have been to embarrassed to do last year due to lack of confidence in my work especially with such strong competition. The feedback and comments I have got of the back of these has given me more faith in my work, encouraging me to keep it up!

I feel I can now call myself an illustrator, though I obviously illustrated in first year I still felt unsure about what an ‘illustrator’ does and how they become successful In their profession.

I feel I have grown up from last year, when discussing ideas and the industry with peers and tutors I feel more like a practitioner rather than a student.

I am clearer of how to persist in a career in illustration whereas I felt clueless about this in first year, which was one of my main concerns, before, I new I loved to illustrate but was unsure how my skills could be put towards a potential career.

I think a strength of mine this year it that I have made a point in blogging each lecture we have been given, which allows me to go back and remember key points about branding, and the industry etc I will need to know for future reference.

I think my main weakness within creative strategy and my work ethic, as a whole is not getting someone to proof read my work before printing. Annoyingly I always find one mistake I miss no matter how many times I proof read. This cost me in money but also vital time.

With my promo pack, I wish I has experimented or revised the paper stock before printing as I feel the paper I have printed my creative cv (the pack) onto is not idea for transportation as I t It marks very, very easily resulting in the pack looking grubby, especially with it being a white background.

I feel the most vital thing I have taken from this year is to drop the attitude that work will come to me when I finish uni, I now no it is all down to me branding and getting myself out there for potential clients to see. This is something I need to be working on from now onwards!

Presentation notes

Still trying to develop my tone of voice

Recognizable style or brand identity

Therefore this year I want to figure out

How and where I would exists in creative industry

What area of illustration my practice fits into

My worries for the year

Keep the momentum up after the summer break

Confidence or ability to do it all over again especially with the expectation of work to be of higher standard

 

 Aspirations to experiment further with etching or drypoint.

Assumed process would be ideal

Detailed

 Rustic

Handmade quality

Ironically required to produce a set of prints for our 504 module

Unfortunately lost desire

Unpredictable

Unruly

 Frustrating for me as I like my work to be precise and accurate!

In addition to this animation

Overall

Challenging and exhausting module learning 2 skills at ones

Constant battle of not being happy with the quality of my work

Eventually accepted unrealistic to expect outcomes at the same standard as professional printmakers and animators I have been influenced by

Influenced me to change my attitude towards rest of my work not to compare myself to others.

If our work was all the same, the world would be a very boring place

This being said reassured choosing single disciplined course

would not suit my illustration practice

 

Hard to adapt to longer modules

Balance my time accordingly

anxious about what I should be prioritizing

Worried that I would be doing enough for each

Spent the majority of the first term on 504 as this was first to submit

did not work in my favour when other modules came creeping up

learning curve independent study

 

term 2

off the page exhition

first experience of selling work in an established environment in a professional manner

had to concider

presentation and packaging

summarization

pricing

interesting to see that I sold prints I wasn’t expecting to – ones I almost didn’t want to exhibit,

Shows that I am perhaps too critical of my work, and that my opinions on a successful piece are the same as others.

Potential taste of further

Made me think outside education bubble

This term momentum picked up

Encouraged me to pull myself together

More time doing less time worrying.

Spent majority of term on responsive

Module influenced my consideration of audience

And applying my work into a plausible context

Vital to a successful piece of work, especially commercial.

this module also encouraged me to work on the Presentation of my work for competition summissions with presentation boards

making sure it was clear, organized and recognizable as a set  

 

I also focused on the practical side of cop this term.

As my essay disscussed the preconceptions of homeless people

Took part in external project at st Georges crypt to gain primary research

Visited crypt weekly

Improved understand

More passionate about topic Inevitably made me enjoy producing outcomes

Experience has made me more clear about my area of interest

Creating work relating to social issues as I can connect to it on a personal level and I feel this best suits my delicate way of working.

I have always found cop a daunting module lack of confidence in writing

Addressed this early one on one tutorials

Module become less overwhelming as it was tackled

Week by week.

Reassurance my work was on the right track

 

505 –

Helped me rationalize my workload to what’s realistic.

Downsizing my expectations and brief gave me a specific

and focused directions.

Giving me more time to develop outcomes to professional finish

new illustrative technique informed by contextual reference

instead of creating replicas of photographs I began to illustrate the sense in a abstact way

this year especially

Appreciated position I am in being surrounded my other creatives at LCA.

responsive and pp lectures have made me acknowledge the benefits of collaboration with other disaplins to improve or advise me with my own practice.

I collaborated with photographer William kneeshaw to take photographs for me to draw from for 505.

Asked for advice from graphic designer Liam Bailey about my font and layout choice.

Consulting with them has given me reassurance and confidence in my work as they specialize in wach of the creative fields so I trust in there opinions.

 

term 3

Applying illustrations to different formats,

encouraging knowing that existing illustrating can be reformatted and appearing new without having to start from scratch.

Visiting tetly book fair

Reignited my love of creating illustrative books 

Influenced my idea to produce a book for my 505 submissions.

Creative presence addressed my interest into how I can get myself out there.

Quite reserved person but weekly sessions with john gave me confidence in my work and made me realize my practice will not be considered or recognized without self-promotion.

What I will take from this year

I aim to continue to blog little and often as this makes it easier to reflect on my progress at the end of each module.

Think realistically about workload and what I can achieve in the time given

Continue using learning support to help me structure my time accordingly.

Take advantage of other creative at LCA

What I want to do next:

 Continue to develop work to a professional standard, considering its production, range and distribution.

contact professionals I am influenced by for advice and experience about the creative industry I will soon be venturing into.

Continue to develop my illustration aesthetic in general!

choosing to re-print promo pack net

though i have already printed my promo pack 2's, i have decided to print it again as there are a few things i am really not happy with which i do not want to get marked down for, or if i was to send it to a client, these mistakes stop them from contacting me.

mistakes and things i want to change:

• the paper stock- though it was the right thickness, it was prone to marking easily, which made my pack look grubby especially with it being white.
• to avoid grubbiness further - i have changed the majority of the background colour to the light grey i used on the inside flaps. 

improved net 

• still found one spelling mistake! - i have spelt the word entire wrong on the first information flap. 
• i found folding my promo pack quite difficult which i think has resuted in my pack looking worn through constant bending. hopefully, now i have experimented with folding it 2's i will no the best technique.
• weirdly, the arm of the figure on the front of my promo pack was cut off slightly, though the person receiving my promo pack would not no this wasn't right, i think it is much more effective when the figure is more towards the centre as you get the full impact of the drawing. 

...
though i make sure to print my promo pack in good time, Thursday 14th of may leaving myself 3 and a half days to reflect on the production and to see if i could improve, i did not consider that the days i could re-print would only be Monday morning, the day of my deadline.

so....i am currently sat in the Que outside the digital print room, fingers crossed i can print in the drop in times!

UNFORTUNATELY….
i was unable to print my pack off before drop in ended at 10am. this was really frustrating as i was next in the que and only had one thing to print out, especially seen at though i got there at 8.
though i did feel organised with this module, printing off a few days before my deadline, i have let myself down with professionalism and proof reading. - I'm really frustrated at myself.

visual headers

for the format i had to work with, i feel this design layout works much better as i don't have to sacrifice a part of my body unlike the designs above. i also think the piece above have too much negative space going spare and would be more appropriate for a portrait ad. 

http://www.daviddownton.com/couture/

street pattern

its really inspiring seeing the transformation of a simple sketch onto a variety of platforms.

final net after folding