123- Part 3

"Be yourself and value your own ideas" I heard this from an Illustrator named Sholto Walker who I had emailed to ask him a few questions. This 'saying' relates alot to me, I believe strongly in being yourself and not someone else, or changing yourself to impress others etc. The same with ideas, If I like an idea, but others don't, why not develop this idea, and show people that it can work, Instead of changing things because others think it's the right way to go. I know sometimes, it is good to listen to peoples opinions and advice, but if you think strongly about something, you should stick by it no matter what people say, or try to improve it, this will show people what you can really achieve! :)

123- Part 2

'Always do what you love. If you don't love what you are drawing then change it.' Tansy Myre said this to me in one of her emails. I thought it was very useful and something I can relate to. If you simply don't like what you are doing, stop and do something else. Change your idea or just take a different approach. With my editorial piece, I loved what I had done, pretty simple and a good shape to work with, but every time I tried to put something in the background, it just didn't work at all. So I thought, stop, and just carried on playing around with the main element making that look stronger on its own.

123- Part 1

'Less Is More'

Yes yes, I know it's a very simple quote, that people have heard many times before, and many people may possibly use this as a great piece of advice, but for me, this is a great piece of advice. Through out my years of doing art/ textiles/ graphics and now illustration, I have always tended to cram elements and different things into my final pieces. I don't know why I do it, 'cause sometimes I know it doesn't look great, I think It could possibly be due to the fact that I am a very messy worker, I never tend to create a 'pretty' piece of work. But so far this year, I have heard the words 'white space' so many times that I am trying my best to encorporate this into my work and try out some new ways of playing with composition. I have also never been great at composition, not sure where to put things or how to place them, but the phrase 'less is more' is helping me to choose chertain things to put in my images instead of cramming everything in all at once. So hopefully, for the rest of my 2nd year and 3rd year I can learn to create images which are not so crazy and full and calm myself through my work, trying to create pieces that people will hopefully remember and enjoy to look at!