I am a bit late writing this up, I forgot to published as soon as I got my feedback from my tutor.
So a bit belated and updated version of my reflections on part two.
The first part was good, and yes I agree that I’ve enjoyed being taken out of my own comfort zone, even now months after the fact I not only more confident as an illustration but as a person as well.
I am glad my falling fruit page didn’t fall completely short of the objectives.
“if you have paraphrased any of her text or taken direct quotes then it would be helpful to get into the habit of Harvard Referencing these correctly. This might apply to the other research that you have done too but I won’t keep repeating it”
I think I needed this reminder, it is just a slip up in these times that I’m not quite forgetting but more overlooking when I came to finish parts of my learning log.
I’m going to be honest in lock down due to looking after kids / being ill things on the organising side (such as my check list) have slipped, I needed the reminder for that push not to let myself get into bad habits and slipping up.
• you could return to the question mark / hearing aid symbol at some point and start to refine it by exploring different thicknesses of line / shape.
This is a good idea, I would like to explore more with this as lately I’m been embracing my deaf identity and would be good to maybe design some items around this symbol, if not to sell but for myself.
• you could try playing around with scale more within your sketchbook pages. So, you could zoom right into the leaf and show us part of it and then zoom out and show us a forest of trees. This will help you to test ideas around visual pace and the start of narratives.
I’ve been trying to add this in areas of part three when I’m able. I also used some of my walks as I chance to revisit trees (in foregrounds and backgrounds).
I think my break through has to be one of the moments in life things inside me started to make sense. This moment documented forever in my sketchbook will be powerful to me and emotional.
The idea of the path, ‘seeing sound’ and the personal statements is very moving and a great theme to return to to develop further.
Yes, this would be a great “voice” for me to explore. I’m having fun getting to know myself again so this is a good route for me to do that.
I am looking forward to seeing the wine and beetroot experiments…
I’ve managed to get the wine (while drinking with family) in my personal sketchbook. Sadly the beetroot I’ve not yet had on my food delivery!
But, always tomorrow!
• could you create some narratives around the wild dandelion, the peacock and the found object characters? They all look like they could have stories to tell us…
I’ve made a point of revisiting these during part three, I like that it is a recurring theme, makes my sketchbook work relate to each other.
• it would be good to see some drawings of how your faces have developed. These could be digital or analogue but they would show us more options for each character.
This is a good point, more I didn’t think of this.
In key steps I did a lot of “step by step” that was said “too much work” I may have wrapped things up too quickly in this instance.
• the faces that don’t require any additions (such as eyes) work the most successfully as they make us work a little bit harder.
I agree, I did have a moment thinking “Am I overworking this” “should I leave it for guess work” but I didn’t listen to myself as was a little worried people won’t see what I see… I should have more faith in my viewers.
• you could think about the foreground, mid-ground and the background within your images. This would help us to notice the elements in an order that you control. This is called visual hierarchy. So, the robot in the foreground could be stronger and the tree etc could be knocked back to be paler and less dominant in the background. That way we will notice the robot first and then the background.
I did do this a little, I skipped steps in my learning log and didn’t push to much.
I was a little scared pushing too much outside the whole “happy accidents” and the image becoming too controlled by me.
Thank you for the feedback, a lot I should have trusted myself on more and came as no surprise (In fact pleased that about the result, as know I shouldn’t hold back).
The links and books recommendations are great and given me some serious inspiration.
Emclemmie OCA Sketchbooks 