TASK
Self-promotion is supported by physical marketing material and portfolios but is really a prompt for you to discuss who you are and what you can offer. To do this successfully, you need a clear and simple narrative about who you are as a creative visual communicator and a good sense of what you might want out of any contact with potential clients or other contexts you’re interested in.
Think about how your can distil further your personal statement to produce key information that you can use to communicate key information about yourself and the kinds of work you make.
Identify around 5 aspects of what you do, and keep it simple.
In March 2021 when this assignment is sent to my tutor my ideas about my practice are still evolving. And because of COVID, I had not been able to do as much work in physical media as I intended. This will be as far as possible remedied over the summer when I again have access to my art studio.
Below is an initial diagram that maps out my thinking so far. But I expect this to evolve further over the summer, also as I do Assignment 1 of SYP. When I have a wider range of non-photographic images and sketchbooks, I plan to develop this into a hyperlinked infographic combining physical and digital media and/or slide presentation for assessment.
!!! Please see the exercises on the right for details. Summaries for this page still to be done so it does not get too repetitive.
This module has explored and developed my creative process – the choices I make in terms of what I want to communicate and how I establish that and how image design and technical aspects of the particular medium can enhance that communication. I have focused on a range of media:
- Printmaking: photoscreen and cyanotype
- Photography and Photobooks
- Drawing and illustration in natural and digital media including Adobe Illustrator, iPad softwarepencil, ink, gouache and scraperboard.
- Animation, Moving Image and interactivity.
I have also tried to reconnect with some of the more beautiful, funny and light-hearted aspects of life, as well as dealing implicitly or explicitly with some of the serious social and environmental issues we face in England as well as in countries like Kyrgyzstan.
I summarise my conclusions about the best forms of presentation/ changes I still need to make and implications for my Creative Process and outline further possibilities to reach a wider range of audience and also markets whilst still maintaining my social and political voice.