Student Ambassador work - Animation Workshops

For 8 Weeks Leeds College of Art's Progression team is running workshops for young people with an interest in further art education, the theme of these workshops is animation. I've assisted as a student ambassador on some of the workshops, and these include the use of plasticine models and drawn work for stop frame animation. 

It's a nice thing to be involved in, because the participants enjoy creating their animations, and it is good to be there to help inspire them, especially when we're also learning about the processes of animation in our studio practise module. 

Inspiration - Fantasy/ Stylish Art

Upon a few visits to the library, I quickly realised that there is a lot of work out there that deals with portraiture in a contemporary way - they are visually appealing not just because of detail, but because of colour, composition etc. they are more than ordinary in the way they represent people - they depict mood, style, magic. They inspire me because not only do I want to learn how to do this in my practice as a whole, but I'm also looking at the intangible sense of magic and fantasy within my Authors project. A few of the books I looked at to begin with dealt with the subject of Fantasy Art, but I also looked at the Fashion and style category in 'Contemporary Illustration and it's Context Vol 2' because I felt that a lot of the work was magical.
Artists include:
Luis Royo
Oliver Frey
Cicely Mary Baker
Camelia D' Errico
Yoshi Tajma
Won ABC
Saeko Ozaki
Ivan Soldo
Marloes Duyker
Sandrine Pelletier
Irene Jacobs
Margot Mace

Collection of Visual Information Based on 3 Categories in which Illustration Exists

Illustration on Products: Different Types of Bags & their Audiences

Type of Bag: Children's Rucksack 

Audience: Children

Type of Bag: Floral multi purpose bag 

Audience: women

Type of bag: Shopping bag

Audience: consumer

Type of bag: Prada Handbag

Audience: People who can afford Prada / Women

Type of Bag: Tote bag

Audience: anybody 

Summary of where I am at this point in time

5 things I've learned

A well as last year and over the summer, I've learned a lot about myself as a practitioner.

1. I work best when I am doing work that I want to produce & am happy with, rather than what I think people want to see (stuff that I'm more proud of showing to people makes me happier) 

2. Doing things like working outside of college can impact my grades significantly 

3. Effectively planning time is essential and do able 

4. Use of Photoshop and other useful software 

5.  Drawing every day helps to improve skills

5 things I want to know more about 

1. Looking forward to learning about online presence 

2. Post graduate teaching degrees 

3. Print methods 

4. Business in illustration 

5. Art theory

5 strengths 

1. Spending lots of time working in things I love 

2. Detailed portraits 

3. Self evaluation

4. Written communication

5. Thinking /worrying about future career 

5 things I must improve 

1. Peer review 

2. COP work - a deeper theorectial understanding 

3. Exploring work, testing etc

4. Deeper research, different methods, visiting relevant places 

5. Working faster

5 images that define where I want my practice to go (including context) 

1. Gary Aagaard - 'model citizen'

Imagery of people with a message 

2. Mia Araujo - 'into the woods.' Narrative

Using composition to tell a story

3. Isobel Peachey 

Commissioned portraits 

4. Pet portraits - Kimberly Kelly Santini  

5. Dryden Goodyear - 'art on the underground'

Continued general study/ sketches of people