Design Within My Work

   I have been looking into design a lot more within my work since job searching for creative  roles. It seems to be the most heavily required skill. I also think that my work has been naturally heading this way; at the beginning of the programme I had no idea about it, but I feel that my work has progressed the most when I have applied a consideration of context, composition, process and layout. 
   Through applying my imagery to design problems, it has gave my illustration more meaning, hence why this year I have selected briefs that put my work into a design context, e.g. packaging, greetings cards, wedding invitations. I favour these more now, because when the finished outcome is achieved it has a purpose, other than looking good. This is more of a satisfying achievement. The realisation of this could perhaps explain why the idea of going back to making portraits stresses me out, there is rarely an end point that pleases me.
   Motif/ pattern, print and design/ product helps me to define and categorise what I can do, and will help me structure my portfolio more effectively, as before I was worried before about a lack of consistency created by doing lots of different projects. I must now use 603 to bring all of my skills into a coherent body of work.