10 questions i want to investigate

1. what makes a good concept artist?
i want to investigate this question as it is a career path that i have an interest in. is it all about digital art or traditional? i want to know what skills i need to invest in and what i can expect from a job like this. by finding the answer i hope to know whether this would be a career choice i would like to be in, or go down a different route.

2. how do i get myself out of using only 2 medias?
at the moment, i seem to find myself drawn to fineliner and watercolours. although these two medias are amazing and i love them dearly i want to discover other things that i can with illustration and different ways to solve problems using different medias. by finding the answer to this question i hope to be a better illustrator, or at least be able to choose some different medias to work with if i feel like it.

3. why do you suck at drawing poses?
as having an interest in character design, you would think that i am skilled in the art of posing characters. however, i am not. by finding the answer to this question i hope it helps me to realise why i do indeed suck at drawing poses and what i can do to fix this and hopefully get better.

4. how do i sell myself as an illustrator?
being quite a shy and introverted person, i find it quite hard to openly tell people everything that i'm good at without thinking that i sound like an asshat. i want to investigate ways to gain my confidence in myself and my work and be able to show off about what i'm good at and why they should hire me.

5. how do i get myself out of my comfort zone?
i seem to find comfort in drawing little characters and using A5 sketchbooks and just being neat and little and introverted in my drawings. i want to investigate how to get out of this, become big and open and draw more things and use more materials and be a better illustrator. in finding the answer i think that i will become a better person in myself and a better illustrator.

6. is having a visual signature bad?
after having a big head talk with Kyle T Webster and his advice of being open in your visual signature and not holding yourself down to one way of working, it made me question whether having this 'style' is good or bad? do you want to be easily recognisable or make a living? i hope that in finding the answer to this question i can figure out what i want my visual signature to be and make a statement.

7. how do i make illustrative connections?
illustration is a very connection driven job. so i want to investigate how to make good connections (hopefully no bad ones!!) so that the world of illustration as a job is easier for me to handle. finding the answer to this question would mean that i know how to be a proper illustrator and help get myself more commissions and work in the future.

8. how to develop my own visual signature?
whether or not having a visual signature turns out to be bad, i'd still like to investigate what it means to create a visual signature and how i can develop myself. right now i think my work has some sort of stamp of 'beth' on it, but i want more than that. by answering this question i hope to be recognisable as an illustrator.

9. how do i overcome creative block?
i sometimes get stuck with ideas and start to have a brain meltdown when it comes to ideas and developing myself. i want to investigate how i can get myself out of this rut. to do this i think i need to draw a lot, even when i have no ideas. by investigating this i think it will help me in the future if i am ever stuck on a project or commission.

10. am i good enough?
i want to investigate this question as quite a personal one, as i feel that often in class i feel like i'm constantly comparing myself to other people. i want to know if i have the ability to be an illustrator or concept artist or character designer or whatever profession i decide to do in the future. by answering this question i think it will help me define myself as a person and as an illustrator and perhaps be more confident with myself.