trying something new

I bought some fimo! I really really love how this material works. I really enjoyed making my first little character from it. It's so different for me to work with a medium like this as someone who joined the course strictly with fineliner and some watercolour. It's so exciting to me to be able to discover these new ways of working and new things to do. All thanks to the inspiration from Hel Covell.

inspiration: hel covell

today matt told me to look at this illustrator. he said she is a recent graduate who he once taught. i looked her up on instagram and fell in love with her. (well her illustration...not her)



her style is cute, playful, naive and beautiful. i really love how none of her illustrations are 'perfect' but they are at the same time. her characters are simple, yet really endearing. 


she also does these adorable little clay animals. i asked matt what she used and he said 'probably fimo' so now my next task is to find me some fimo so i can try out this way of working! i'm really excited to try something new.

inspiration: studio mama wolf

 

today we had a really cool big heads with 3 girls who go by the name 'studio mama wolf'. they were really down to earth and easy to listen to and i felt like i was talking to some friends instead of in a professional environment! the thing that really interested me about this big heads was that i never thought the idea of working in a studio would appeal to me. i thought i was a 'animation studio' kind of person and wanted to work in a big company. but these gave the appeal to having a studio with some good friends and a good environment with some cool decorations and it sounded amazing. i am now really interested in having a studio with friends and making collectives and being together because i am a people person and being around people is really nice.

Where am I now?

finally posting this study task! (i've been forgetting to post it because i have the mind of a sieve!) 
this task was really helpful for me to identify the strengths and weaknesses that i have discovered along the way of this course. each point is really important to my improvement and development as a practitioner and a person.

i need my dog

i miss my dog. my dog is too far away and he makes me feel better.

i wish i had my dog in leeds. do you think liberty park lets dogs secretly live in your flat? he'll have to go up the lift to floor 8. i bet he'd hate that.

3 Posters about Me

3 Posters Drafts

today was really fun!! we were asked to create a poster (3 in total) to correspond what our tutor said to us. the first one was a personal one, the second a professional one and the last one was us as a superhero.

i really really enjoyed this task and i think i went with it and tried to not act too serious. when i saw other people being quite serious and professional i thought SACK THAT i wanna have fun and show my personality through drawings and words. i think i successfully did this.