So I Didn't Actually Mention Why I Started This Blog But As A Graphic Design Student I Was Asked To Do

So I didn't actually mention why I started this blog but as a graphic design student I was asked to do this blog to show my progression through my art and focus on a certain aspect of my skills that I can expand upon. I will continue with this blog after this modual has finished.

SWOT Analysis

SWOT analysis is a strategic planning technique used to help you identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that are related to your career aspirations and development of skills. 

STRENGTHS -  Internal positive things that you have some control over and can change

Strength 1: producing work and holding self to a high standard

Strength 2: planning pieces of work

Strength 3: using work to channel emotions

WEAKNESSES - Weaknesses are negative factors that detract from your strengths. These are things that you might need to improve on to be competitive.

Weakness 1:  producing finished pieces in a reasonable amount of time / being too picky about small things in my pieces.

Weakness 2: comparing work too much  

Weakness 3: harshly critical over own work

OPPORTUNITIES - External things that you can take advantage of and that are likely to contribute to your success.

Opportunity 1: education

Opportunity 2: other artists with social media 

Opportunity 3: multiple options for inspiration I'm always on tumblr, pinterest, instagram etc

THREATS - Threats are external factors that you have no control over. You may want to consider putting in place contingency plans for dealing with them if they occur.

Threat 1: lack of money/funding

Threat 2: lack of motivation/funding

Threat 3: distractions 

MIND MAP

What creative career are 

I am aiming to be a web comic illustrator, so I am aiming to improve upon my digital design work. 

I can post some short comic strips onto social media such as tumblr or webtoon, however I want to show how my work has progressed before doing this.

Started 19/10/23 tbc

Comments and opinions welcome

First time drawing in Tim Burtons style not bad I guess. I actually found this difficult to do as Tim Burtons characters are primarily white so I had to make the eyes less rounded and more of an almond shape and had to change the skin tones from grey to a little bit lighter. As the inspiration has a more tanned skin tone rather than a whiteish pink tone like Burton's creations.

Typography poster for one of my favourite krnb artists. I just had to involve illustration in it as I am a illustrator.

A piece i started a few days ago. Sun and moon eclipse personified

Typography part 3 for this I focused more on hierarchy and illustration rather than colours and aesthetics. When doing this piece I wanted the main focus to be the tear drops as that would lead your eye to the title. And I wanted it to look as if the life had been drained from her, however after I had finished the piece I was given a suggestion of having skin tone fading into the grey, however the piece took too much time to do with all the subtle details that I had put into the roses and the pool of golden tears so I didnt want to spend more time on it as I had other pieces to work on.