Tutorial with Patrick and John

The tutorial with Patrick and John today made me realise that there isn't an incorrect way to complete this brief. It is all personal and I need to spend some more time figuring out what I am interested in, where I want my work to exist and who I would want to work for. I need to find out what sums me up, either by figuring this out for myself or asking others what they think of me or what reminds them of me (aside from my work). What is my work mode and where does it fit? I need to understand who I am before I can figure out how and who can help me get where I want to be. 

The idea of thinking to the future was also brought up, not only for my work but for the world and how this will have an impact on my practice. What is educating my growth? This will all be explained in the end of year presentation. 

I showed the images from my previous blogpost to the table and it became apparent that maybe these two styles that I see as very different have more in common than I think. Maybe my more intricate drawing skills which are clear in my detailed work are actually still noticeable in my looser work. It was also mentioned that the way I apply texture and expressive brushstrokes crosses over multiple mediums. I am starting to see this now and I can understand that I probably look at it too much and it needs a fresh perspective to get a reasonable analysis. 

Next steps...

• Spend more time thinking! Who am I, what do I do, where do I want to be, who would be useful to contact?
• Look at domain names - I already know that there is an illustrator with the same name as me so the obvious domain name 'naomismithillustration' has been taken. I will need to think of something different. 
• Look at ThemeForest and Wordpress and start to develop a website. 
• Experiment with visuals, what do I want my business card, website theme, letterheads, etc to look like?
• Get information for a creative CV - what is relevant?