Along with running short on time, having a mid 20's designer/illustrator identity crisis doesn't help. As a designer I have been loosely advised to not have a style of my own, but to work to what is best for the purpose. Whereas illustrators are know for their style, it's what makes them salable. Hmm, now I need two mindsets to toggle between.
So to help solve my dilemma (or at least tide me over until I find a less time consuming solution), I am going to put up one illustration in 'my style' (though I am still not entirely sure what that is) and another in which I have tried something different.
3 comments:
oh you are so good! you are ALWAYS first and on time :)
i love that picture of the goldfish :( it is definitly distinctively your style! I also am stuck in that designer/jewellery identity crisis... grrr so frustrating!! good luck!
thanks Kate. the goldfish was my second idea, but definitely my fave.
i only realised it was saturday night instead of sunday after I had posted to you, which is why i thought i was leaving it till the last minute. my time misjudgement was a blessing in disguise because it jump started me for the paper roll project on the 'real sunday'.
working out a personal style seems to be a very common problem and it has been hard to develop further when I didn't have an established base. but feedback of any kind is definitely helpful and makes the style decisions a little quicker.
I can feel it coming along, but i like to dabble. so maybe it is that I have a few different styles, each for a different purpose. Now i just have to refine all of them.
Hahaha the goldfish picture is great. I couldn't think of a single thing for this month. Oh well there is always next month.
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