Short Personal Brief - 'Bassmental'

Unfinished Briefs

Brit Marling - Film inspired series

Greek Mythology - Research

Pattern Research

Chinese Mythology Research

Tutorial - Presentation of Ideas so Far

Presentation - My briefs 

• Feeling a little anxious as by this session i should have had a set plan of where i am gong but it really helped to thoroughly discuss my direction. - don't need to be as concerned about the final outcomes as i had thought. It also made me realise that I was perhaps tackling too many separate briefs and that I work best expanding on one theme. - still can produce many outcomes but it helps me to focus down.

Feedback:

• Really positive response to my lino cuts! - just keep working on these and focus on finishing the series - have at least 4 that I am happy with.
• General thoughts - that the black and white combinations are really strong, - the colour perhaps detracts away from the image? doesn't flow as well.

• Re think - macmillan harry potter orientated. - copy writed. - this is something that i had really considered enough! the harry potter inspired series that i had wanted to propose will be copywriter and therefor not eligible for the macmillan book prize. However - I could narrow this down to become a personal brief. - produce 3 images for the book? / covers?

• Reflection on editorial idea - don't need this brief. - instead focusing on my interest in nature to develop - nature orientated work. - feedback from peers really helpful at this stage. - trying to tackle too much perhaps for the short time left.
• Decided to produce a nature based sketchbook which could inspire  - products / pattern exploration / some lino cuts. bringing in quicker ways of working - ink etc. Don't narrow down brief too much or worry about the end goal - just start drawing/making and see where the project takes me.

• Considered doing Carmalite prize but advised - to stick to 'darker' themes - suit me and my practice better. A much as i have enjoyed doing children's book illustration in the past (and it could potentially be something i do in the future) after discussing this brief in my tutorial, I realise that im just not as excited about perusing this genre as i am with my mythology series. I feel that approaching this brief would almost be a step back in my practice. Currently I'm really inspired by mythology and it's a subject which I can continue to push my lino aesthetic throughout.
• New direction...Greek mythology - retelling of the odyssey? or choose some more obscure stories.
• (beware of adult greek themes - need to be suitable for children) - this would mean that perhaps I need to write my own brief if i chose to go down a more adult themed route... 
• Indian mythology
• Chinese mythology
• other folklore?

Extended Practice - Final Plan

*Tutorial thoughts and update (scan in sheet)
Reflecting on Extended practice briefs.

• After a recent tutorial, I realise that I need to be more realistic about the amount of time remaining and what I will be able to produce in the time remaining. 
• Struggling with health as of late - which I don't like reflecting on but realise its a key part of my developing as a practitioner. - I'm still dealing with issues and i have to be smart and consider this when trying to meet a deadline. i realise I'm not going to achieve everything i set out to do - after the tutorial i realise i need to focus on getting 4 Greek lino cuts finished - main focus of the end of year show. 
• Chinese mythology book was going to be the final major project but it has taken  a bit of a back seat at the moment. - I'm finding nature explorations and patterns very therapeutic - struggling to get into the story boarding of chin ease - so my focus has shifted slightly.

Summery of Extended Practice Projects.- At current stage.
(Competition briefs:)

Macmillan Competition brief
Time scale:

• 4 Final Page spreads / 3 and front cover
• 12 Double Page spread of roughs
• Theme - Chinese mythology - The retelling of the story of 'Nian'

(Personal Briefs:)

Greek Mythological Characters
Time scale:

• A series of 4 prominent female characters within greek mythology 
• Lino cut prints 
• Possibly apply to products/pattern/ceramics 

(Small Briefs:)
Nature based Sketchbook
Time Scale

• Evolving around nature,themes include: 
• sea animals/rainforest/forest/birds/butterflies
• To eventually inspire lino cuts / pattern / product prints

Untranslatable words
Time Scale:

• A series of three images illustrating words from different languages which cannot be translated in english
• Not exclusively Lino cut - may work digitally with texture/ink

The tale of three brothers
Time Scale:

• illustrating the short story by jk rowling
• A series of three images
• Not exclusively lino cut - may work digitally with texture/ink

A Brit Marling Film Collection

Time scale: 

(one image left to produce)

• Illustrating three film featuring / produced by Brit Marling 
• poster designs
• mixed media / analogue/digital