I had a one to one tutorial today that helped me to get a clearer idea of the direction my practice is going in and what I need to do. We discussed:
- changing the ‘about me’ page on my website to better appeal to my target audience. The text should be less formal, treat it as if the character next to it is saying it. In the text I say I’m a story teller so I should demonstrate that.
- add some simple animations to the site, even something as simple as some of the characters blinking would be good. Makes the page more interesting. Will stand out in a page full of still images. Feels interactive.
- broaden my scope of people to get in touch with. Look beyond publishing to animation, television, advertising etc. possible collaborators.
- I should look at the presentation as an advert for my work. Sell my practice. Think about the tone and language. Does it suit my practice and the image I’m trying to put forward.
- can show development work in portfolio, would be nice to see various stages not just polished finished products. Think about page layouts, full page images or a number of them on each A3 sheet.
- don’t treat deadlines as a end point, continue to develop work and experiment.
- speak to more agents. Send out portfolios and links to site.
- keep working on character designs demonstrating narrative, humour, character, emotion etc
- keep sending work to publishers at regular intervals as your work progresses, keep looking at the website, evaluate if you need to remove older images. As practice changes older work may no longer be relevant.
- make presentation boards/issuu documents for each completed project evaluating its success.
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