Why did I choose Illustration?
My love for obsessing over nice looking things and thinking and being inspired excessively about theories, stories and concepts, made me want to continue being in Art education. I had been doing very well in Art since GCSEs then followed up to my A levels, seeing also more creative subjects such as Imedia and Photography to expand on my creative skills. I choose Illustration instead of subjects such as fine art, animation and games design, because all in one package it gives me the creative license, hands on and independent work that I feel I'm more suitable for. Illustration was obviously the "comfort zone" subject for me to pick.
What area am I most interested in?
I have a lot of love for many different areas of illustration, but the main areas that keep coming up for me are concept art, abstract portraiture, connotations of art, digital art, and traditional art. I mostly love art that is stands out and is inspirational, emotional, magical, and heartwarming. My relationship with illustration, art, whatever it be is very unclear and I keep questioning it and viewing it in different ways.
I'm not entirely sure what I want to aim for or do as a illustrator (maybe a children's illustrator?), but if it was up to me right at this moment I'd have a wall all to myself to paint and create abstract portraits and just be expressive.
What skills do I have already?
As I said earlier I have Alevels for Photography and Imedia, which gave me the skills of knowing a fair amount about photo editing and manipulation in Photoshop as well as the basics. I also learned the basics of Adobe Flash to create animations. I'd like to say that my observational skills are good as well as using traditional materials, but have been practicing digital painting more recently.
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