MEGACRIT

Feeling very ill and unwell this morning but I really wanted to get some feedback on my responsive work. I wanted to see how much my peers had done for their briefs so far (am I behind?) and to find out whether people think I've made a good start/what I can do to push the projects forward.

Not had a chance to discuss Responsive properly yet (the last time we had a peer tutorial we were all still in the research stage), so I feel that I need some contact just to check that I'm doing all of this right.

Presenting my sketchbook (containing ideas and roughs for Illustration Friday, Art Doll Quarterly and the Roald Dahl brief), printed briefs (excluding Free Range Freddy and Adrian Mole because I'm not positive that I'm going to do those yet - I need to make a decision and be selective) and two completed briefs: NEST magazine submission and Illustration Friday TAPE.

What other people had to show: lots of people have started doing I.F. and 

Digital work

Adrian Mole book jackets - I thought this was going to take me a while, so considered ditching the Penguin brief, but other people have already made and printed covers! I can probably do this as a smaller brief over Christmas. Use InDesign and make some type.

I'd agree that most of what I have done so far in my sketchbook is character design.

People seem to like my character design and I'm glad because I like them too! 

The Art Doll Quarterly and Roald Dahl briefs are character-based, which is partially why I chose to do these ones, I wanted to make characters. But character design is not answering briefs, it's only the beginning of it...  I have not yet been considering frame/composition, but rather the characters that go inside it.

I need to get a move on in that sense. More sketchbook work needed.

Consistent character and visual signature - this is true, I think I've created a 'look' about my work that is always there, whether its in a drawing or in a 3D model, they are obviously mine. I think I've defined myself and made these squiggles my own. Not sure if this is a good thing for responsive... do I need to be more versatile? More dynamic in my style in order to suit the context.

A valid point about Roald Dahl in that his stories are not cute, so I could make the response a little darker and more honest. This is where my drawing style might need to adapt to the stories.

A lot of physical crafting goes into my doll making, so I think my outcomes can be considered as well-crafted. Although I'm not the best sewer and there might be some imperfections, there is a great deal of craft that is put in to all elements of the making process, from construction to photographing.