I don't consider myself to be specifically an animator. My practice involves visual development and background design but I'm also a visual storyteller. I think I'd want to tell stories on important or current topics that people might not necessarily be aware of.
I just don't know if I want them to be animated. This will be achieved either digitally and traditionally by Photoshop, Illustrator , After Effects and TvPaint. I want to make and
tell stories like Isao Takahata.
I want to get
other people to create them for me, whilst I take a more producer/directorial
role.
Academic writing, comic and concept art, storytelling, background and set design. Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and TvPaint
The Master Plan (very original, I know) So I have a plan A ,B ,C and D, because I like to over think things.
Plan A) Leeds is dead to me. To be honest it never felt alive so I want to move back to Liverpool for a year, where there is much creative opportunity at the moment at places such as, Littlewood Studios, the Baltic Triangle etc. I would like a position in a retail job, whilst working freelance at the same time, probably setting up an Etsy shop and attending art/craft conventions or have 1 year to get into industry, if that goes to plan then yay! Carry on, if not then...
Plan B) after that year, go back to university to study a Master's in Visual Communication. I've been to a couple of open days already. I was thinking of applying to at least Teeside, Hull and York St John. My Master's research will be focused on examining Japan's society and culture through different lenses and seeing what stories I can tell from that and how best to tell them. It'll also give me an excuse to travel to Japan which has been a really big dream for me for a really long time. I would also be the 1st person in my family to get a Master's degree.
Plan C) all of the above, but after my Masters, if I still am not able to get into industry. I will go back to school yet again, and get a PGCE and become a teacher.
Plan D) if everything goes wrong this year and I fail miserably, by the University's own regulations, I should still be awarded a Degree. Although, it just won't be with Honours . So that should be enough to allow me to go onto an Open Masters, which I will take in creative writing and teaching . After that, I'll try to get a PGCE and become an assistant teacher or tutor.
My online presence in light of my earlier responses
I feel as though i had an unhealthy relationship with social media. I would go on it and compare my work to others. It made me anxious and paranoid that I wasn't doing or working hard enough to improve or that I wasn't posting enough. But I do need to post more often in order to build an audience for my practice. I need to engage with that audience by using features, such as Instagram stories. I also need to cross-post on multiple platforms, such as, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
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