OUIL 602 PPP Personal and Professional Aims

OUIL 602 PPP
Personal and Professional Aims
My aim is become a freelance creative practitioner within the alternative scene.

Set up a brand                 provide steady income
- Clothing brand based on own illustrative drawings
- Also selling other types of merchandise
- Ideally leading to turning this into a collaborative bringing in other creative people to work all side
Commissioned pieces   in order build reputation, less secure but larger revenue
Collaborations with
- Other illustrators
- Skate board companies
- Music and bands
- Local companies
- Alternative sports
Continually update portfolio on variety of Platforms

Skills and areas to develop

Skill/area How Time frame
Portfolio to showcase professional work Speak to other illustrators about the best way to go about starting first professional portfolio

Research other illustrators portfolios on AOI online
Develop new ideas to showcase using a range of styles
Work on developing an end/finished image
Creating an end product to a professional level within time frames Work on time management skills, planning out time frames better

Create a t-shirt a month in order to practice these skills



Need funds in place to
Screen printing Set up home studio
Book some time in university studios
Produce both paper and fabric products
Research into material use
Photo shop – advance learning from basic skills to more complex skills Try to use Photoshop every day to perfect current skills
Watch online tutorials in order learn about new parts of the programme
Learn from the IT support at university
Try to use a graphics tablet to see if this expands learning
Networking with other agencies, illustrators and creative practitioners Contact other via email
Work on collaborations
Research into networking events and go
Target areas I am interested in
Improve online presence and promotion
Attended conventions and shows
Research into how collectives work


Proposal of Self-Promotional Materials

Business cards
- Hand screen printed
- Individual designs
- Different designs tailored to different genres/areas of illustration
- To help promote work but also showcase different designs
Stickers
- Sticker packs
Various merchandise through use of sites such awesome merchandise
- Rubbers
- Car air fresheners
- Badges
- Fridge magnets
- Lighters
Online
- Eflyers
- Online giveaways
- Website
Sample packs

Companies/People to contact

Send some questions to these guys.

Keep the emails little a few question not over the top.

Jonny Cupcakes.
http://johnnycupcakes.com/
email from websight, try find his personal account.
http://support.johnnycupcakes.com/customer/portal/emails/new

Mike Magnolan.
http://artofmikemignola.com/connect

Emailed him asking about the resale of Hellboy at thought bubble


Abandon Ship Appeal 
Emailed and got a response from Rich Davis the guy who owns and runs the company.

RSI appeal
Artist from thought bubble
(use business cards collected)

Prints Of Thieves

e: info@printsofthieves.co.uk

fb: www.facebook.com/printsofthieves

Jaspa Lee -
 Say john told me to connect him ask him how he got started. Ask him who else i should be talking too in the industry. How he got started.

David Humphries  ???

Helen Barbour- John will try make contact. BARBOUR

Disobia Clothing, About artist selection and how they got started in the industry.

• IF your product is bad you wont sell 
• Just try get feedback if I can from them.
• Look up and research brands 
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thought bubble 2016

I spoke to each artist i bought something off at the festival asking them about they process and how they are using digital process and analog together to create they items they had on sale. It was good to hear that most of them now use photoshop in some way in they creative process, be it to help add the coulor or to build up a image nto its final piece 

Went to thought bubble on Sunday, I talked and catted to loads of artist and illustrators about they practise. I collected many business cards and emails to which i will be connecting many of the artist to further talk to them.