Tutorial with Graham

I had an individual tutorial with Graham, which was very helpful. He started by asking me what wanted to do in the future, and I began by answering with the very 'sensible' answers e.g. what I think I could make money out of. However, when it came down to it, I realised the kind of things I wanted to be doing were producing my Illustrations for people and companies who I really felt involved with....e.g. Circus of Horrors, Burlesque shows, Rockabilly gigs and events etc. This also connects with this live brief for Leeds Roller Dolls. It is something out of the ordinary, and one of the only sports I feel enthusiastic about.

I took along my unfinished vector image, just as an early example:


Graham pointed out that his feedback on the image wasn't necessarily important, as he wasn't the client. However, he said it was a nice image, but that I was clearly holding back...which was spot on. I had fought the urge to use my severed limb, gruesome sketches as I thought they may be a little too much. However, I agreed with Graham that I should take the risk, and send them both images. That way, if they were shocked by the more violent one, then they had a more mundane alternative.