Task 3: Specialism

My specialism

We have been tasked with choosing our specialism, and then researching into different artist or heroes of the field or genre. I have chose illustration because it is what I want to purse as a future career, plus I find finding different artist and style is really exciting as the possibility are endless,

My specialism is illustration, Since starting this course, I have interested  in the field of illustration, building a portfolio, and finding artist that I find to be interesting  and exciting to follow, and gain experience, and knowledge from researching into it. I have know been accepted into two university to study illustration and I want to purse it as a future career, I love the freedom of being a illustrator, the idea of being able to work from the comfort of your own home, or travel the world taking work when available and following your passion sounds like a dream job for me, As I can get bored very quickly doing one thing in one certain place so the freedom of knowing I can go to the beach, to a theme park, on holiday and still be able to enjoy my work, sounds perfect!

My Heroes

I dont really have heroes in my field, But I do have favourite artist and artist that style I like Sarah Beetson. A example of her work is below. I really like her style, I love the fact she uses a huge array of colours and all her work is really bright and stands out, I also really like how she uses a range of colours, but their is one colour is each piece that is the main colour. In the one below, it is red/ pinks. Sarah is a Australian artist that is a great example of someone who uses there skills, in not just her chosen field which would be illustration, but using skills she has gained from other jobs thought out her carer. Sarah lived in London for 4 years, were she was a fashion designer. Now she is using both her illustration and fashion skills, and you can really see that in her work.

Next heroes is Vince Low, He uses lines and shading to create very realistic portraits of celebrity’s, below is a example of johnny deep. I really love his style, how he focus’s on the face, and the expression and then the hair is not done with any care, I love the playfulness of his lines, the fact they all seem to go in different directions, yet they create this face. He uses the lines as shading, the colour the line the darker the area, so under the neck, the lines would be bunched to create a shadow effect which I believe looks really good, yet stay with his style.

What makes a good practitioner? I believe to be a good practitioner in illustration you need to be creative you also need to be able to network, networking is super important as without it you would never get any work, as no one would know about you, but the most important factor is you need to find your own style, if not you will just be put into the huge pool of other illustrations, but if you find your own style, you can easy to pick out, and find again if you are needed for work. Another factor, is evolution of art. You need to move with the ever changing world of art, but still keep your style. If you have all these factors, and you can network well, you have a really good chance if becoming a good illustrator. Below is a example of work I did for a bakery/ cafe in Plymouth city centre, I have started networking with other café’s and bakery in the area.

Portfolio