Wow, where did the week go? This past week has been a great week for the day job, but not so great for illustration – that’s the way it goes sometimes and the bill paying work (which I’m very grateful to have) needs to take priority.
I did manage to fit in some work on the final ‘Mythical Beast’ illustration (will be adding the final touches to ‘The Medusa’ tomorrow) of the set and will be posting all of them together on the blog tomorrow as my entry for this weeks Illustration Friday topic ‘Parade’.
The Week Ahead
I read a great post on The Illustration Academy blog this week call ‘The Sketchbook Will Help Get You There’ about the importance of sketchbooks in helping illustrators to develop their own personal vision.
Developing my own personal style/vision is something I have struggled with for a long time and still do. The problem is that I enjoy working in a number of different styles and mediums, but don’t think I’ve found my own voice to bring these different methods of working together into a recognisable visual style of my own and take my work to the next level.
Take for instance James Jean or Dave McKean, these masters of their craft work in a number of styles and mediums, but you can still clearly tell that a piece of work has come from their hand.
This week, I’m going to (design & web work permitting) follow the advice from The Illustration Academy blog post and put a lot of work into my sketchbooks, have some fun and see what happens.
I’d love to hear from any other aspiring or established illustrators out there who also struggle with this constant battle of personal style or vision – please leave a comment and share your stories with everyone.
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