26/01/2013

Discussion Forum 25/1/13

Yesterday Corina, Roush and Matt lead a discussion forum based on the relationship and differences between personal and commissioned work amongst illustrators.

The following are the notes I took at this.


  • Matthew Richardson
    • fine art work - personal
    • illustrations - commisioned
    • He prefers his personal work to that he is commissioned to do
  • Bhushan
    • believes there is only conceptual restrictions on commissioned work
    • commercial work - conceptual restraints
    • personal work - good to limit your media or colour
    • with personal work it doesn't matter how the viewer reads it
    • with commissioned work  it is a failure if the viewer doesn't read it the way you intended
  • Rawle 
    • constraints make you more creative
  • Authorstrator
    • create their own narrative
    • allows you to have the benefits of personal and commissioned work
  • Foster
    • no difference between personal and commissioned work
    • sets himself limits
    • doing this is a form of self-improvement
We then discussed our own opinions of these ideas and how we work best. There was a range of different ideas, but we all agreed it is good to things you are not completely comfortable with as you learn your strengths and weaknesses. I said that I think I work better within some restraint as if I work to a really open brief I go off on tangents and tend to lose focus. Overall I found it really interesting hearing other peoples opinions and how they differ from my own.

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