Most of her talk was just going through her beautiful artwork, and detailing her commissions and the way she has made a name for herself. She also talked a lot about technique and visual language, and how important it is to find your voice through creating art. In addition, Holly talked about the little marks and mistakes that occur on a page when creating handmade work, and the pressure illustrators feel to photoshop all these little parts out. Her view is that these features thoroughly enhance the feel of her work, which i wholeheartedly agree with.
Her explanation of being inspired, not by things around her, but through experimentation with new processes and techniques also caught my attention, as I have always enjoyed the beginning playing part of a brief. I find it very beneficial to make the same image in different medias to find the correct medium for the image, which I think comes from fine art classes in previous education.
Furthermore, she talked about her fondness for maps, and how fun they are to draw, which I also really relate to. I have always been a big believer that a good map is more interesting to look at than a lot of art or design. My second project for FMP is going to be based around the notion of Wanderlust so I'm sure I'll be taking some influence from Holly's work with places(shown below).
These are the main points that I took from Holly's lecture, however I think the discovery of her work will have a long lasting effect on what I make in the future.
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