Long time no see
Welcome back! I know it’s been a while… I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been struggling.
I’ve finally graduated! YAY… and now… I have to do my own thing? have an adult life? what is this?? I don’t know how to do this! All I’ve ever done is school, for the last 16 out of 21 years of my life.
Well, I guess falling flat on my face is a part of figuring it out too :)
fake poster mock-up for a fake event
Anyways, this is a part of “putting my foot out there” and by putting my foot out there, I mean it is safely inside and wrapped up nice and warm because I am yet to go outside.
This poster is a mock-up of posters I could make and want to make! It’s an important addition to my portfolio as a freelancer because posters are one of the easiest and most universal things to make! Being able to offer this and basically prove to any potential employer that I CAN do it! See! Look! Is super important to me at this point because everyone uses and sees posters! They are easy to make and are a frequent necessity for businesses and events. So why not put a little artistry into that!
Plus in my town, there’s not a lot of artistic opportunities in my field… so posters is where it’s at for me, locally at least.
initial sketching and ideation
The perfectionist part of me that I would never admit to having got a little too hung up on this though.
“It needs to be an accurate example of my work, of what I can and want to do, it needs to look good, I want to use this and reference this and it…”
okay. calm down.
Getting stuck in this cycle of thinking completely trapped me and is the reason it took me almost three weeks to finish. I completely over-thought it. Once I finally let go of all of the pressure I was putting on myself I was able to have fun with it and be creative and get so immersed in it I finished it in one sitting! And guess what! When I’m relaxed and actually enjoying myself I’m automatically making something that is more true to myself than I ever could have when overcomplicating it.
Plus making it “look good” aka using art techniques like silhouette, colour, texture, composition, movement and all the other important things are so ingrained into my brain at this point (because, well, that’s what art school does for you) that they just come to me naturally, so I don’t need to get so stressed about it all the time!
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I also made this piece into a downloadable phone wallpaper on my Kofi <3 just for you! So if you liked this artwork please go check that out too!
Thank you so much for sticking around! I’ll see you next time ;)
