My current skills: Illustration | Colour theory | Conceptual thought processes | Balance | Flow | Copy
Skills I’d like to develop and acquire: Organization and deadline management | Animation and movement | Research | Photo treatment & direction
Process Model:
Identifying gaps in knowledge, skills and tools is easy for me to make a wish list of, but of those, what are truly necessary? It’s impossible to be an expert, or even fluent, in everything one desires.
What’s reasonable for me to learn? Storytelling is a guiding principle I would always like to keep as steering force, but animation is something to gentle dabble in.
I started prioritizing based on what challenges I face most frequently, and what skills are crucial for me to grow to me desired next step of my practice.
When examining and where these gaps come into play, I found there was a flow to my process.
The process model chart represents all the skills that come into play most often with my projects, even if it’s something I don’t have yet, but often think would be an asset.
Reflections
How do I form ideas, where do I get inspiration, and what holds me back. The lecture on generating ideas allowed me to look at just how amazing our brains ability to generate thoughts, concepts and accessing creativity really is.
I also found it interesting that often what inspires my process is failure. My friend the walrus could be seen as a taxidermy failure, but instead he shines brightly and brings joy to many.
Warhol’s artistic process, or lack there of, inspires me greatly to experiment and be confident in not knowing the end product. Diving in to a project when you don’t have a single idea is sometimes how you get the idea.
Identifying gaps in my work practice is necessary to grow, but also finding the balance in what suits me personally. Making sure I’m focusing on what’s realistic for me to achieve.
I would like to analyze what my strongest skills are as my next step, and take an analytical look and what is it about those strengths that could help shape the next stage in my career. Am I missing something that I can really narrow in on?
Brief Two Reflections
How do I form ideas, where do I get inspiration, and what holds me back. The lecture on generating ideas allowed me to look at just how amazing our brains ability to generate thoughts, concepts and accessing creativity really is.
I also found it interesting that often what inspires my process is failure. My friend the walrus could be seen as a taxidermy failure, but instead he shines brightly and brings joy to many.
Warhol’s artistic process, or lack there of, inspires me greatly to experiment and be confident in not knowing the end product. Diving in to a project when you don’t have a single idea is sometimes how you get the idea.
Identifying gaps in my work practice is necessary to grow, but also finding the balance in what suits me personally. Making sure I’m focusing on what’s realistic for me to achieve.
I would like to analyze what my strongest skills are as my next step, and take an analytical look and what is it about those strengths that could help shape the next stage in my career. Am I missing something that I can really narrow in on?
Lecture and Readings
I was pleasantly surprised to see Brian Eno on the resource list for this week, as I am not only an admirer of his creative thinking, I’m also an admirer of his boldness in music experimentation. No one else looked, acted or sounded like Eno, even when surrounded by his bandmates, he still stood out as extra weird. A quality I hugely admire.
One of the key takeaways I got was to not stay stuck on your island. Talking, collaborating and interacting with other people can bring new ideas, new approaches, or even opportunities for feedback. And perhaps its not talking about work or creativity at all, human connection can help bring you back to earth, and out of your rut.
