OUIL602 - Standing out

During Easter I want to take my portfolio and some work to different studios to try and bag myself a job, or at the least just get myself noticed. I think the obvious choice is to do something to do with pigeons. I really liked drawing the dog greetings cards so I think I should continue this and draw pigeons also. Seeing as I haven't screen printed in a long time I think that I would benefit from doing it one last time before I leave Uni forevvveerrr.

I'd want to make the pigeons semi-realistic but stylised to make them a bit more interesting. I think the screenprints should just be two colours, so that it isn't too difficult to print in the time frame that I have. 

OUIL603 - Anorak is the dream.

So after being at the Anorak briefing I have decided that working at Anorak is my actual dream. 

I'm gunna put together a portfolio to send them, and probably a few other people too.

I'm excited, but scared because Anorak is in London and London is a scary place where I would most certainly not want to live. I think to calm myself I may look for more places like Anorak but in Yorkshire or somewhere in the North. If there isn't anywhere like that then I would just have to start my own childrens magazine.

The covers of Anorak are amazing and I think that's it really important to give children the chance to see really nice illustration, rather than the rubbish that is normally seen in the children's magazine aisle. One of my favourite things about Anorak that was mentioned during the briefing was that the magazine is gender neutral and doesn't try to aim itself at any specific group of child.

OUIL602 - People I must speak to.

Screen Print places -
If I want to go visit a screen print place I should screen print something to give them.
- Awesome Merhcandise
- Printshop http://thisisprintshop.co.uk
- Inc workshop https://www.incworkshop.co.uk

Studios
- http://www.thearchipelago.eu - The Archipelago
- http://www.thebowery.org - The Bowery
http://www.huntingtowndesign.com - Huntingtown Design Manc
http://www.reddoorstudios.co.uk - red door studio Manc
http://www.oliversin.com/Shape-Design-Studio
http://www.wolf-studios.co.uk/illustration_animation.html
http://www.crookedcartoon.co.uk

http://www.lvaf.org.uk/lvaf-directory/
http://blipblipblip.co.uk - Art education and gallery

OUIL602 - My portfolio

I think for my portfolio the best approach I can take at the moment is to just put all the stuff I actually like in, and not worry about them having an order or a theme.

OUIL602 - Contacting

Dear John,

I think I've already told you this but I managed to get the email of a woman working at Penguin Publishers and sent her a copy of my two previous COP books, not to get them published or anything at the moment, just to get some feedback on them and to also ask about work experience. She hasn't got back to me yet but I'm hopeful.

I also sent my greetings cards (look below, these are my faves) to the Scribbler submission email. I intend on making loads more of these and just pestering them until they reply.