Journal Task - Development as a Practitioner

I've haven't been posting much here mainly 'cause my laptop's been busted and the only one I could borrow freezes up a little too much. But I'm getting it back today and hopefully it'll work fine ^^

So, for this journal task we were asked to describe how we have developed as creative practitioners away from uni work. For me, that would mainly involve experimenting with different styles and drawing almost constantly, especially since I haven't had my laptop for nearly 3 weeks. However, when I had my laptop, I did short animation tests, 3D practise by trying to create different objects in it, and I also experiment with different colouring and artistic techniques on my digital painting programmes. Soon I'll be setting up commissions so I can use people's requests to further my abilities and try out new things, and I'll continue experimenting with what I can do to see if I can get better results. Afterall, if you wanna improve, practise is a given.

Also, over the next few months, I want to experiment with textiles and creating things using materials, since I think it's sometimes a good idea to create things in reality rather than just a computer. I also want to try musical arrangements and enter more competitions to hopefully get my work seen more. Since competitions tend to have limitations, I think it'll be a goog challenge for me to broaden my artistic horizons.

Looking at images

Holding back the flood by `arcipello on deviantART

The image I chose is by an artist called Daniel Conway. He digitally painted artwork for one of Fightstar's albums and is one of the most well-known member of deviantART.

The image I chose is designed to catch the eye of those interested in purchasing the particular album, as this was one of the commissioned pieces. However, it has managed to catch the eye of far more than just those who bought the album, as the popularity of his work has spread worldwide and many artists see it as an inspiration to further their skills.

The style is intended to be realistic, yet have an unreal quality to it in the obvious brushstrokes. Considering the genre of the album is 'rock', I think the untidy quality really makes it stand out as a more individual piece.

The vivid colours and traditional looking style along with the clearly definable brushstrokes make it eye-catching and interesting to look at for longer than a few seconds, as the viewer would need to take it all the finer details that have been added within the piece.