Future Practice; Improvements

Time to Improve

Time Management (Hello darkness my old friend) 

As mentioned in my previous post, I'd really like to get ontop of time management this year. I think this LARGELY comes down to my poor consistency at blogging. It was very rare I felt behind on practical work last year, but the blogging was a horrific chore, as I found myself ridiculously behind often RIDICULOUSLY CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE. Blogging is, in fact, an extremely helpful tool, and I find that when I DO blog on time and consistently, I get quite a lot from it's reflective nature. This year I WILL blog effectively and consistently throughout ALL modules the ENTIRE year. If I want to push myself to the maximum of my capabilities, I need to make the most of the time I have to get things done. Something as simple as setting aside half an hour a day to blog would help me immeasurably this year.

Research

I also think it would help to take the time to look at more practitioners again, as I did in first year. I rarely sat down throughout second year and actively reflected and analysed practitioners and their work. I feel as though I'm slowly getting a better idea of where I want to take my work and the kind of industry(s) I'd like to work in, so I need to research these more in depth so I'm not blinding fumbling my way around. I'd also like to contact some artists and illustrators this year, there are a lot of illustrators out there at the moment doing things that excite me; I want to understand how and why they are doing what they're doing. Can I do it too?

Breadth 

Pushing my work even further is something I want to do this year, whether through uni projects or self initiated briefs. I want to try new medias and contexts. I want to paint bigger. I want to fire things in the kiln. There are artistic mediums I've come across recently I really want to try out, I'm forever telling myself I "don't have the time" because of uni projects, but this year I will MAKE THE TIME. If I'm not making work that excites myself, how am I ever going to excite anyone else?