Tutorial with Ben

Yesterday I had a tutorial with Ben about my practice and where I see it evolving into. I always get a little worried when I think about where my practice sits because I don't feel like my work fits into one specific box. I definitely have an interest in music illustration but I'm not sure if that's what I'd want to do forever. This tutorial with Ben was EXTREMELY helpful to me. And it put to rest a lot of the worries I'd been carrying around with me about my practice.

POINTS COVERED IN TUTORIAL

- Ben asked if I see myself as an illustrator or an image maker; I told him I felt like an image maker. He agreed and discussed this with me in further detail
- Image maker allows the content and context of the brief to drive the process of image making and practice, rather than a specific process being integral to my practice (hopefully that makes sense)
- I enjoy working in a variety of ways and get bored of using one process repetitively. I always thought this was a negative to my practice as I felt my work never glued together as a cohesive body of work. We spoke about how my tone of voice is driven through attitude and content rather than media.
- Showing me practitioners who's work is varied AND successful gave me a huge boost. I've felt down in the past about having to pick one thing and stick to it; knowing I have the freedom to still experience within my practice and have a varied career is super exciting!!!

MOVING FORWARD

- Look into practitioners similar to those Ben noted down for me; still have a cohesive body of work and strong tone of voice but have work that is varied in format, media etc
- Where does this kind of work sit? How far can I push it? What parts of it really interest me??
- Art collectives, agencies, businesses that do this kind of thing? DO MORE RESEARCH !!