Ben Cox Portfolio Review

Ben Cox's talk and one on one work review session was extremely useful. He spoke honestly and professionally about my work and gave me a lot of reassurance about how my work would fit into a commercial context.

Notes

• Work sits together well as a collective (minus digital collage, removed this from review)
• Tone of voice can come from an 'attitude' or personality rather than a very systematic way of image-making (don't worry about slight difference in image-making).
• I draw very well just be conscious of the details in each image; make sure it all fits together. Work that sometimes has a 'naive' or loose feel to them can easily miss the mark and make the image look ill constructed. Clients will be conscious of that. Apply same level of image-making to the entirety of the piece.
• Line work (independent leeds in particular) is very transferable. The work is well made and could fit into a range of commercial practices. 
• Broaden my range of subject matter to appeal to more clients "You could make pasta look fucking great."
• Hand-rendered work has appeal value. Textures are very nice too.
• Agrees with Ben. J that La Bete Blooms gig poster should be first page of portfolio.
• Remember that doing commercial work allows pursuit of passion projects. Sometimes will do briefs that don't excite / massively interest you. Find enjoyment through trying to make a dull brief exciting. Making money from big commercial briefs will allow to do the smaller briefs I enjoy. 
• Fact I have an interest in music illustration but am open to tackle a range of briefs is v. good and opens practice up to more work.