LAUAN602 - Study Task 1

 In this Study Task we were asked to review and reflect our presence within the creative industry, and what we want to pursue in the future.

• What is my practice? - My practice is creating fictional worlds and stories and bringing them to life. Because of this, my skills cover a variety of practices. My main practices are:

• Worldbuilding.
• Concept Art.
• Character Art.
• Script-Writing.

• What is my skill set? - Much like my practice, my skills cover a large variety of approaches. I am quite proficient in practical and visual skills such as character and world designs, but I feel that I am also quite good at the technical parts of animation, such as directing, creating notes and outlines for team members and making references for my team to work off (Examples below). As mentioned previously, I am also fairly skilled at story writing and character development. For this reason, I see myself as a generalist or as a creative director. I feel that I need an updated show reel to show all this, including showing scenes written by me in my new project.

• What are my plans for the end of this course? - Due to current circumstances, I plan to pursue a freelance business. I want to work for people by creating character concepts and create my own story projects. I also want to open commissions for character illustrations for the general public and attempt to grow my audience through such a way (See Examples Below).

• My online presence - When it comes to social media, I do need to revise my approach. I have found that I am not gaining any new followers on sites such as (and specifically) Twitter. Because of this, I have migrated to other social media platforms such as Instagram to try and expand my audience and I am trying to focus on making more art for people to follow me for when I begin opening commissions.