Work Placement #2
Mar 14, 2024
It's always a great feeling when someone remembers you!
I hope you enjoyed this week's update,
And as always, Thank you for reading!
PS. Continuing from last week:
Before the end of the year, and the undergrad as a whole, I had one module left, which was like a mini FMP; an open brief, but half the weighting of the FMP. All the avenues I'd explored in the past with my art I was sick of, I had no idea what I was going to do. In a meeting with my tutor, somehow this comic, The Night Shift, came up. We spoke about it a bit, I outlined the premise and he asked me to send him a link. After some time of browsing through the updates I’d posted, he suggested that I work on The Night Shift for my last module, and I, with literally no other ideas, said "Yeah, Alright".
I wasn’t optimistic about working on a comic at University level, the work I did for University (and also every art qualification I have, now that you mention it) had always been based around social issues, serious topics or talking points. I’d never done a silly little comic before. I was a serious artist who did serious work. I didn’t realise how dangerous that kind of mindset was, how tied up it was with the idea of ‘high’ art being the only ‘good’ art. I definitely didn’t see how much splitting myself as an artist had been affecting me.
I worked on the comic pretty hard for that module, and before I knew it I was enjoying myself again. It was easy to put in the hours, so much so that I wasn’t even religiously tracking them like I used to. It was the first time that I actually looked at this comic as something more than just a fun idea that gets me to draw every week. And now, when I look back on the comics I made during this time, I can see it (though the art still isn’t the best, I can see that I was having fun with it and thinking about it as something more substantial)!
I'm running out of characters again so I will continue this next week!
Madame_Inu
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You’re doing a great job with the comic! If you need to focus on school for a while, just let everyone know! Proud of you either way!
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