Statement of Intent

I intend to continue with a similar tone of voice that has been developing over the first two years of the course. I would like humour to generally be a continuous theme, regardless of the subject matter. I also like that some of my work has a dark undertone to it sometimes, and this is something that I would like to continue to explore. I think the character-driven work is the best way to get humour across, because of the facial expressions used. However, I would like to try and branch out a bit more than purely character-based work to add a little more variety to my portfolio.

In terms of themes and subjects I would like to explore, I am still very interested in comics and narrative so this is something I am going to try and focus on during this module. Narrative is very important to me, whether it’s telling a story over a few panels in a comic or if it is just within one image. I really like doing work that is based on real life but my work exaggerates or embellishes it.

I’m unsure on the audience I would like for my work. I’m very interested in the possibility of editorial work, and I really enjoyed the editorial project from second year. In that case, I think the audience would probably be politically-minded people who read newspapers/online articles. This works with my character-driven work and would also give me the opportunity to explore gifs a little further because I had a lot of fun with that last year. For my more personal work, I think the audience is a little less clear. It would probably just be people with a similar sense of humour to me.

I have a few goals and ambitions for this year. I am working towards an exhibition next month, which I am putting on with some other people from the course. This will give me the opportunity to think about curating, and also events management. If it’s successful I’d like to try and put on some more exhibitions throughout the year. I would also like to try and produce a publication of some sort this year – whether it’s a zine, comic or illustrated story.

Since I enjoyed linoprint so much during second year, I want to continue this even more in third year. I would however like to try and explore some more printing processes like screenprinting and monoprint while I still have access to the resources. I really enjoy the unexpected results of combining processes too, so I’d like that to be a focus during this module as well.