OUIL603 Extended Practice - 6 Briefs (with Summaries)

This is a self-written brief. I picked this because I was quite interested in getting more into editorial illustration and I figured this would be a good way to build up some experience (and work) gradually. It also means that it forces me to work consistently on it week-by-week, which is another good thing for establishing a routine

Pictoplasma is an character art festival i've been aware of for quite a while, based in Germany. The reason I was considering entering some of my work was because it would be great to have some of my work exhibited there - but also because I'm wanting to sharpen my animation skills a little more this year, and I think this would give me the chance to do that.

Another self-written brief. I've always wanted to create a body of work that could be pitched or created as a brand to be sold to people like paperchase or waterstones, which was my main thought process behind drafting a brief like this. Plus, If I did and it was successful, it'd be cool to get a little bit of money behind me for some other projects! I think something like this would also be useful for developing my business practice skills.

Kind of a mix of two of the previous briefs. Last year I did a lot of work aimed at educating kids, and I'd like the chance to explore this in some way over level 6 again. Even though this is a one-a-week style animation brief, It has the potential to be pitched like the whole 'Om Nom Nom' thing for something greater and more substantial if I was to pitch it to a company of some kind.

Bit of a curveball brief - I fancied doing something that was still comics related, but that was also really different from anything else I've done before. One of the pro's of this brief is that its based on a professional script that 2000AD have provided, which is wonderful experience working on something that is industry-standard, even if it is a competition brief.

A more substantial competition brief - I'm pretty indifferent to The War Horse, which is a lot of the reason I've chosen to investigate this brief, since it would be cool to get the chance to illustrate something i'm not massively familiar with, and give me professional examples of work i've done using a given template, to specific formats for book and publishing (which is another area i'm interested in)