Last year I struggled with a few different areas within my practice and within the PPP module. I understood the importance of PPP and how it could help me develop as a designer and in the future but I couldn't understand some of the areas such as:
- Self Branding
- Presenting about myself
- Thinking about the future
- Inspirations
Self branding was something I struggled with because I had never considered myself in that way. I feel and I hope that my brand will change as my skills improve and my idea of what I would like to practice strengthens.
I know how to talk about my practice and who I am but I do not know which areas to concentrate on my presentation was cut short and I was told to concentrate on certain areas more, I had tried to do this but ran out of time after concentrating on less important areas.
Talking about the future is a scary but can also be a fun idea, the reason I struggle is because I don't have on solid idea of what I would like to do. I think this comes down to the fact that I need to research into more areas of graphic design to find an area I enjoy more than the rest. My comic is an area I enjoy to do but because it does not tie directly into my work at university I find it hard to commit to the idea thus leaving it to fade until I have time off. This may also be because I don't believe that I have the capability to push this idea forward, I have the skills needed and new ideas come to me constantly but they are just put into my notes and left. Really, I need to concentrate on this more as I feel it is something I would really enjoy to do but I am scared of numerous things like; how is this going to change the world, what if I'm not good enough or I don't want to have to work my way up because that could take too long and my ideas may never be seen. These are just some of my worries and people have asked why I didn't take illustration but I thought I could learn a broader understanding from graphic design, I also think it is because I thought I can create a piece of graphics not with ease but with not as much of a struggle or with the fears I have within my comic creation.
We had to talk about our inspirations within PPP, I didn't find this particularly hard and over the year I have found more than the ones I spoke of but, I feel I could definitely branch out more. I plan on visiting more professionals, exhibitions and design studios, I also plan on reading my books bought last year. This year is definitely going to be different for me and I hope to seriously work harder and knuckle down.
