After university, I plan to undertake several personal projects that will help me pursue my own interests in illustration with the freedom to be an illustrator on my own terms. These initial projects will help further my artistic career by increasing my portfolio of work, and demonstrating my ability to undertake projects of my own at a professional level.
The first of these projects is to expand the subject of my Final Major Project into full-length graphic novels, as part of a larger series exploring the world of my current narrative. I aim for these novels to be self-published and an expansion on what I have already done as my FMP. The series will be a science-fiction comic series exploring an alien invasion of Earth, set in the 24th Century.
The next project I plan to undertake is to rewrite and illustrate the series as fiction novels, which I hope to be externally published and available to the public. I am looking forward to researching and developing the universe of the narrative in order to create a novel series that will stand out in an already over-saturated market, while enjoying the freedom of writing and illustrating.
When I am not working on my own artwork, my plan is to be a freelance illustrator and promote my online image to get work and commissions. This will help me reach a larger audience and gauge more interest for my art and my projects. By becoming freelance, I can take jobs that suit me and negotiate prices and other specifics with clients over the internet.
With this is mind, I believe that I will have enough space to explore and develop my skills in a less restrictive environment, as well as create things that I have always wanted to make in my own time. This is crucial for any illustrator as having a space of your own and time enough to explore your own interests is often a commodity in the current artistic climate. By pursuing these projects, I believe that I will have the start I need to become the creative mind that I have always wanted to be.
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