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Responding to a Brief - Reflections: Parts 4 & 5
Introduction I feel like I have just managed to cross the line of a marathon, having hit the wall at the 20-mile mark. It's a combination...
Dan Woodward
Jan 158 min read


Responding to a Brief - Assignment 5: Self-directed project
So here we are, Assignment Five - typically where everything comes together. For this module's final assignment, the task was very...
Dan Woodward
Dec 18, 202419 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 5.3: Presenting yourself
For this exercise, I was asked to reflect on the work I have produced during this course, choosing pieces that express who I am as an...
Dan Woodward
Dec 5, 20245 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 5.4: Potential client SWOT analysis
For this research task, I was asked to imagine that I am a freelance illustrator who is getting ready to take on client-led work. Well,...
Dan Woodward
Nov 29, 20242 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 5.3: Copyright Laws
For this research task, I was asked to look into copyright laws in the United Kingdom and investigate client charging rates. This is a...
Dan Woodward
Nov 27, 20244 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 5.2: What's your working process?
Introduction Over the past 15 years my 'day job' has been working with teams and organisations to manage and improve delivery and...
Dan Woodward
Nov 24, 20247 min read


Responding to a Brief: Experimenting with texture
While doing the work for Research 5.2 , one of the artists I considered covering was Johan Egerkrans. However, given I have talked about...
Dan Woodward
Nov 19, 20245 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 5.2: Self-directed Briefs
English painter, printmaker and illustrator Tom Phillips (b. 1937) set a self-directed project for himself based on his interest in...
Dan Woodward
Nov 15, 20249 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 5.1: Writing a rationale
For this exercise, I was asked to go back to the three briefs in the first research task . I was then tasked to think about how I would...
Dan Woodward
Nov 11, 20244 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 5.1: Analysing Briefs
For this research task I was presented with three briefs from the 2008 Young Creatives Network Student Competition and asked to read and...
Dan Woodward
Nov 8, 20246 min read


Responding to a Brief - Assignment 4: You are here
I have been in somewhat of a crisis. My mental health has been at rock bottom and it's left me at times considering very dark thoughts...
Dan Woodward
Nov 8, 20246 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.3: Self Publishing
This exercise was completed out of turn from others. Given I have had mental health struggles I have not completed much personal work in...
Dan Woodward
Oct 30, 20243 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.7: Contemporary ceramics
For this exercise, I was asked to create illustrations for contemporary ceramics that drew on the visual history and symbolism of...
Dan Woodward
Oct 23, 20245 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 4.4: Self Publishing
Note - I realised after recording that I referred to some of the zines as 'perfect bound' when I meant to say 'saddle stitch' binding.
Dan Woodward
Oct 20, 20241 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.6: Paper Circus
For this exercise, I was tasked to create a poster to advertise a circus coming to town, with all the relevant information available to...
Dan Woodward
Oct 16, 20249 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 4.8: Ceramics Illustrators
Do some research into artists and illustrators who have used ceramics as a surface for their image-making. You might also want to look at...
Dan Woodward
Oct 8, 20245 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 4.7: Papercraft Artists
I've done some papercraft in the past, and have enjoyed some aspects of layering, texture and collage. It's not an approach that I have...
Dan Woodward
Oct 6, 20247 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 4.6: Site-specific illustration
I was asked to seek out street art near me for this task. As I live out in the country this was not very easy. However, I had looked...
Dan Woodward
Oct 4, 20243 min read


Responding to a Brief - Research 4.5: Digital Illustration
Can we really say with confidence that the computer will only be a silent partner? Can’t some visionary artist create an illustration...
Dan Woodward
Oct 3, 20244 min read

Responding to a Brief - Exercise 4.4: Pixelated images
For this exercise, I was asked to create a series of illustrations that explored my relationship to digital technologies. I am of the...
Dan Woodward
Oct 3, 20245 min read
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