This just In!!!

Another Month draws to close so lets see what I got up to this week!


Monday the 23rd/04/2012
From what I remember I started work on Scene 8 and saw Jud Briefly he wanted to see where I was so far with my work I did say I was going to show him but I never did :(
I also did I very late blog post http://tomsbrainsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/first-update-in-2-weeks.html


Tuesday the 24th/04/2012
Carried on with Scene 8 from what I remember I also missed a Meeting about the degree show whoops! 


Wednesday the 25th/04/2012
Carried on with scene 8 as ever :/ not long now


Thursday the 26tn/04/2012
Jud was/is in China attending the Golden monkey king animation awards :) Nice! so then Mario looked at my work and picked out the Errors with the film which I need to get round to fixing at some point. I also finally coloured In this Pic.

Friday the 27th/04/2012

Didn't stay on for too long today Just wanted to go home worked on some lip Syncing for scene 8 then I went home.

Saturday the 28th/04/2012

I worked on my C.V. and later went to the Guys thatched hamlet for Tea in Garstang :p Also 2 pictures of this guy from the EDF energy advert appeared though my bed room door. 

Dont know what the EDF energy advert looks like well here It is.....

Sunday the 28th/04/2012 

Im gonna re-work my action Plan and send my C.V. of to Futures see what they think of It. Im going to leave you now with a Tune from Zonic Zynth and footage of Spud the dog from Celebrity Juice.

First update in 2 weeks!

Lets see what I got up to last week eh guys!?


Monday the 16th/04/2012
I returned to an empty university and started Scene 7 and handed in my 500 word essay that I did over the Easter break. That feels like a weight has been lifted from my mind.


Tuesday the 17th/04/2012
Carried on with scene 7 :I Im trying to think if anything else happened today......


Wednesday the 18th/04/2012
Carried on with scene 7 I think I went home early today as well although I don't know why that is so Important! I also drew some robots...

Thursday the 19th/04/2012
Carried on with Scene 7 nearly finished It :D I also got my first drawing request in quite along while It was to draw Doug Jennings character "Tigrikorn" here is what I came up with.

Doug liked it but would of probably liked it more if I coloured It in and then he ended up colouring this pic Instead (Lookie hear!) I mean I would colour It in Might do It Friday the 27 :/.

Friday the 20th/04/2012

Completed Scene 7 Weeeee! I also attended a rather quick meeting about Annecy 2012 Im looking forward To it :3 Also Flickr friend Doug Jennings did some fan art of my character TOM-MAN!!! click "here" to see It as I cannot show you it on this blog unfortunately. Speaking of Tom-Man here is a very Surreal drawing of him and his friends.

  

Saturday the 21st/04/2012

Took a break from my 3 minute Film and went for a MEGA WALK! With my dad the reason it was Mega is because It took us an hour to get to where we were going and another hour to get back thats like 2 HOURS!!! I also worked on my C.V. and watched the "Girl who kicked the Hornets nest" Im might as well show you the Trailer :I

Sunday the 22nd/04/2012   

Ended up going to the Trafford centre with my brother and dad :) It was fun I bought a new shirt and hee hee some Spongebob Lego :D click "here" to see the set I bought If you care!

This week Im going to work on Scene 8 If I get It done this week then Ill only have one more scene to work on next week and now to play us out heres Swedish animator and Musician "Dutvatan" with a rather comedic Tune "Snf"

Working in the Easter Holidays!?

I did do some work this week even though It was the Easter holiday so here Is the Easter update and we Begin on Monday.


Monday the 2nd of April 2012
It was my brothers birthday today he Turns 19 :O already where's the Time gone so yeah I didn't really do Much might have done a Blog entry. But In the real world I went to Lidl because my Bro needed to get some stuff for his party on Tuesday, I also made my Brother this Card which he liked.
  

Tuesday the 3rd of April 2012

I went into uni and It was a Bit quiet So I hid in the Library and cracked on with Scene 6. I later met fellow student Rahil and he showed me a Trailer for a rather funny film called "Ted" heres the trailer be warned Its does have a bit of naughty language.

Also as J was having a party with his Student body friends me an dad went down to the Pub where I had This.......Because thats how I roll!

    

Wednesday the 4th of April 2012
Got on with Scene 6........can't really think what else I got up to today :/


Thursday the 5th of April 2012
Pretty much completed Scene 6 so now when I go back to Uni I can work on Scene 7 :)


Friday the 6th of April 2012
Took a break from Animating and coloured In a Tom-Man Strip here It Is :D

Saturday the 7th of April 2012

From what I remember I made a start on my 500 word essay and re-wrote a Script for a future Tom-Man comic.

Sunday the 8th of April 2012

Happy resurrection festival everybody uh what Im I going to do today well I think I might do some Written Uni work and eat some chocolate eggs. And now to play us out Its Last Rhythm with Labyrinth!

  

Find out how to earn a living as a Graphic artist/Illustrator

One of the questions that I put on my action plan (which I still haven't done a Blog about >_<) is "Find out how to earn a living as a Graphic artist/Illustrator" and this is what this entry is going to about so lets get started.


Well according to the Directgov national careers service website.........
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/illustrator.aspx


"As an Illustrator you would produce drawings, paintings or diagrams that help make products more attractive or easier to understand. This could include books, book jackets, greetings cards, advertisements, packaging and detailed technical diagrams." 


Im not sure about the Technical diagrams part, or packaging and detailed technical diagrams :/ but I do like the sound of The Book cover parts and Greetings cards I always make cards for my family so I think that part of Illustrating will suit me fine.    

Heres what the work would typically include:

• discussing requirements (the brief) with authors, editors or designers -That would be like Talking to my tutors I guess) 
• negotiating prices and time scales - Im not really good with money Im an artist not a Business man!
• deciding on appropriate styles for the illustrations - so no nob drawings I never draw nob's anyway so you know
• creating illustrations using hand drawing, painting or computer design packages - Im good at Hand drawing alright at Computer design but Painting :/ not so much Im not that great at Painting to be honest.   
• consulting with the client and modifying designs if necessary -Im abit awkward with Humans but I think If I was to do this It may boost my Confidence.
• making sure the work is completed within set budgets and deadlines - This might prove to be abit of a Challenge as meeting deadlines has never been my strong point and so is Budgeting but with the Budgeting I could probably get my dad to help that    

With those bit criticised lets read on to see what else the Directgov has to say about Illustration.   


As you would usually be freelance, you would also need to market your work and complete the administrative tasks associated with running a business.

You may be able to specialise in one type of illustration, such as children’s books or medical illustration.

Creative Choices describes the work of an illustrator, including an archaeological illustrator, a technical illustrator and a children's book illustrator.


The statement mentions that you would usually be freelance which is good and Im going to see Anne Newman of the Futures department next Tuesday about the Freelancing part to get some Ideas some "Tricks and Tips" if you will! And Its so obvious that I will work as a Children's Illustrator I mean could you Imagine me as a Technical Illustrator!? no! well neither can I!


I haven't really found out How much I earn as an Illustrator I think It all comes down to what job your doing I did some Christmas cards for my aunt back in Christmas 2009 and I think I got £15 out of It which is not bad but I Imagine If I was to send the Cards I do (here are some examples) To say Halmarks or

Clifton Cards the Id Imagine Id get alot more than just £15 but then again It all comes down how much effort It put Into my work. I sure hope this has cleared up how I can earn a Living from being a Illustrator now what I need to do Is find some Publishers for my Tom-Man comics.......         

You know what's missing In the world! a Super hero that is also a Whale :D

Alright you weirdo what did you get up to this week

Monday the 26th/03/2012

We had good weather this week and I didn't really get to enjoy It until uh Wednesday I think It was. Any ways today I got started with Scene 6 :D

Tuesday the 27th/03/2012

Carried on with Scene 6 I was a bit confused today because Talib Kadhim founder (I guess) of Back2Front animation was coming in to give a guest lecture. I think later on I wrote up about him aswell (Its part of Course alright!)

Wednesday the 28th/03/2012

Worked abit more on Scene 6 yo :) I also met up with my mentor Elizabeth don't know why that bits relevant but she did give me some stuff to help me with writing up a CV. I later went on to Avenam Park where my Bro "jack"and his Xenophobe friend "Ben" appeared so hung out with them for awhile and then got back to Uni and Got on with some work. I also learnt that a Youtube animator Edd Gould died :( I was a bit sad from finding out about this and It reminded me once again how Precious life Is Its a real Shame as the Eddsworld world cartoon was pretty funny.  

anyways heres a Tribute Video to Edd.

Thursday the 29th/03/2012

Today was relatively short I still carried on with Scene 6 Im on to the Underwater shot so Thats quite fun to do :D 

Friday the 30th/03/2012

I was supposed to email Steve Wilkin today the Head of Illustration at UCLan but his name didn't appear on the Contact list :/ Im starting to doubt that this man exists. Anyway I had a bit of a Cold today so I didn't really feel Like doing work However I did colour in This.

      

Saturday the 31st/03/2012

Uh had boring day today nah not really :D Uh I made some Business cards (look Below)

And as Vibrant and colourful as they are everybody knows that white and Yellow should go together so what I did was I got a Sky blue background and faded out the characters and used a Tahoma text with some white outlines In fact here It Is.

I also bought some second hand tat today aswell because Thats how I roll!

Sunday the 1st/04/2012 (APRIL FOOLS YO)

Im going to be boring today and research in to how much an Illustrator gets Money wise (Ill do a blog update Tomorrow maybe!) and I need to find some Publishers and Email some of my stuff to them :)

Ill leave you know with 2 videos the First being a Robot band that appeared in Americas got talent 2009.

 

 And the Next one is experimental band "The Orb" with Mother Nature which is accompanied by some Visuals of the God awful 90s animated Film "Ferngully the last rainforest" See next week or tomorrow BYE!!!