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Okay so what I want to know is... If you where going to take an illustration degree, what would you be looking to get from a, the course itself, and b, the tutors?
I have something on the go right now that this is relevant to so answers will be very much appreciated regardless of there brevity or simplicity.
Cheers,
g.
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BOOKS/READING/LITERATURE

Currently reading:

... The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler.

My recommendations list is here:
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PROSE/WRITING:

MY OWN PROSE PROJECTS:
Oh and I now have an URBIS account too... fun how it makes you work that little bit harder...

"The Cthulhiad" - work in progress...
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"Hesirion" - work in progress...
Its a group of fantasy fragments set on the same continent/world all part of a longer story arc... playing with conventions and practicing my world building as well as my prose writing in general.
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"Shapers", my viking/norse myth project is still ongoing (if a little neglected as of late) also
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ART/ILLUSTRATION
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MOVIES/DVDs:
Went to see 10,000BC... Loved it in a long awaited prequel to Stargate kinda way... but how come we didn't get to see a reveal of the nictating eyelids we were given a glimse of in the trailer? Oh and now I have a PC with DVD capability I've caught up with Firefly and Heroes and Vincent all of which I love to bits.
Add to that I got to see V for Vendetta which considering the subject matter and the current climate was a sore disappointment... no wonder Alan Moore had his name removed from any association with this film.

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MUSIC:
A bunch of live bands locally... including the excellent Hoxton Hoboes... Other than that listening to Accuradio's Twang Station a lot particularly their Insurgent Country Station... Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds new CD, plus Passenger, Down, The Decemberists, Soulsavers, 16 Horsepower, Jay Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots, Wovenhand, Strawfoot, Tom Waits - Orphans, Nick Cave - B-sides and raraties, Pale Septembre by Camille and Kittiwake by MyVisor (
[link] ) Alas The Nobles (also on Myspace), Koopa (bless 'em).
Devious Comments
I would want assignments that help generate portfolio work for the field of illustration I'm interested in. Editorial illustration assignment do nothing for a portfolio geared towards medical illustration for example.
Anything educational should encourage a high degree of risk taking as far as execution because once you're out in the work force your ability to take risks drops significantly.
Much appreciated.
h.
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When Im not drinking, Im thinking about drinking / When Im not thinking, Im drinking about you.
- The Meat Purveyors from Thinking About Drinking/ All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail ~ Bloodshot Records.
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(the reason I'm asking is I've got an interview as course leader on a illustration course this next Wednesday and so thought it might be interesting to canvas some opinion to take into them)...
h.
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When Im not drinking, Im thinking about drinking / When Im not thinking, Im drinking about you.
- The Meat Purveyors from Thinking About Drinking/ All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail ~ Bloodshot Records.
Perhaps it'd be possible to offer a choice of different fields of study, so that the students still have a choice and get a taste of different styles without you having to deal with a different field for each student.
Much appreciated...
h.
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When Im not drinking, Im thinking about drinking / When Im not thinking, Im drinking about you.
- The Meat Purveyors from Thinking About Drinking/ All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail ~ Bloodshot Records.
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I procrastinate therefore I might be
I'm a proud memeber of pin-ups
But the interviews went well and they even arranged a second interview later in the week for me for another post that hasn't even been properly structured yet.
They also want me to go up and do some guest lecturing too.
So all in all it went well...
Anyway I cheered myself up and bought myself another new toy... (laughs)
h.
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When Im not drinking, Im thinking about drinking / When Im not thinking, Im drinking about you.
- The Meat Purveyors from Thinking About Drinking/ All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail ~ Bloodshot Records.
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