Presentation Workshop

• Stretch outside of your comfort zone but not so much that you enter into panic. 
• Be you, but not the you down the pub, be professional. 
• A presentation should contain Head (content - your work, how you do it etc.) and Heart (what drives YOU, makes YOU unique).
• Presentation tools:
• Bookend - same idea at start and finish. Makes the conclusion obvious. 
• Power of 3
• Style of presentation:
• Speed, volume and pitch of speech. (ie. don't go up in pitch at the end of certain statement, sounds like you are posing a question)
• Appropriate eye contact (look at the tops of peoples heads)
• Awareness of body language

Draft Presentation Structure: 

Working Freelance Vs. Being a 9-5 Creative

• One of the most valuable parts of my university experience has been learning about the creative industries, and now having the ability to figure out where I fit within them. 
• Fears and disadvantages of working freelance
• Limitations of being a 9-5 creative 
• What are my strengths and how could I use these in the creative industries?
• Job prospects/internships 

My practice as it currently stands now

• Key visual attributes of my illustrations 
• How I approach illustration (& how this has changed over the course of university). 
• How I have 'branded' myself as a illustrator. 

Key reflections/advice to remember (Pearls of Wisdom)

• Your an artist first and a commercial illustrator second. 
• If your creative input is different, so will be your creative output (look at different films, exhibitions, past art movements, fashion, everyday life)
• Your practice is your own way of looking. 
• Do not let the market influence you, make what you want to make and the find a place for it second. 
• Never predict the final outcome, let the project develop naturally. 
• Simplify, simplify and then simplify some more. 
• Craft is the most important thing. 

Bookend - so what are my immediate plans for the future? 

• Move to London
• Portraiture Commissions 
• Email ppl. Ask to go for a coffee. 
• Keep an eye on job sites e.g. ifyoucouldjobs.com or the Guardian jobs board. 
• Keep making work! - do editorials over summer. 
• Travel? (but tentative as I do not want to lose momentum)
• Ultimate Manifesto: Find a 9-5 or part-time job. Work on being a freelancer - if it is really what you want to do you will keep going with it.