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Professional Practice Presentation

Elizabeth Dempsey

St:20106463 Exposure: ADZ6888

https://lizzyillustrates.wixsite.com https://www.busylizzyblog.wordpress.com lizzyillustrates@googlemail.com @busy_lizzy_illustrates

Personal Statement

My Illustration practise at this current moment in time primarily focuses on raising awareness of the Autism Spectrum through colour, visual storytelling and pattern design. Although this chosen subject comes from a personal perspective, I am determined to use what creative and imaginative skills I have to raise awareness, encourage understanding and get people to start talking about different subject matters, such as raising awareness

• f the Autism Spectrum in my illustration practise. The central theme of my Illustration practise overall is about

promoting diversity and equality through visual mediums and language to show the Autism Spectrum in a more positive light. One of the personal elements of my Illustration practise is that I work with traditional methodologies rather than working with digital screens and tools. Creative designers and thinkers are often encouraged to use digital ways of working due to the advancing capabilities of technology so I am aiming to keep practising with digital tools in order to enhance my illustration practise further. However, my Illustration practise will remain more focused on traditional forms of drawing and creating as it can add a more human and direct touch to my illustration practise. I use my illustration practise to raise awareness and start conversations in the community. Storytelling is another important element in the work I create because storytelling can create a sense of wonder and promote awareness across all age groups. My job as an illustrator will be to continue to produce artwork, book publications and community-based projects that will be accessible and viewed on all platforms to a wide range of audiences with no set limits or labels necessary and make the illustration world more celebrative, diverse and accessible.

Degree Show Statement

My illustration practise is all about colour spectrums, visual storytelling and pattern design. I am an illustrator determined to use my creative and imaginative skills to raise awareness, encourage understanding and get people to start talking about issues that surround disability and equality. The central theme of my featured project and Illustration practise in general is about promoting diversity through visual mediums, traditional methodologies and forms of drawing and creating. Free-hand creations often comes from me wanting to raise awareness or start conversations on a particular concept or subject matter. My degree show space is all about raising awareness of the autism spectrum though colour, shapes, statements and visual language. Storytelling is an important element in the work I create because storytelling can create a sense of wonder and promote awareness across all spectrums and walks of life. Raising awareness of all disabilities, including the autism spectrum is important because it needs more positive thinking and shows how not all disabilities are visible to the

• eye. My job as an illustrator will be to continue to produce artwork and book publications that will be

readable and accessible on all platforms to a wide range of audiences with no set limits or labels

• necessary. Illustration is ageless and diverse, so my aim as an illustrator is to create work that can be

viewed and celebrated by people of all age groups and backgrounds.

Graduate Action Plan

Steps I have taken so far to identifying creative opportunities

• Extensive research into pattern design agencies and master courses in art and design
• Studied the experiences of former art students to gain insight into masters courses, creative voluntary work

and community based projects

• Self-publishing books for art projects to identify key skills to improve on and then taking the opportunity

to learn the necessary skills needed to self-publish books at a more professional level. Aspirations following graduation and for the future

• Masters Course in Art and Design
• Children’s book illustrator and author
• Build up a collection of self-published books, prints and zines
• Voluntary Work with different charities and organisations
• Community projects
• Pattern Designer

Opportunities that could potentially happen following a degree

• Studying a higher qualification e.g. A masters degree
• Continuous independent learning, thinking and motivation
• Gaining further specialist knowledge
• Having the confidence and ability to take projects and exhibitions into wider communities and organisations
• Continue developing my visual language and creative skills
• Expand my online platforms to gain further opportunities to showcase my work

Gaining transferrable skills for the future

• Communication skills
• Forming a community group with other creative individuals
• Confidence building
• Digital and traditional working methods and tools
• Time-management (attendance and meeting deadlines)
• Project planning and management
• Independent learning and teamwork
• Working towards and managing project outcomes

What can I do with my illustration practice after graduation?

• Build on my visual language, colour palette, creative thinking and academic research.
• Create a stronger digital portfolio and expand my online platforms in order to get myself recognised as a

practicing illustrator.

• Continue to record my progress on my learning journal and showcase my projects into wider communities

so more people will be aware of my illustration practice. How can I use and build on my creative skills beyond my illustration degree?

• Make aesthetic judgements on which direction to go next that will encourage me to build on my creative

skills (MA, group collaborations, education, freelance)

• Explore new ways of creating work and expand my knowledge through academic research and writing.
• Make a collection of zines, books and portfolios to showcase my work and show potential clients, tutors

and employers.

• Continue to explore my illustration practice through new conceptual, contextual, metaphorical and visual

techniques and methodologies.

Liz Dempsey

Creative CV

I am an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and creative art student, determined to push the boundaries in the world of Illustration, storytelling and design.

Education

Cardiff Metropolitan University BA (Hons) Illustration (2016-2019) University of South Wales Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (2015-2016)

Key Skills

Creative thinker Strong desire to learn Passionate for Illustration and creative arts Punctual (Timekeeping and Deadlines) Teamwork and communication skills Independent learner Email: lizzyillustrates@googlemail.com Instagram: @busy_lizzy_illustrates

Digital

Microsoft Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign

Creative Skills Traditional

Hand-lettering Typography Fabric and Screen Painting Print Making Drawing Collage and Surface design Paper Cutting and Collage Website: https://www.lizzyillustrates.wixsite.com/illustrator

Work Experience

GO Wales Logo Designer (2018) Student Ambassador (2017-2018)

Exhibitions

Cardiff School of Art and Design Degree Show (2019) University of South Wales Foundation Art and Design Show (2016)

Live Application

University of South Wales MA Arts, Health and Wellbeing

• Independent learning
• Collaborating with charities, day centres,

hospitals, social services

• Build on Professional practise
• Community-based and site specific

projects

• Opportunities to broaden my art

practise

• Working on critical and contextual

frameworks

Online Presence

Instagram: @busy_lizzy_illustrates

Blog: https://www.busylizzyblog.wordpress.com

Website: https://www.lizzyillustrates.wixsite.com/illustrator/my-portfolio

Images for Degree Show Catalogue

How has the BA (Hons) Illustration Course benefited me?

• I have obtained transferable skills such as independent working, punctuality, time-management, creative thinking, academic

research and writing, problem-solving, teamwork, project management and communication.

• My knowledge of having an illustration practice has extended and has guided me into new directions and new ways of

creating and writing about art.

• Understanding who I am as an illustrator, understanding my illustration practice and what purpose my illustration practice

has in the community.

• An action plan on where to take my illustration practice next and making decisions about the future.
• Specialist interests in the field of illustration such as raising awareness of the autism spectrum, art, health and wellbeing,

visual storytelling, character design, pattern design and colour experimentation.

• The ability to present myself in a professional and confident manner.
• Expanding on traditional methodologies and practicing with digital tools and techniques that have become a core part of my

illustration practice.

Who am I and what can I do now?

• I am an illustrator, designer and visual storyteller with the determination and ambition to continue my illustration practice

through postgraduate pathways, academic research and self-motivation.

• I am an illustrator with an extensive vocabulary and I can contextualise my illustration practice to reflect on expand and

inform the purpose of my illustration practice.

• I can continue to build on my multiple ways of working with traditional and digital mediums and begin to take my

illustration practice into site-specific locations.

• I can continue to build up my confidence and gain experience of working in places beyond the illustration studio and

collaborating with other practicing artists and organisations.

• I can apply to agencies and publishers to gain experience of freelance illustration and build on my illustration profile and

practise.

• I can continue to research MA art courses to enhance my knowledge of studying art and specifically illustration at an

academically higher and more professional level.

• I can use my illustration degree to reflect on my current illustration practice and take what skills I have obtained into

new contexts, art practices and academic pathways.