Personal Statement

Today we each had to answer a mini questionnaire in order to sort of 'discover' ourselves. Think about things we probably wouldn't normally think about.

After answering these we then asked our friends some similar questions like: What are my strengths? What are my most differentiated and valuable skills? What personality traits make me interesting?

And then from all of this information we wrote a personal statement about ourselves.

Here's mine:

I am a highly driven and creative individual and I always strive to achieve my best. I'm passionate about becoming lost in stories and meeting new characters. I believe in bringing emotion into my work to bring unique strength through meaning and personality. I am currently developing my skills in 2D animation and have completed client projects to a high standard in this medium; I am constantly aiming to increase my expertise in drawing and the observation of movement.

I wanted to emphasise how much I strive to bring perfection and emotion into my pieces and I wanted to mention that I've done some client work; showing that I've had some successful work experience.

Unfortunately I did find that mine sounded very similar to everyone else's. Perhaps I can improve it further when I revisit it at a later stage.

Introduction

So today we were told about everything we'll be doing in the weeks to come.
I'm looking forward to branding myself and creating a clear identity. I've always worried about this because the possibilities are endless and it'll be something I'll have to like for years to come so I need to get it right.

Hopefully, this module will really help me in finding this. We'll be presenting ourselves next week and exploring what it is about ourselves that make us unique - something we can hone in on for our logos, websites, CVs and showreels.

Exciting stuff!

I want to look into some website layouts that I like and have a look at other animators/illustrators' online presence.