While in London last week we had the pleasure of meeting up with some of the folks of Dayjob collective in their studio, which may or may not have been in Peckham (results were inconclusive).
As graduates from just two years ago they really knew what they were on about in terms of what to expect after uni and their honesty made them incredibly easy to relate to. While we were there we had the opportunity to nosy about their studio space, sit on cushions shaped like foodstuffs and have a good old fashioned Q&A.
Afterwards we had the opportunity to flash our portfolios at them and get some insightful feedback; peer-to-peer.
On viewing my portfolio, without prompt, they were quick to pick up on the influence of tattoos; despite the fact I was convinced the images I'd selected were illustration-y.
Not only that, but of the images in my portfolio, they preferred the weirder, less constrained images that were more personal to myself and my style, going on to state that I should just do what I do rather than altering my working methods in an attempt to achieve 'illustration'. This of course was music to my ears, and upon the retrieval of a book of drawings of mythical creatures that my work had brought to their minds, I could tell they understood my intentions through my work, and weren't just being nice.
To hear from what were essentially strangers (of the knowledgeable and well-rounded sort, mind) that the work I had enjoyed producing the most, was also the most intriguing and "best work" to them, left me feeling rather chuffed with myself.
I must be doing summet right.
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