Review your responses to the above questions. What sort of an illustrator are you? What sort of career do you want to have? Does your present body of work reflect your aspirations? Could it do so more strongly?
I suppose I am a fantasy illustrator. I have fought against that word for so long because I viewed fantasy artists as the people who constantly draw dragons fighting knights while large-breasted princesses swooned in the distance. But I understand now after reviewing more artists what all fantasy art means and how I fit into it. Honestly I'd like to have a free-lance career where I work for multiple clients who would love to have my name on their product or company or own my own magazine that I help to design whenever I'm not running it.
My current body of work does not reflect my drive. I do have a lot of work and I'm drawing everyday, but my work doesn't show what I want to do. I think that it's because either I'm still confused about what I want to do or I believe I'll never make it in what I wish to do, so I stick to things that are safer. I need to believe more in my own skill so others will believe in it too.
List ten images/themes/techniques/subjects/formats that your portfolio needs in order to become more in line with your aspirations.
-More finished illustrations
-Knowledge of texture and detail
-Everyday practice of ALL techniques needed in a finished illustration
-Mixed media to scan onto digital work
-An impressive sketchbook
-A more cohesive body of work
-Ideas that reflect me rather than any other artist that I may be inspired by
-A skill level that can rival famous artists
-More realism
-A unique sense of 'me'
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