clarity of rationale:
it is clear you want to develop a strong tone of voice within your work
I love that you've thought about opinions from professional practitioners and want to refine your tone of voice.
Suggestions:
may be mentioning particular skills you want to develop and why in your rationale.
Mention how you plan on making your tone voice my recognisable - how you will go through the process of dismissing certain ideas/techniques.
What areas of illustration will you be forming your module on? Perhaps....
comment on the clarity and appropriateness of the themes/subjects
strengths
has three strong themes
each theme is a strong sense of purpose to it
suggestions
what subjects fit into your theme
e.g. what areas of ' social' illustration do you want to explore?
are these themes relating to your practice are to the briefs you selected?
Comment on the appropriateness of the product and methods of distribution:
strengths
clear idea of what areas you want to go into this year, and they all work together well.
Clearly outlined on products with short explanation.
Suggestions
could make it clearer how they link in with your themes- how will you use book covers to explore social illustration?
Also the areas are all quite brought could you go into detail e.g. particular genre of books? Children's? Etc
common on the appropriateness of the skills, media, and former identified
strengths
the skills you want to develop fit with your themes- delicate, emotive etc
these processes of working definitely a strength in your work.
aims to increase work output by speeding up process
suggestions
what format were you use watercolour and pen on? - Book illustration?
Sounds more what should be written in your rationale, the sections refocus mainly processes in detail.
what other practical skills were you need to develop to complete your briefs, client base relationships, digital printing methods, in design for the book cover etc.
General comments
it is clear what you aim in this year- to develop a strong tone of voice, but may be have more detail on the actual content of work e.g. themes, subjects, processes.
perhaps specified rationale as to the briefs you have selected.
brief 1- Winston Churchill
appropriateness of the brief
fits within your theme- social
I can see your style of working being very appropriate for the aesthetic
interesting research to drive project deadline outlined
suggestions
maybe mention why this brief will benefit you this year/ in the future
will you be printing/photocopying outcome?
brief 2- Bradford
collaboration will be a good chance to test the strength of your tone of voice when involved with other practitioners, while also getting your workout there.
Collaboration is clearly outlined as the driving force of brief and as of benefits to your practice.
suggestions
will you be writing a contract as per responsive
brief three - children's book
I can see this brief works really well with your aesthetic of work.
sentimental aspect of brief ties in with your emotive theme outlined in themes/subjects.
suggestions
mention how you will go about creating imagery- will you come up with the narrative or will he?
will you be producing the entire book how relevant is the children's book aspect to your practice as opposed to the sentimental value?
Brief four- wedding
Building on level 5, personal aspects against suitable for your practice
suggestions
mention why this brief will benefit your work and how it relates to your practice.
Brief five
say what products you will be making.
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