Still busy at it, I spent all day Thursday making another proposal for another possibility, and researching available studios in Lincoln. The trouble is, they cost money, so I applied for a graphic design job, but in reality it was a knee jerk reaction to the notion that all single parents should be working. I don't know where that came from, probably the Daily Mail or some such rubbish…
So, anyway, I recently received feedback from my Degree Show.
It says that the comic is the strongest part (yay!) but it seems as though there's something missing… I like that!
Morten Harket, Pal Waaktaar Savoy and Magne Furuholmen were supposed to be there, but unfortunately they couldn't make it, so that's where that comes from…..
I have been busy exhibiting my illustration work at New Designers in London, which received positive responses, especially for our University in particular out of the many Illustration graduates that exhibited there.
I have now finished building my website – www.helendblackbird.co.uk
where there are pages for fine art work and Illustration….
I have a new proposal for a new series of dolls that I wish to make. I need to source funding for this project, and if anyone would like to know what it involves, it is on the website@
http://www.helendblackbird.co.uk/Fine_Art.html
Aside from that, I've been looking for any opportunities I can get as an artist and/or illustrator, but it seems that everything involves investing money that I just don't have. I regard myself as a producer, NOT a consumer, and will not pay to join any artist's groups until I get paid / funding for what I do.
I need to be earning money for my work – I do not have parents to go home to, I have bills to pay and kids to feed….. and it's been over a month since I finished University and so far I've not had any luck :-(
