Firstly, I set up, in my original plan, the five briefs, and each one had it's own deadline, and several pieces that would make up the finished product. However, I set that up before I really had to start worrying about keeping the deadlines in my plan and the actual hand-in deadlines for college straight. The simple act of remembering what my deadlines were verses remembering the college hand-in dates turned out to be more stressful than it was worth. I have little to no worries about the work, that I could do everything I set out, but the deadlines scuppered me and sent me into a bit of a panic. My understanding of what I was doing kind of fell apart in the face of the college hand-in deadlines, and I have a problem where if I don't understand what I'm supposed to do, I won't do anything.
I also set them up to cover a wide range of purposes and markets, because at the time, I hadn't been sure what I wanted to do or what my target market would be. However, since then, I've gained a stronger understanding of what I want my career to look like, started to really think of myself as an illustrator, first and foremost.
In response to these problems, I took some advice I'd heard a few times, and reduced the number of briefs from five to three, specifically, Robo, Donkeyskin and the Paladin. I was upset over the fact that I hadn't completed any of my briefs to their original deadlines, but this way I should be able to finish them now, for the Realisation hand-in. Also, I'm just really fond of Robo, and still like drawing Donkeyskin. With this change of plans, the original deadline plans are kind of getting thrown out the window. Instead, I'm going to work on finishing off Robo and Donkeyskin while also doing the Paladin.
Which is currently involving some interesting Google Image searches for inspiration...
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