My aim for this project was to face my fears concerning drawing full pieces involving backgrounds, characters and narratives. Do all of these aspects appear in my outcomes? Yes. Were they very well executed? No. But I certainly think I’ve done the best I could have done. 

 The processes of researching and finding inspiration were certainly necessary to help orient myself into making projects again, but it would have been best if it was sped up a little bit, leaving time for me to practise techniques/ spend more time on later development. The range of research was not the best it could have been, I certainly kept to artists I knew I liked/work I had previously saved instead of reaching far out. But it’s the first time I have been able to do that without fear of being discouraged from looking at those who actually inspire me, so I’m not going to be too hard on myself for that.

 For the final outcomes I am proud of them, but I’m not exactly happy with them. They are concrete proof that I have tackled my aim and conquered the first step in making pieces with backgrounds and narrative storytelling simply by existing. I’m not happy with them however as now completed, I can see how they fall short and could be improved. There is of course the ever present “they don’t look how I want them too”- due to skill and my lack of practice with the subjects drawn. Something that would have been helped if I left enough time to experiment between coming up with the refined piece ideas and making the outcomes.

 Another aspect is the narrative/relationship with the viewer. I think if I had spent the time to fully flesh out what I wanted to say and thought about how I could demonstrate those themes, rather than just drawing everyday scenes in a slightly romanticised light, I could have really enhanced the impact of the pieces. 

 Despite how much I criticise this project, I am quite proud of myself. I have tackled the aims I set  out at the beginning of this project to the best of my ability. The narrative is something I feel is very personally connected to me. Illustrating something that doesn’t just explore my own creativity, but my personal thoughts, feelings and experiences has been interesting. I definitely need to edit my workflow so that making the outcomes is atleast a little more spaced out, as otherwise I’ll crash head first into the wall of frustration that occurred during this project again. But all in all, I’m quite proud of this project.