Evaluations

Evaluation of my Final Pitch and Presentation:
I think my presentation went really well. I had lots of positive feedback about my characters and story and how I had organised and presented my work.
I had a few things that I need to work on, like a few compositions on my double page spreads need altering as important parts of the illustration sit on the fold which wont work in the finished book.
I also need to try different ways of simplifying my characters as they would be very difficult to complete in the time frame I have with the amount of detail I am currently using. So I will try different kinds of media and different designs for the characters to see if I can simplify them.

Although I felt nervous before pitching my idea, I have a lot of confidence in my story and my characters and how I will be creating my Children's book. So I am very pleased with the outcome of my pitch and I'm excited to carry on with my project.



Evaluation of the Module and projection for FMP:
I found this module very useful. Although I felt like there was quite a quick turn around for sorting out my ideas and coming up with a pitch, I feel that it was actually very handy to have to have all of this information ready. It forced me to think about it in detail which in other circumstances I probably would have spent a lot longer thinking about and going back and forth with ideas, not really making a decision.
Having to research into other illustrators and other books that have used my theme of anxiety was also useful as there are lots of different ideas out there and pin pointing a certain niche in the market gives my story and artwork an advantage in what can be a very competitive environment.
I think it's really important to have all the details of my book and have all my time line ready now so I have a clear outline of where my project will go from this point and I won't be panicking later on.
From here I will do experimental work on my characters and I will alter some of my double page spreads to make the compositions more effective. I will then draw up all of my final roughs so that they are ready for the colour part of my project.