Professional Project Tutorial with Sally

I came in this morning with a few vague initial ideas, but after this group tutorial with Sally it has put on the right track and got the ideas flowing. I feel that I have a much more clearer idea of what is expected of us/what we need to produce by means of volume of work which has now made it easier to brainstorm ideas that are much more realistic. Whereas before I was looking at projects that would simply be to big which would hold me back from completing them as  thoroughly and as professionally as I could. 

I was told last week that this is going to be the mater piece of my Portfolio this is the piece of work which could potentially get me a job, or progress me onto further education by means of a Ba. I was asked where I see myself this time next year and that, that is where I need to use this project to get me there. 

I am an Illustrator and therefore this project will be the key to progressing onto third year Illustration. 

Initial Ideas:

Editorial Illustration

 - Using a classic Fairy Tale and re-illustrating it with my own work. 

 - Most Fairy Tales have a moral to them, I could focus on this more than the actual story itself showing it through images.

- Using myth and reality?

- Turn a traditional theme into a modernised version.

- Using a traditional Fairy Tale I could re - illustrate it using a modernised updated version. 

- With a book comes TYPE. The Illustrations are going to be working with text:

- How much text do I want to use?

- How much text is going to be needed to allow the viewer to be able to understand it?

- Using minimal text could give me the opportunity to challenge myself in producing Illustrations that have to tell the story unaided by text. 

- With this I am very aware that Fairy Tales are mainly aimed at children, this is going to be a slight problem as I don't really want to aim my work this age group. This means I would have to interpret it to appeal to adults which could be an interesting concept. Alot of Fairy Tales have a dark and more sinister side to them so concentrating on this could allow me to appeal to the older audience. 

Narrative Illustration

- Pick a body of text and then Illustrate it.

- This could be ANYTHING.......

- Email Anna for suggestions?

- Handbook for Ba Illustration project from Sally. 

- Text could be from anything.... 

• Speech
• Magazine
• Newspaper
• Book

This is defiantly an idea that I am going to research further but it is scary selecting a piece of text from the millions that are out there about millions of things.... 

Where to begin?