I started this project with clear intentions of where i thought my ideas where going, and coincidentally they ended up becoming vastly different to what i had originally planned. I don't think this is necessarily a negative thing as through this project i have come to find what i enjoy doing as well as what i still need to improve upon in my personal work. I figured out different ways of working with colour that i had not previously tried and its still something i'm going to improve upon with my personal projects and professional work. I feel that i used a vast many sources for inspiration for my work from films and games to more classical painters. I do feel that i have improved within my work from the first project submission and now to these pieces. Though i came into this project focusing heavily on character i have since found through this work that i actually quite enjoy doing more environment pieces which show the character/figure within this scene.
I am regretful that i could not spend more time working on monster/creature designs which was what i originally wanted to include in my final pieces, but due to having to take more work hours it left me a relatively smaller space of time in which i could put aside for university work, and i had to try and work around hours in which i could fit in more time to work on project work. One of the areas of my work which i wish i could have allocated more time towards was doing more work with Zbrush, which i haven't used nearly as much as i had hoped to, i would have liked to have incorporated a sculpt into my work for my final degree show.
Overall i am pleased with my 2 final pieces and feel that they have a feeling of presence and they captured the tone and mood i was aiming to get. I do feel they are vastly different to what my previous work was like but i feel that this was a natural evolution towards this type of work. Working on this project has really helped me in developing a more personal style and allowed me to explore a theme in which i found both challenging and interesting to express visually. I have also personally improved upon getting pieces completed. Too often i get half-way through a piece and over think it to the extent that i move on from it, leaving it unfinished. I hope to keep working on my personal work and to move towards building up a strong portfolio, i found through this project what i find both difficult and challenging as well as areas in which i need to improve upon my future work.