Future Self Part 2

From now until the final deadline in May I will be working on Future Self Part 2. For this I was given the option of continuing with the work I started at the beginning of the final year or to start something different. As I will be continuing with my Illustrator/Authorstrator project in order to get it finished I think I will continue with the work I started. I already have research and a good amount of exploratory work from the first part to make it easier to get going again with the Future Self. 

I am planning on developing my idea of a collection of circus based characters by putting them in context. Giving the work some message or set format will make it easier for my to create more work in a specific direction which is something I knew I was missing when working on Future Self Part 1. I will be continuing in my research of circus/freak shows when they were popular (19th to early 20th century) and mixing this with my characters. 

By the end of the unit I hope to have made something which I can use to promote myself. This is why I am going to start working within a set format of a postcard. This specific size and shape will force me to make work that is not just floating on a bare page, something I struggled with in Part 1. It will make me think of how I can work with the space to better convey my message to my audience.