EP: Studio Brief 4 - Reflection

Studio Brief 4, initially just a continuation of my Tory Chums Context of Practice work, was sporadic strips responding to current political news stories. However as my process in Studio Brief 5 slowed I decided to take on my Tory Chums work as my final big project for the year. This meant taking on a different approach to simply responding to news articles.

I settled on creating a short narrative story based around David Cameron’s time in the Bullingdon Club, an all-male diners club at Oxford. This required me to begin a new line of research both visually and theoretically, as I had very little understanding of that Cameron’s life during that period and those he knew. I feel that my research for this brief is quite light, much lighter than that of some OUIL603 briefs. However, with my time frame laid out, I couldn’t allocate too much time towards in-depth research at that point, having to rely on my prior knowledge to inform my work.

Visually, I decided to work digitally for the final outcomes of this brief; this choice was made following my visual investigations in studio brief 3 and 5. I found that whilst not always the quickest process, the visual quality is far more superior than analogue produced work made in the same time frame.

After a tutorial with Fred I decided to not create a collected book edition as I had originally planned. This was due to two reasons. Firstly, the time needed to print and hand craft a unique book was quite high and wouldn’t be a good use of my time. Secondly Fred suggested that social media (where I have been posting my Tory Chums related work) is an excellent platform to get my work out into the world for free, saving time and money.

With such a limited amount of time to create this project I had to use my time extremely wisely and it is only due to continual time management that I have been able to produce a product of a quality I am happy with.

Here is the final outcome for the work;