Idea development

During our Visual Language lesson today I was able to see what work others had undertaken, and how this compared to mine, and the first thing that struck me was how realistic mine was, whilst others in my group had really put a lot of character and feeling into their final outcomes, meaning they were emotive and often humorous. This made me really think about the pitfalls in my work and I feel that in general I don’t always explore my ideas enough, as once I have an idea I like I just pursue it rather than look at the other options first and then choosing the one which works best after a bit of development. Because of this, I will take a step back from this project for a moment, reassess my ideas and scope for development before creating three hot dog books which are vastly different in content. Although this means I won’t be able to explore as many different compositions and narratives early on, I feel this will hopefully benefit my practice greatly and ensure I end up with a subject matter which I am happy with and works well in the context of telling a narrative.

Things to explore:

- Sheffield winter gardens
- Felling
- Huddersfield
- Transport
- Thrifty Store