Learning from others

Even though I always keep myself updated with what other artists are doing, I found myself learning from people surrounding me more. Its easier to compare myself with people who have the same years experience as me and the same environment as to compare myself with someone I barely know their circumstances. The reason I am saying this, is because I saw Simona's Behance and I was impressed by the way she presented her work. And since we have the same level of experience, I felt that I need to raise my standards and better present my work. This made me think of when looking for  a job, although I dislike working with other people and would prefer to work on my own a freelancer or in a small agency, I think I wont be learning much.

Illustrator.

I have been chasing Dar Al Adab for over three weeks now, last time I called they said they'll email me the next day, but I haven't heard since. I was excited when I got a response from them the first time, but it doesn't seem I can take that as my only job. I got an offer from Badir, but I have no idea what kind of job it is, again he was supposed to email me with job description this week, but I didn't get anything so far. I am praying that the job Badir's got would be in my area of interest, since he have seen my portfolio and its all illustrations, so I hope it would be something in that field. If not, then I am considering to apply for masters in Illustration at LCC so I can later work for Times of Oman. I currently do not feel confident of my illustration skills. If I started freelancing for book covers, then that would improve my illustration skills significantly and later on I can apply for Times of Oman.

When designing the cards for Lingue Mundi, I found myself struggling with doing corporate work. I find myself more into illustrations and contemporary art. And I feel working in design agencies and for organisations in Oman wont help me improve my skills.

So I need to look for more freelance work, perhaps even in the UK. Also I need to apply for internship with Penguin and Big Active and hope they would agree to sponsor me.

So if you ask me where do I see myself in two years, then it would probably be either book cover freelancing as a full time job or working in Times of Oman.

Another reason why I am thinking of applying for masters, is that then I would be able to teach in universities and colleges.