Happy New Year 2010

Jan 3, 2010 by Jennifer Farley    No Comments    Posted under: Blog, Design Stuff!, Illustration

Hi everyone, Happy New Year! Let’s hope it’s a peaceful, healthy and prosperous year. I’ve been offline for most of Christmas and it’s been nice to recharge the batteries. I’ve been doing a bit of photography, a bit of drawing and a lot of lazing around and eating bad stuff but it’s time to get back on track. I haven’t really made any resolutions as I generally start falling off the resolution wagon fairly early in the new year anyway, but there are parts of my working life that I want to make some changes in. Teaching design is my main bread and butter and thankfully is a steady job for me. I’ll also be continuing to write for the Sitepoint design blog which I’m very pleased about too.

This year what I really want to gain more work in is illustration. I’ve been trying to develop my style of illustration over the past year. Like most designers I love trying new things so in some ways having one style can feel limiting, that’s why my portfolio is quite a mixed bag, but this year is about perservering and getting to the point where I feel comfortable with a recognizable style because naturally enough clients like to know what they’re getting when they hire someone for design and illustration. I’m going to contact some agents to see if I can get representation so I’ll let you know how that’s going. So that, in a way, is my resolution but it’s something I’ve been aiming at for a good while now, I just haven’t been focused enough.

Have you made any design or career resolutions or decisions for 2010?

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