27/08/17
When first thinking of what I want to do for my dissertation, I want it to be able to relate to my practice. As someone who still is not 100% sure on what their career choices are going to be, I knew that children's illustration was the way to go. I know that my work relates to this area quite well as it has been called out by my peers in the past before. I also know that I want to do something with animals as I am so passionate about this subject.
5/10/17
After having one of our first group tutorials, I decided that my essay question draft of something like 'How animals are represented within children's illustration' it is probably too broad and would be difficult to narrow down. After seeing my other peer's ideas and how they were much more defined it made me realise I wanted to change my question.
11/10/17
After having an individual tutorial with my tutor, Jamie, we discussed the idea of narrowing down my question. I mentioned how I was interested in semiotics and signs, as I had come across it in my research about animals. He mentioned maybe including this idea in my question/research. After talking some more, we came to the idea of doing the essay about one animal in particular, to help narrow down my ideas as focusing has become quite difficult for me. Cats are used quite a lot as symbols throughout the world so it makes sense for me to use this in my essay.
