Gabriella Ditton 29/10/2018

This week we had Gabriella Ditton came in on Monday, Gabriella’s a former Animation degree student and she gave really inspiring, truthful presentation (which also came as quite a big relief) on the world of work for us after we graduate. Although she was brutally honest on certain aspects of life after graduation, she also made sure that we didn’t feel burdened by the idea that we were meant to be ‘the best’ and ‘work ready’ for the industry, like if we didn’t get our dream job right away then we have ‘failed’. It was also a reassurance to remember that a degree is a drop in the ocean compared to the long road that follows afterward when pursuing a career, and this didn’t come across to me as frightening but actually relaxing and exciting. Relaxing in the sense that my anxiety settled. I’m aware as an artist that everyone is different and people come into their stride or peak at different times in their life, it doesn’t make you better or worse than someone else. As long as you are drawing and are committed to daily pushing yourself forwards you will always progress and get better. Like I had mentioned previously in my journals I have noticed an incredible difference in myself as an artist, my confidence and my rationality on my work and life compared to how I was when I first started back in Year 1.