Lorde Whitney Studio
Today we visited a studio run by two females in leeds called Lord Whitney, created by Amy Lord and Rebekah Whitney. The first thing that they said when they introduced themselves to us is that they created their own job title, they didn't feel that matched/fitted in any box or existing title so didn't want to be portrayed as that therefore created the title - Connoisseurs of Make-Believe. s they explained this it became clear to me that this fitted with how i see myself, i don't currently want to brand myself a graphic designer because i'm still unsure if this is the path i want to take, i don't want to set my path or make my worked limited. I see myself as a designer, a creator of anything and this needs to be reflect in my brand. This is way i have the title - b.designs, a designer but not necessary just graphics or advertising.
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This studio was created by two student after uni but this is the first time we have had a professional talk to use about how HARD it is, how you have to be skint, struggle and how you will want to give up at times but in the end if you love it you'll succeed. They only talked about how skint they where and how hard it was to have a job whilst trying to start of but then year down the line its paid off, it was good to see how real this is, how its not strange i'm scared everyone is but i need to just work, work, work till i make it. FAKE IT TILL I MAKE IT. Also a major point the studio explained to me was that if you put up 'i cant do this because of this' or 'i don't have to stuff to do this' you create your own obstacles and this has the worse effect on your work as a designer. I need to start finding ways around issues and fixing things rather than focusing on the things i can do, think what i can.
This studio visit came at a perfect time for me as i was really not felling how my course was going ot how my work was progressing, i was struggling as i compare myself to people on my course who can do amazing digital work which made me feel like i couldn't do it.I feel like i'm very different to everyone on my course in my work style but this has inspired me to just do the work i love and focus on myself rather than others, stop comparing my work to others then make improvements to my work rather than feel bad about myself. I dont know if i'm a graphic designer/advertiser/craft worker/pattern designer/fine artist/typographer ect but this is my year and course to help me decided, help me find my paths whilst working with things i love.
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