Laura Carlin Talk

I found a lot of what Laura Carlin said about her practice, really resonated with my own and how it has developed over the course of this year. 

• I like how she started off by thinking about how and why she started to make art - what influenced her. I think this would an interesting thing for me to reflect on myself. 
• Being an artist (/illustrator) is expressing your own way of looking at the world. 
• The importance of omitting information that isn't important - this helps to communicate what you are trying to say by placing emphasis on the relevant visual elements. 
• Carlin talked about how she tries to say something in the illustration that isn't already there (in the article or book etc.), as well as have a sense of ambiguity and likes to leave people asking questions. 
• There is no correct or incorrect in art - draw how you want to draw. 
• Despite the ambiguity of her work, Carlin consciously likes to think about her audience when creating work- how am i best communicating what I want to say? - which I guess is what drives her to an illustrator/designer more than anything else.