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Illustration & art personal statement example.
I have always enjoyed Art from an early age. My earliest memory of this is doodling on sheets of computer paper and cutting up old Christmas cards to make new images. I can remember spending most of my childhood just drawing and being inspired to make and design anything and everything! This love of Art has stayed with me and developed and grown and, now, I cannot imagine wanting to do anything else.
I have always wanted to work within the Art and Design industry because it has always felt like the right direction for me to take. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to go to an Art school and I now feel really lucky to have the opportunity to do so: I am feeling very excited about my future!
I enjoy being creative and I view Art as a natural way for me to express myself. I particularly enjoy drawing and how this allows me to create images in a way that I see them. I enjoy working in a figurative and detailed way and I aim to make my work expressive and visually interesting through tone and mark-making.
I feel, from my progression from G.C.S.E through A Levels to A.V.C.E, I am beginning to develop my own style and way of working. I particularly enjoy portraiture work and using animals as subject matter.
Whilst at Crosshall High School, I achieved seven G.C.S.Es, gaining a grade A in Art. I have since gone on to achieve three A levels and two A/s Levels at Runshaw college. I have completed an A Level in Fine Art, whilst there, and I enjoyed this extremely.
I found this course very challenging but rewarding as I had grown in my understanding of the discipline and I gained a grade B. I am currently completing an A.V.C.E Art and Design course. This two-year course has been very beneficial to me as I feel I have developed my skills within Art and have gained an understanding of the various disciplines within Art and Design.
This course has led me to my decision to specialise within Illustration. I enjoy creating images in response to a piece of writing or a particular theme. I like the creative freedom this allows and the vast potential for work.
My interests include reading and some of my favourite novels include To Kill A Mockingbird and Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. My favourite novel has to be Animal Farm because it is so well written and has great impact. I have recently carried out an illustration brief based on this novel and this was very exciting for me and, I feel, a turning point in my work.
I enjoy visiting Art Galleries and exhibitions. I am particularly interested in figurative portraiture and Illustration-based exhibitions. I have recently visited an exhibition about drawing styles at my local Art Gallery. I found this very interesting as there were varied styles and approaches to drawing( I especially liked Posy Simmons use of storyboards).
A few months ago I visited an exhibition for childrens illustrator Shirley Hughes at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. This had a great impact on me and was one of the factors that has led to me pursuing a career in Illustration. I love the way she combines her use of image against text and the way she uses media expressively.
At this stage, I am interested in childrens book illustration as there are so many quality, contemporary illustrations at the moment that I find inspiring. I see illustrations for childrens books as something worthwhile and or importance. They can capture a childs imagination and inspire and motivate them to learn to read.
I have worked for the past three years at a bakery as a part-time counter assistant. This involves such duties as dealing with customers, dealing with money and organising displays. I have really enjoyed this job as we are a fairly busy shop and so I meet a lot of different people and I find this very rewarding.
Prior to this, I have worked voluntarily at a local vets practise. I found this very interesting because I like animals and this was a chance for me to learn more about them. I have also been involved in an activity group for disabled children . This experience was invaluable to me as I met such interesting and amazing people.
The group activities included Art and Crafts and this taught me how Art can be therapeutic and< basically, just a worthwhile form of expression.
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Tue, 04/07/2006 - 00:00
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Wed, 11/10/2006 - 01:52
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Your going to need to consider who its going to. Or who's going to be reading your statment. Sometimes being creative, is not always the best choice. I never said it was wrong to be different. Its always great to pull the reader in threw a intresting beginning. And keep it strong threw your paper. My advice to you, in this statment make sure your resoning for your appliance is clear and concice. Make sure your resons aren't jumbled in with your creativeness. Follow threw with repetition. And most importantly, make yourself look good. What do you have to offer? What are your talents? ext. Your on a good start, your future is bright.
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Thu, 16/11/2006 - 18:19
the majority of people whom have commented on this statement obviously haven`t heard of constructive critisism. i believe this statement is good for a first attempt.
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Tue, 21/11/2006 - 20:16
i think that this was a good start, better than what i have so far...its mainly just bullet points of the info i know i need =S
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I think this personal statement is very inspiring, im having to write one for a a foundation course which involves illustration as my personal intrest too, and i didnt know what the hell to write about, but youve helped me to consider some mager points, thankyou!
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Wed, 20/06/2007 - 17:11
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oh my god... that last person has serious issues- did they actually sit and write out the word all that many times, or was it copy and paste frenzy? Either way,they're massive hypocrytes and pretty stupid. I actually quite like your statement and want to do practically the same course as you, so it will be pretty helpful. I share quite a bit of your arty likes and styles. THANKYOU and GOOD LUCK. Ignore the retards.:-)
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The jobs are listed because they show social interaction on the part of the student. If the course required the use of team work then that information would be necessary for the University to make a decision based on the statement. However, like the previous comments, it would be better to list these if they were more Art related. The opening statement is a tad overused though, it sounds like a speech from Pop Idol.
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I agree with some of the comments below. You should definitely check the grammar, for example "childs" should be "child's".
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calm down guys, this personal statement is not that bad at all and you have all blatently came on for advice as you are having trouble writing yours! we say post yours and we will see how amazing you all are! Peace out x
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Thu, 29/11/2007 - 11:14
Hey, just to let you know that this personal statement really helped me, although i plan to do fashion management, art and design is the subject i enjoyed most at school, so therefore planned to write about that.
One suggestion, don't write about your grades, because the people who are reading your personal statement already have a copy of your grades.
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Altogether i thought that it wasn't all that bad. Thank you for your help.
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I have to say- I found the first paragraph about your childhood creativity quite touching, though thanks to some of the useful critique I now know this isn't a good starting point. Thanks for posting this, it's been insightful and the comments have given me a bit of an idea of what is and isn't needed in a Personal Statement!
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Well, I've read the statement as well as the many compliments and criticisms- mostly that. I don't think it's the best no, but I've now got confidence that my personal statement will be decent. :D
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Tue, 27/01/2009 - 22:08
i went to runshaw college, haha. i dont think the start of this personal statemnt gives off any personality, to me it just sounds a bit mechanical. i guess its what unis want to hear, but to me it doesn't feel very personal.
without....
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...sounding too crude, this litterally is the worst personal statement i have encountered. Repetitions of 'I's' and boring non inspiering narrative of a mundane life! I mean lets be honest, does he/she really really enjoy working for a baker? and reading To Kill A Mokingbird? (which may i remind everyone was probebly only thrown in there as its a standard book to read for GCSE so they might know alot about it if the book gets brought up in the interveiw) these manarisms can only be related to that of Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons, id rather eat my own foot then believe this is a 5 star rated piece of nonsense
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Wed, 25/02/2009 - 22:04
looking at this personal statement i feel greatfull that i happend to stumble across it it had provided me with the bare essentials for my own personal statement and i am proud to say it helpd me to write what was described as outstanding. thanks you so much for the help!! xx
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I don't mean to bring this personal statement down, but its been rated 4 stars and yet it completely defies some of the rules provided by this site on what not to write in a personal statement.
One for example: 'Do not repeat what has already been written in your UCAS form'
This person, as good as it's written, has said on more than one occasion what they got in GCSE and so on.
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i was wondering if you got in to your course :) by the way i think it was quite good ,better than me anyway.....
Tue, 01/12/2009 - 18:13
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the feedback in the comments
Fri, 01/01/2010 - 16:43
the feedback in the comments section has been more helpful here than anything else.
Cheek of some folk!
Tue, 12/01/2010 - 18:34
I love the fact that someone said:
"Check your grammar, it should be vetinary practice, not practise. i.e the noun not the verb".
Perhaps you should check your own spelling. Instead of 'vetinary', maybe you should write 'veterinary' i.e. the correct spelling and not the made-up one!
Sun, 21/11/2010 - 15:16
I do find this personal statement useful. However I can't help but notice that this person has spent a large portion of their statement writing about what results they have recieved in exams. This is, unfortunately, redundant information as this is what the other sections of a UCAS form are for. Mentioning them in context is advisable, for example in reference to what one has learned whilst doing the course, rather than just reeling them off as a list of achievements. On a lighter note, this person has showed great enthusiasm for what they wish to do. Possibly not in the most mature or original way, but it is an example to follow all the same. I hope this comment is useful to others in my position, unlike half of the drivel written above.
Thu, 02/12/2010 - 11:20
Many of the people who have commented, expressing how they feel towards this PS intend to go to University, yet cannot spell. Good luck with that!
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