Promotional matieral

With self promotion on my mind, I have been thinking of ways to get me noticed as a creative practitioner and get myself out there a little more. A lot of my peers have been making badges to sell and promote their images. As lovely as I think this is, the more people I see with the badge maker out, the less am inclined to use it. A lot of my work this project has been intricate with a lot of attention to detail. This I feel has given them a bespoke appearance to them and lends well to limited edition postcards as seen at galleries and events. It also gave me the opportunity to put my image of the ladies on the beach onto something functional. I have designed the postcards so they can actually function as a postcard rather than just having my details on the back. These I feel emphasise my interests in coming up with creative solutions, a quality i'd like to advertise to potential employers.

Unfortunately, these didn't arrive back from the printers until today, so I didn't get to show them to Gina Cross at my Portfolio Review. However, her positivity and interest in the approach I took with the location papercut photography (i,e. the ladies on the beach), has really encouraged me to carry on with these after final major project has finished. I see potential for these as something to sell over the summer and perhaps approaching some art and local shops in Bournemouth and Boscombe to see if they'd like to see them. My other idea is approach Bournemouth Tourist board to propose a project to revamp their tourist information a little. I think especially as the town is celebrating much more since the Arts by the Sea festival started. This overall would be a great way to self-promote myself and gain more work experience. 

The other idea I have been stewing over the past week is to have more self-promotion items in the form of branded sweets. I envision pick 'n' mix as the chosen sweets due their obvious connection to childhood and going to the cinema/theatre. In the future I would like to get sweets made especially whether it be sweets printed with my logo or shaped sweers designed by myself. These were a little far fetched and expensive for the time I have left on the project and I'd rather spend money on more important parts of Professional practice such as portfolio and buisness cards.