Planning and concepting.

Progression, exploration and development are considered the fruits of planning and concepting. We experiment in free form manners albeit taking photographs, doodling in a sketchbooks, listening to music or watching cinema. Everything we do expands our understanding of the world and offers us the opportunity of inspiration. On the course we are required to investigate a project before creating our final image. We always begin by searching for visual stimulus; visiting relevant locations, taking photographs and researching similar artists. It's a necessary process followed by artists everywhere to create artwork, nothing worthwhile is ever created without it.

A perfect example of conceptualizing a work piece would be the artwork produced by veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott. For the the film Bladerunner, Ridley created very detailed and expansive storyboards to outline his visual aspirations and to further increase his understanding of the world he intends to create. The image below shows the scene in reality and its supporting concept to represent the importance of planning your work.


When creativity requires demand, more noticeable when entering the workplace planning and concepting becomes ever more important. Deadlines,time constraints and efficiency determine the entire work environment to create art, which makes this process such an important skill to learn early on in education to produce the highest quality work possible. If anything the course is strongly designed around these principles so we have a higher chance of entering the workplace, prepared and efficient.

To effectively plan and concept appropriately it takes time, practice and endurance to consistently develop ideas and inspirations. A few websites which provide advice and guidance in regards to this, and a few which I myself have found very helpful are Conceptart.org and Conceptblog.