Life's a Pitch

Things to think about-

-Must bring my own individual practice to the group.
-The work set will be individual
-Creative strategy will continue along side life's a pitch to let it feed into it.
-Must communicate well as a group.

-Refresh my own understanding of what illustration is, what it can be and the jobs available to me when i graduate. Do this often, keep reflecting.

-The business we set up must be grounded in reality, its and imaginary business but it must be able to fit into the real world.

The creative industries

Industry-broken down into sectors
Primary Sector- Raw materials
Secondary Sector- Raw materials turned into something of use
Tertiary Sector- generate income/finance from servicing other sectors
Quaternary Sector- The managing of others. Knowledge (government, culture etc)

Service Industries - essential for the creative industry.

Public sector- Owned by the government. Services that benefit the whole of society. Encourages and supports equal benefits. There for the good of society.

Private sector- ran for profit, not owned by the government. Not state controlled. There to make individual or company profit.

Third sector- voluntary, not for profit.

Service industries >>>> CREATIBE INDUSTRY.
Professionalising practice- choosing to generate wealth from this.

Sub-domains under creative industry include;
Advertising
Architecture
Publishing etc etc

Illustration services all of the above field. It services all of the sub-domains in the creative industry.

Working in the creative industry
1. Design studios/Agencies
2. In house creative teams
3. Free-lance practitioners

Everything we do feeds into the rest of the economy. (Thats pretty cool)