Visual Culture Level 5 - Identity and Creative Voice

My task this week is to identify myself. I took a look at my own work from the course of my year and half of studying illustration and thought about what kind of illustrator I want to be. I have previously researched different kinds of illustrators such as Children's Book, Advertising, Editorial, Graphical, Product, Fashion, Gallery and Prints etc. I don't seem to fit into just one of the above categories. I think I could work well in more than one area of illustration which is why I don't really have a label for myself. I believe that I would be classed as a freelance illustrator. Before I attended CCAD I attended a college in which I never knew I wanted to be an illustrator and because of this I don't really have any personal work in which I could use as an identity in my industry (I will be working on some when I have less things to focus on for my course) therefore I feel I only have a few images which I would be happy with having as my identity. They are from my previous project where I drew illustrations for a narrative, in this case it was Hansel and Gretel. I really like the 2 images below and I even use the mouse now as kind of a social network image. I have it at the top of my blog and the top of my Facebook page.

I think these images say a lot about the way I work as I tend to work this way quite a bit. I I have hardly used any colour unless absolutely necessary in my previous projects, I really enjoy drawing in black and white as I think the contrast makes it easier to read the image. I also like experimenting with different techniques and I have begun to know what technique would be best for each piece of work I go to create.