peer review

We had to write a summary of what we wanted to produce; my theme and subject was propaganda and sustainability, I want to produce a set of 10 screen-prints with the aesthetic of the Russian revolution propaganda posters, which encourage people to live sustainably and possibly a zine alongside with extra information about eco-friendly living. 

The general feedback I got was that going with the Russian revolution aesthetic was a good idea, screen-print could work well but all the texture I have been working with would be lost, unsure whether posters about sustainability could be considered propaganda so be careful to not just create a political campaign for the green party, I also need to be clear on who my audience is. 
It was useful feedback, but it became clear in a chat at the end of the session that poster art isn't really what I'm interested in, and it seemed like I was going in that direction because it seemed the most relevant rather than something I was passionate about. 
So I had a talk with Fred about where I could go, he liked my earlier illustrations where I was depicting key moments in the Russia revolution timeline, and the fact that my interest in this subject lies more with how the propaganda aesthetic filtered into the culture, especially children's books, suggested maybe I should be trying to illustrate the timeline of the Russian revolution in an educational book for children. 

This idea is much more up my street, I wanted to go down a narrative route initially but was worried it might be illustrating my essay, but putting it into the context of education for children, it gives it a purpose. He suggested:
- look at cutting edge children's books at the moment e.g. Flying Eye Books
one especially relevant would be 'Professor Astro-cat's frontiers of space' illustrated by Ben Newman
http://flyingeyebooks.com/shop/professor-astro-cats-frontiers-of-space/? which depicts the complex ideas of space and astronomy clearly and with beautiful illustrations
- go to books shops and look at the children's non-fiction section for help on language, characters etc. 
- I could expand the content to look at Russia's history from the revolution to now, under Putin. Or possibly have multiple books looking at various histories during that time period
- the Russian revolution isn't something often taught to children, so I would be challenging what kid's books should contain, I should try and comment on indoctrination within the book