I had a conversation  with Alison about my work. At the time my work was very aimless and more for its own sake then anything else. This was pretty much Alison's view as well, the work I was doing was good but it didn't really have a point.
The majority of my work was being drawn from fashion magazines and one of Alison's main issues with my work was that it doesn't do anything that photos couldn't do instead. I see what she means but I disagree. Simply put I think my drawings look better than photos. Obviously this excuse is kind of lame, Alison was not pleased with it. Essentially it comes down to anyone can take a photo and given a similar subject every photo will look relatively the same. Photography is so ubiquitous these days that it almost has no effect anymore beyond just recording an image.
Drawing and illustration however are more reflective of the person creating the image and will constantly look different every time. Especially when you play around with style and materials. These are aspects of my work which will develop with the more I make and create more of a gap between my work and photography. I spoke to Gill and she pretty much agrees with me and says I just need to keep making work and my issues will iron themselves out.