Jonathan Edwards – Jonathan-e.com
Jonathan Edwards is an illustrator who amongst working for clients such as the Guardian and producing a cd cover for the Black Eyed Peas has also produced a 3D model of a character he developed from scratch. He walked us through this process which moved from the design of 3d models through the editing an manufacturing. It was an interesting, elaborate but drawn out process that completely put me off that particular aspect of design work, despite it’s clear financial upsides.
When he talked about his illustrative working process he spoke about how you should constantly challenge yourself, and always try and raise the bar for yourself.
Wendy Rees
Wendy works for the BBC and came in to talk about obtaining and maintaining jobs, not just within the BBC but in general. She made some interesting points regarding how being flexible with your time will go a long way in helping you secure a position within a company as well as making sure you show your passion for the work and showing a consistent level of quality of work in your portfolio and professional working manner.
Karen Cheung – karencheung.co.uk
Karen Cheung is an illustrator and animator who has worked with such clients as Peugeot, Penguin Books and the Paramount Comedy Channel. Throughout the talk she detailed her working methods and talked about the age appropriate content regulations for childrens books. The most important thing I took away from her lecture was the importance of finding an agency that will help you rather than hinder you. She spoke very positively of the agencies she had personally worked with and told us that the general average cut of an agency will be roughly 30%, but that they are worth working with as they will bring the work in for you.
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