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Student, recent graduate or young professional designer or illustrator wondering how to get stuck into a career?

A panel of illustrators with a few years of professional experience under their belts will be available to offer advice, drawing on their experiences of the illustration world since graduation. If you are a bit stuck about the next steps to take, this will be a chance to ask the panel questions about what they did when they graduated, how they bridged the student/professional divide, and how they are going about developing a professional career.

Our Hub General Manager, Ben Cooper-Melchiors, will be on hand with Creative Space illustrator Rosie Gainsborough and the five young professional panelists below from 1-2pm on Wednesday 1 August to answer all your questions. Leave yours in the thread below and we'll answer them on the day.

Join the conversation on 1st August and discuss the hurdles you have found.

Thanks!

The IdeasTap Team

Alice Pattullo - www.alicepattullo.com - Graduated from the University of Brighton in 2010. Clients include Whistles, Coast Magazine, EFDSS. Shops that stock her prints include: The V&A, Liberty, Hornseys, Tinsmiths, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Shop Floor Project.

Jack Hudson - www.jack-hudson.com Graduated in 2010. Clients include Channel 4, Google, Sunday Telegraph, Sky Larkin, various magazines.

Sophia Martineck - www.martineck.com - Graduated in 2007 and won the ADC Young Guns award in 2010. Berlin based illustrator. Clients include The New York Times, The New Yorker, Le Monde, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Guardian.

Ben Javens - www.benjavens.co.uk - Represented by Unseen Agency. Clients include Warburtons, 8th Continent, Hugo Boss, The Guardian, Timeout Magazine, Static Caravan, Capsule.

Rachel Lillie - www.rachel-lillie.co.uk - Graduated from The Royal College of Art in 2012, in MA Visual Communication.

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26/07/12 Josie Shenoy said:
Hello!

Got a few questions actually...

What would you say is the key to developing your own brand or distinct 'identity' as an illustrator?

What advice would you give to an illustration graduate who wants to break into the editorial sector?

How do you find a balance between selling prints/products commercially for a living, versus trying to be taken seriously as an editorial illustrator?

Thankyou!

Josie
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31/07/12 debbied91 said:
Hi,

I was told recently that as an editorial illustrator, you should fit into one of the categories of either portraiture, narrative or conceptual. Do you think you have to define yourself into one of these or whether your portfolio can contain pieces of each?

Thankyou,

Debbie
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31/07/12 ODPomery said:
Similar to Debbie's question, but is it better to stick to your strongest style/type of work, and remain niche or should you show you can do a bit of everything? Does this dilute your credibility or show you to be a more skilled/versatile illustrator?

Cheers, Owen.
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31/07/12 ODPomery said:
One more question...

What are the pros and cons of working through an agency?

Thanks, O.
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31/07/12 alq said:
I'd like to also hear the answer to Debbie and Owen's questions - do you need to define yourself into one exclusive category of illustration, and is it worth working through an agency?

To add to that, my own question is, is it worth getting some sort of art degree or certificate or is a good portfolio enough?

Aleks
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