This is the last month before the big graduation day and the final step before getting into the "real world". Fittingly, I've been getting little to no sleep and haven't stopped working for the past 2 weeks straight. Since Monday I'd say that I've gotten about 18hrs of sleep.
On top of that, I lost my wallet on Tuesday! ARRGGGHHH! Never carry around every bit of identification you own!! On the up side, the amount of work I'm finishing is astounding!! Nearly two pieces in three days! Look for an update to my blog within the next week!
For those of you who don't know yet. Kadir Nelson is coming to the COMD department on Thursday! See you there!
P.S. If you type Grant Newton into google my profile is in the top ten!! lol
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
ComicCon!!
Change of plans. To interject a little spice into things I decided to alter the line-up for this week. Later today I'll be attending ComicCon and will fill in the juicy details Sunday morning.
Why I'm going:
Learn
Scope things out so that I know what to expect next time i.e.
-See what other artists are doing.
-Look for potential business opportunities.
-Listen to advice being given.
-Pick up cards and fliers from potential clients.
-Grab a bite to eat with fellow artists.
-Smell all the sweaty people waiting in line.
Remind
Say hello to former business acquaintances.
Basically I'm treating this trip as a learning opportunity so that when I go to the ComicCon in San Diego later this year I'm better prepared to take advantage of my time there. Catcha l8r
Why I'm going:
Learn
Scope things out so that I know what to expect next time i.e.
-See what other artists are doing.
-Look for potential business opportunities.
-Listen to advice being given.
-Pick up cards and fliers from potential clients.
-Grab a bite to eat with fellow artists.
-Smell all the sweaty people waiting in line.
Remind
Say hello to former business acquaintances.
Basically I'm treating this trip as a learning opportunity so that when I go to the ComicCon in San Diego later this year I'm better prepared to take advantage of my time there. Catcha l8r
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Research! Research! Research!
Welcome back for the first installment of awesome information that will help you get hired!
Before you start cold calling art directors, negotiating prices, and finding out the ADs name, you need to figure out where your stuff will sell!! Take a good hard look at what you've got in your portfolio and then thumb through as many different magazines, bookshelves, advertising images, etc. and look at what they're buying!
Hopefully you'll hit on some that have work which you could see yourself doing.
If so, flip to the front of the publication (if it's another source write the company name) and jot down:
-the company that published it
-the AD's name
-the Editor's name
Once you've got all that info. simply go to the companies website, find out the office number (usually in the contact link at the bottom of the page), and find out as much as you can about the work that the AD/Editor (sometimes the editor is the AD) has done so that you know a little more about the person you're going to be talking to in the near future!
That's enough for this week. Come by next week and I'll talk a little more about prep work that should be done before calling an AD.
Before you start cold calling art directors, negotiating prices, and finding out the ADs name, you need to figure out where your stuff will sell!! Take a good hard look at what you've got in your portfolio and then thumb through as many different magazines, bookshelves, advertising images, etc. and look at what they're buying!
Hopefully you'll hit on some that have work which you could see yourself doing.
If so, flip to the front of the publication (if it's another source write the company name) and jot down:
-the company that published it
-the AD's name
-the Editor's name
Once you've got all that info. simply go to the companies website, find out the office number (usually in the contact link at the bottom of the page), and find out as much as you can about the work that the AD/Editor (sometimes the editor is the AD) has done so that you know a little more about the person you're going to be talking to in the near future!
That's enough for this week. Come by next week and I'll talk a little more about prep work that should be done before calling an AD.
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