So Ben Jones, a stockport college graduate has been in over the past few weeks to learn about teaching and during his time here he's helped us all. He gave our class a really nice talk about the industry and what it's like out there once you've graduated from University. Ben is currently a freelance illustrator and has done many kinds of work after he graduated, like editorials for newspaper and magazines,which he is required to do in a really short space of time as they go to print as soon as the story is ready so that the paper can keep up with the news headline. It also needs to be eye-catching so that the article can grab your attention amongst many others. He's also done Book cover designs, and explained about those too. With book covers you are given a relatively long time to complete them in, from weeks to months. You stay in contact through e-mails and phone calls and the commissioners can choose to have your work changed if they do not like something or it is not ideal.
Another very good point that ben raised it to do with your roughs, he showed us some really poorly sketched roughs and explained as long as you can explain and the commissioner can see what you're trying to do, it doesn't matter how basic / bad the rough is. It's very useful to know this!
Ben gained recognition through competitions and urged us to take part in them, because they can really set a career off. He also explained that as well as his freelance job, he also had to keep another job on the side as freelance work can be unreliable.
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http://illustrationbenjones.blogspot.co.uk/2010_03_01_archive.html
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