Our Most Embarrassing Stories in Illustration
3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast
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🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we swallow some pride and take a look at some of our less stellar moments. These are the times we wish we had a rewind button for life and could do things over.
We have take away points from each story so you don’t have to make our mistakes again. Hopefully, none of you are as dumb as us!
Story 1: Will’s Phallic Tortoise [01:31]
Take away: When you’re learning how to draw it’s a lot like a golf swing. To do a golf swing right there’s 50 things you’ve got to know how to do and you can’t be thinking about them all at the same time. They have to flow naturally. And so you can concentrate on 5 of them at the same time.
As an illustrator there’s 50 things you’ve got to know how to do to make an illustration, and one of them is composition. Make sure you’re composition isn’t set up in a way that it compromises the entire piece.
Story 2: Lee’s Name Critique [7:45]
Take away: Do your homework on who you’re meeting with. Take some time to understand what they are about, what they do, and why they want to meet with you. Don’t advise them to change the name of their company!
Story 3: Jake’s Edgy Style vs All-Ages Style [11:43]
Take away: Take a long look at your work and see how it might influence others around you. If you’re not happy with what your work is doing for the world see how you can change it for the better.
Story 4: Will’s Feminine Hygiene Job [16:14]
Take away: Just...don’t be a Will. Be happy you don’t have to be tied to a phone any more to get work. Also, you don’t have to take every job that comes your way.
Story 5: Lee’s Alphabet Book Debacle [21:14]
Take away: If you’re hired to do a job specifically for your style, maybe don’t subcontract someone else to do it for you.
Before you commit to do a job, take a good look at how much work needs to be done and see if your schedule can handle the workload. You want to avoid opting out of the job after contracts have been signed and money’s been paid.
Ask questions up front about what exactly is needed for the job. Get all the facts and cross check them with other professionals to make sure you’re not getting into something that you won’t be able to finish on time.
Be willing to say no to a high paying job if you don’t think it benefit your career. There are more important things than a paycheck if the job you take doesn’t really further your career.
Story 6: Will’s Fax Machine [29:00]
Take away: Get all the information BEFORE the fax comes in :P
Make sure you get all the information on the job that you need in order to finish your job. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, and take good notes on your calls.
Story 7: Lee Unknowingly Rips on the Boss’s Daughter [36:15]
Take away: Remember names! Do your homework and know who you’re talking to.
Story 8: Jake’s Big Meeting [40:20]
Take away: Don’t waste an important meeting. If you’re in the position to meet with an important editor or client do whatever you need to to have a killer pitch, presentation, or idea to share with them. Be prepared!
Story 9: Will Zones Out [46:16]
Take away: Be present and paying attention when you’re talking to a client or editor
Story 10: Lee’s bike ride [49:00]
Take away: Plan your day. Make sure you have time to do everything you’ve set out to do. You don’t have to do everything. Look at ways that you’re making you job harder than it actually has to be.
LINKS
Jake Parker, http://mrjakeparker.com. Instagram: @jakeparker, Youtube: JakeParker44
Will Terry, http://willterry.com. Instagram: @willterryart, Youtube: WillTerryArt
Lee White, http://leewhiteillustration.com. Instagram: @leewhiteillo
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to Three Point Perspective, the podcast about illustration, how to do it, how to make a living at it, and how to make an impact in the world with your art. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm Jake Parker. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm Lee White. |
| 0:16.8 | And I'm Will Terry. |
| 0:18.2 | And all three of us are professional illustrators. And we have been for the last |
| 0:22.0 | 25 years. And we've all worked for all the major publishers. And between us, I think we have about 50 |
| 0:29.6 | books. Yep. And each week, we are going to tackle a subject relating to illustration from our |
| 0:35.0 | three perspectives. Sometimes we'll agree and sometimes we'll argue, but every time you're going to learn something new. |
| 0:40.9 | All right. |
| 0:41.1 | So today is Will's topic. |
| 0:45.8 | We've kind of been bouncing stories back and forth between each other over the last couple of weeks. |
| 0:51.5 | And Will was like, you know, this would be a good topic for the podcast and what |
| 0:54.7 | it is is illustration horror stories. Although are they all horror stories or are they |
| 1:01.4 | illustration stories? Awkward stories. I don't know. Embarrassment and shame. When things |
| 1:07.6 | don't go as planned. How about that? Yeah. Yeah,. So, Will, why don't you just kick us off here and let's just tell some stories. |
| 1:17.7 | Okay. |
| 1:17.9 | If you listen right now, just sit back, pour a cup of whatever it is you like to drink and listen to story time with will Terry Lee White and Jake Parker. |
| 1:30.8 | Okay. So the one I was telling you the other day, Jake, I can't remember if I told Lee this or not, |
| 1:36.4 | but I told this one a few times. I was really early on in my career as an illustrator and it was one of probably the second or third year and I got this job from Arizona Highways magazine and I didn't know the art department in there very well I didn't know anybody there and I was nervous as an illustrator I wanted to everything right. And they asked me to illustrate this |
| 2:01.7 | story about the zoo in Arizona. And they had a, the article talked about how they would bring in |
| 2:10.0 | patrons of the zoo to come in and help out with odd jobs, helping out with the animals and different |
| 2:16.8 | things like it, little service projects. |
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