They have all been inspirational, it's great to hear their stories of how they have got to the points that they are at as professionals. There have been a lot of interesting things to learn about their professional practices too
Mr Bingo
Michael Kirkham,
Jim Stoten
Ralph Steadman
Ben Newman
Kristyna Baczynski
They all vary in talent but I suppose they show that illustrators each have their own unique voices.
I don't really feel like i'm similar to any of them - I feel that i'll never be able to achieve work like that. This could be good as it means I don't wish to try and imitate what I think is great work, but this means it's hard to feel like an illustrator, I feel very different and therefore like it would be hard to be successful. For example character design is something I've never even considered and yet it seems like a consistent thing in illustration too. It's never interested me either, i'm scared.
I find it hard to ignore, too, that they all seem to say how hard it is to get work. I never expected success to be easy, but i've always thought that working hard was the solution to getting what you want. With illustration it seems to be said that being recognized comes from a large amount of luck, persistence and patience, everyone seems to start off with other jobs that aren't even related to illustration just to be able to live - despite just going through a degree programme that's meant to prevent this. It's what makes me anxious because it all seems so uncertain. And it's on top of all the confidence issues I have already. I've been finding it hard to enjoy this course with all the worries i have about it - Maybe being unreasonable, i'm not sure.
Despite all this, at least I know I am working as hard as I can - and that this could pay off
There are a lot of amazing illustrators out there.
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