Broken notes...

I have a few quotes and notes from a couple of the speakers, Karen Cheung and Jonathan Edwards.
They're slim and disjointed but I'll do my best to discuss their content anyway...

Karen Cheung does work for the likes of Perguet and Paramount, through her agent system. She claims there is no shame in working through and agency and subsequently with big companies. She emphasises the range of diversity and the support system offered by an agent is priceless. She's won various awards via this method and claims; "feeding off the business model of the company you work for is being resourceful, not selling out" and that "with someone else managing your logistics you have the time to achieve the standard of work you want to be known for"

It's an interesting viewpoint and one that counter's my (perhaps a tad rant-y) conclusion to my previous blog. Where I stated I would rather die an impoverished cater-waiter, than allow my refuge of drawing to be infiltrated with jobs for a "head office" figure. Especially in the advertisement of products I would more than likely have no vested interest in. Not that I'm knocking her method, it's clearly a sensible system that produces results. It's worked for her, but I'm not convinced it would work for me. Not that the method wouldn't work, I'm sure anyone who tries it, with the same amount of skill and determination as ms Cheung, would succeed in equal measure. I'm just not sure, for me at least, the journey to the top would be a pleasurable and satisfying route to take.

Jonathan Edwards, who I've had the pleasure of bumping into at a few doodle-planets, and via attending the seminars he gave at the previous creative futures. Is an accomplished, highly acclaimed illustrator for the times. His largely editorial workload requires strict time and subject restricted deadline. Having to turn around an illustration in under nine hours or so seem like insurmountable challenges. But his fresh, simple, yet lively illustration style and a keen sense of humour allows him to operate within these incredibly restrictive timelines.

I take my hat off to the man, he's got it down pat. Though I know for sure I'd never be able to function under this kind of pressure. I'd still be fiddling around with roughs by the time the editors banging on the door for the piece. A notable portion of the industry to want to make your way into, however it's not for me...