contacting Melissa walling - graphic designer works in bristol
Hey Melis! How's things going down in bristol? we have to do a module where we find out what we want to do after uni, so I thought I'd message you to ask how you did it! I'm so clueless about the real world. xx
smile emoticon what have they asked you to 'create' we HAD to do a business card which is really worth doing especially for your end of year shows and you should deffo go to d&ad new blood in london if you havent already got a stall. I got my internship from a guy picking up a catalogue we made as a class there with a profile pic of us, a sentance about yourself in short (apparently important to get a bit of personality across too) and a picture of your work. When i went there illustrators really benefitted from like print handouts. So say you did one of your really good illustrations get them printed on really nice stock around postcard size people will pick them up keep them just as good as a business card
So you're doing illustration, a lad in my year did shit at 'selling himself' cos thats what it is really because he was an illustrator but showed bits of typography/graphic design and illustration so his illustration didnt stand out but because youve got a really unique style you should push it on everything, a lass in my year does like childlike illustrations really good, shes good at other stuff too but pushed this specific style ona business card / fold up leaflet thing with 3 different 'scenes' in a story on and a minibook and shes just got a job at a childrens illustration book company in london smile emoticon ill send you a link to her work
sorry massive essay but what you want to do basically is an illustration/couple of illustrations in the same theme really eyecatching and on good stock so someone will pick it up. also your instagram just document that youve been doing that and your facebook page that'll get you marks for 'communicating with the digital world' if you blog about it too its good
so that helped her get a job cos she was showing the kinda style she wants to do, showed off her personality and was consistent to the style she was posting online
where as this guy; got really good marks at uni he's from barnsley so played on where he was from made the steel coppery things in his business cards himself really good project but hasnt got a job because it doesnt really represent him or the work he does / didnt grab the attention of people looking for someone http://www.ashleybeaumont.co.uk/self-promotion/
Thanks so much! Haha yeah that's what they want! Like us to make connections with agencies, other illustrators/creatives but I find it so hard what type of career or company my illustrations would benefit if you get me! I've tried to contact people but no luck! And my fb page etc has got my a couple of commissions (dog drawings ) but not attracted companies etc. Yeah we have our work at D&ad at the end of year but only 8 of us get to go down so I'm praying I do enough to get there, I just need more confidence to go up to speak to people I'm literally a bumbling idiot
Are you enjoying it?!
even if your not one of the 8 to go which you probably will be still go! smile emoticon anyone can go in think you might have to pay extra maybe? I found it hard to talk to people but people kinda come into your stall look at someones work and you just say 'is there any particular kinda design your interested in' and if they say illustration you can give them yours, if someone else is at the stall they'll probs show them theres its a big cringey but seems to work. I got my hair stuck in a portable fan and a guy walked away hahaha tongue emoticon how embarassing... just leave your business cards in places like coffee shops, art gallery things, at these open day things like D&AD. dont worry about people not replying no one replied to use i think its just luck or finding people at the right time smile emoticon and apply for any illustration job ever even if you think its not your kinda style they might pass your number on or ask if they have any feedback/advice. no experience is the worst, so bullshit/make it up on your cv tongue emoticon
aye its good ta! first internship for 4 months was really good for design work did some work for champagne n oyster bar n got to go to it on the seafront but REALLY shit pay had to get a new job cos it was unliveable now working at an e-learning design company, today I downloaded pictures of puppies and kittens for a vets theory test for the staff game and I just create the 'graphics' for it, not as creative as the kind of design we did at uni but it pays much better than the little design job and nicer people that work there smile emoticon weird where you end up lol xx
you should look into getting an agent (i know that sounds daft haha) but robyn she got an agent and they got her this job
i dont know how it works you should e-mail her off her website she'll tell you say your my mate in the same boat smile emoticoninfact im meeting her soon il ask her what that agent thing is about but illustrators tend to belong to agent / agencies that hook them up somewhere else really worth looking into that
youre really good anyway bex youll be reet grin emoticon
I hate not knowing 🙈 I'm just so scared I'll be back in Kendal bloody home base or something yeah I'll look into the table at D&ad actually! I'll talk to my tutor aswell about it. yeah I think I need to know what I really want because not knowing makes it so hard to sell myself. Oh fab I'll defo email her then! It's so good that your enjoying it, it's sound so much more interesting then a repetitive job! Omg laughed at loud at the fan thing I can just imagine that happening to you... Fab 😑 haha aw thanks, same to you! Was looking at your work the other day it's so professional!
aww ta! grin emoticon dont get to do much fun/creative stuff like that now but its a piece of piss haha! smile emoticon got offered graphic designer for south coast NHS (mental health not physical health) 25k so i was like fuck yeah im going for that but would have taken me 2 hours each way to get there with commuting and the people that worked there were dicks so sacked that off, aslong as you work with nice people youll be fine smile emoticon tbh i think you might have to go to london to start with which sounds scary but its not so bad down here. Theres an event in brighton thats starting in leeds you should go to called 'glug' and "network" handout business cards there ask for work experience they might offer to pay you smile emoticon haha lauren next door was obsessed with homebased when she worked there she says 'its really good banter' hahah dickhead tongue emoticon you having to do a final project/dissertation? x
That's so good! You go girl 💁🏻 haha but yeah definitely I know what you mean, there's no point doing something your not happy doing, it's not worth the money. Yeah that's what I dread haha I think just with the stigma attached like the price to live there and not knowing anyone! Oh cool I'llgoogle it! Thanks! 😀Need to get them business cards printed 🏼. Yeah had my deadline on Thursday- thank the Lord i lost the will. Came close to having a breakdown because of a formatting mistake- that's when I needed to have a good long look at myself how you finding being away from home? xx
business cards cost a fortune roby got matte finish business cards with rounded corners for her illustrations and they looked so good grin emoticon and they were so cheap compared t ours too. haha can imagine! so stressful isnt it what was your question/title then? smile emoticon first 3/4 months was so weird because i was buzzing in a beautiful place so much going on but i was on my own, it was like going on holiday on your own bit lonely haha, but now ive got this new job had to force myself to meet people - even went on tinder to meet folk haha! but everyone seems to be in the same boat down here moved down for jobs and not knowing anyone, miss kendal alot (and my mum ha!) but now im getting to know people im happy now smile emoticon
I went to primary and secondary school with melissa, we got on really well, i think this was down to our similar interests, we always ended up taking the exact same subjects! (creative subjects) so it is really nice to see that we have both per-sued the creative career track. she has finished uni and has done really well for herself! i haven't spoke to her in a few years so thought this was a perfect opportunity to reconnect and ask her advice on her success!
she now works in bristol after doing an internship.
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