Even thought I am not aiming to become a children's book illustrator, Kirsteen Harris Jone's lecture was very information for when dealing with a new brief. Showing us how to manage it, warning us about the future lack of sleep we will have & how unpredictable the pay can be. This proves my past point that I will have to grab whatever commissions I can just to pay the bills & get by whilst earning a better reputation as an artist.
Like the art director of Octopus publishing, Kirsteen was also from Glyndwr although originally she was studying fashion design, changing her course to illustration & then after many years of dabbling between odd jobs she settled with studying children illustration.
I'm lucky to know what I want as it's a step ahead, I won't need to take a step back into further education. However if anything she has learnt more life lessons because of her experimentation. This I suppose is what I also need to consider doing in my career path?
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