RESPONSI VE EDI TORI AL Myf i r stedi t or i alr esponse f ort hi sbr i efwas t he compet i t i ve submi ssi on t ot he Guar di an. The chal l enge wast o cr eat e aser i esofedi t or i ali l l ust r at i onsf orar t i cl eswi t h advi ce about pur sui ng acr eat i ve car eerand educat i on.I submi t t ed 3 and mypi ece waschosen f ort he ar t i cl e aboutcr eat i ng aper f ectpor t f ol i o.I al so r ecei ved paymentf ort hi spi ece so Iwas abl et o add t he Guar di an t o mycl i entl i st .
NEST Mysecond r esponse f ort hi sbr i efwasmysubmi ssi on t o Nest .I twasapr et t yopen br i ef si mpl ywi t ht he t heme ofl i ght .Mypi ece was an exper i mentwi t h shape,negat i ve space and t ext ur e.Mydesi gn waspr i nt ed on 200 post car dsand gi ven awaywi t ht he f i r stcopi esof t he magazi ne.
‘ I ’M AGAZI NE COM I SSI ON ( Nott he r ealname oft he magazi ne,i thasn’ t been publ i shed yet ) . Iwasasked t o cr eat et wo edi t or i ali l l ust r at i ons f oran ar t i cl e aboutt he pr osand consofwor ki ng i n acr eat i ve companyi n cont r astt o wor ki ng f r eel ance.I tmai nl yf ocused on l i mi t i ng yourcr eat i ve vi si on and shar i ng successes. The busi nesssi de oft hi swentwel lbutI ’ m ver yunhappywi t ht he i l l ust r at i onst hemsel ves. Thi swascaused byacombi nat i on oft he pr essur e ofwor ki ng f ort he cl i entand over t hi nki ng t he concept .Al so,Ihaven’ tgot acl ue whyI chose t hatcol ourscheme.An unpl easantexper i ence butagood l esson i nl ot sofways.
STI R Iwasasked t o desi gn t he coverf oranotf or pr of i tpol i t i calact i vi sm magazi ne cal l ed St i r .I know t he ar tdi r ect orso i tended up bei ng a r eal l yf un pr oj ect .The i l l ust r at i on i sf oran i nt er vi ew wi t ht he aut horOwen Hat her l ydi scussi ng hi snew bookt hatl ooksathow nost al gi ai sbei ng used asapol i t i calt oolbyour gover nmentt oj ust i f yaust er i t y