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Studio Brief 2 : Creative Report

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Jessica Wheeler interview

After my initial message Jess and I have arranged to have a conversation over the phone tomorrow about her practice. I think this is a really nice way to do it as it would hopefully allow the interview to flow and for her to talk about things that I may have not even thought to ask over email.

Conversation starters/things I want to know: 

What have you found the most successful way of promoting yourself and attracting potential clients? - website, social media, sending out business cards. 

How have you found the experience of working as a freelance illustrator? - do you work from home or in a studio? What do you do during periods of no/little work? 

Looking back now, in hindsight, what advice would you give to me with a year left studying on degree? 

Creative report struggles...

I have definitely been struggling with finding someone to interview for my creative report. It seems a shame that even having contacted a number of people, and following this up with further contact, none seems able to reply...

In light of this I have decided to contact someone who is less well-known within the industry but still successful and relevant to my current practice - Jessica Wheeler.

Jess is a freelance illustrator who has had some recent successes such as her collaboration with Merman Hunters (above), her work for Blue Shop Cottage in Peckham and her illustrations being featured in Oh Comely magazine. I would like to talk to her about these projects, as well as her experience of being a relatively new creative working in the industries - having only graduated a couple years ago from Edinburgh College of Art.

I know of Jess' practice as we were both exhibited at a charity art fair a couple years ago, that I also helped to organise... Due to this I had had previous contact with her on facebook, so just decided to send her a message asking if she would be happy to have a chat about her current practice.

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