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https://uk.pinterest.com/charmainemcdono/
Friday 15 May 2015
Industry Contact Target List
AD33
Industry
Contact Target List
Based on your research for this module, identify at least 10 target
industry contacts. Contacts may include Illustration agencies, publishing
houses, direct clients, retail outlets, collaborators and mentors. These contacts should be carefully selected
and relevant to your portfolio and aspirations.
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Name of organization or
individual/s
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Category (local/national/
global contacts)
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Contact name (art director,
designer etc.)
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Contact Details & Submissions
Policy
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Rationale for selecting this
industry target
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1
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Hallmark
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National/Global
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Hallmark
House
Bingley
Road
Bradford
West
Yorkshire
BD9
6SD
Telephone:
01274 252000
Application:
We've got a large and diverse creative team here at
Hallmark with lots of opportunities to develop yourself and your career - if
you'd like to be part of it please send us your CV, a sample of your
portfolio and tell us what kind of role you're looking for. We'll
get in touch if we think you could be part of our team.
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Having
completed a two week placement at Hallmark I am confident I would thrive in
kind of environment. The work is challenging yet creative and it really
opened my eyes to the more commercial side of illustration.
You do
not need to hone one particular style for this sort of job. Being a part of
the creative team at Hallmark means being flexible with your skills and being
open to learning new processes etc which I am!
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2
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Tiger
Print
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National/Global
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Hallmark
House
Bingley
Road
Bradford
West
Yorkshire
BD9
6SD
Telephone:
01274 252000
1st
Floor
Evelyn
House
142-144
New Cavendish Street
London
W1W
6YF
Telephone:
0207 2917860
Application:
Freelance-
Tigerprint
love working with freelancers from across the globe, we are always looking
for new skills and styles.
In
house jobs are applied for in the same way as Hallmark when available.
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At the
New Designers prepare day some of the Tigerprint team gave a short
presentation about the company, who they are and what they do. As a sister
brand of Hallmark, their studio seems to function in a similar way and I just
feel I would like to work in that sort of creative team environment.
They
have people within Tigerprint who specialize in many different kinds of
creative crafts, including 3D modeling which is of particular interest to me.
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3
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Anorak
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National
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Cathy
Olmedillas
(Founder
and Creative Director)
Rob Lowe
(Art
Director)
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Submissions:
If you would like to send examples of your work,
simply send a link to your portfolio via our contact page. Please note that
we unfortunately do not run any internships programme.
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Most
of the illustration work I do has a young audience, whether intended or not,
which is not a bad thing. Anorak magazine is a high quality magazine for
children which encourages learning but not in a condescending way.
The
illustrations they use in the publication are fresh, the paper and print
quality is high and these tend to feel more like an archival magazine,
something to be kept for the content and the artwork.
It
would also be great to have some editorial illustration in my portfolio.
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4
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Aardman
Animation
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Global
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Aardman
Animations
Gas
Ferry Road,
Bristol,
BS1
6UN.
Submissions:
Send
portfolio/show reel (by post only) to above address.
NTFS
12 week intensive animation course- stop motion!
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I have
been thinking about my 3D models and so far the only application I have
really considered is selling them as specialist products online and at fairs
etc. However, I have always had a
fascination with stop motion animation and I think if I could learn some
animation skills I could maybe use my modeling skills, illustration and
enthusiasm to work in this specialism.
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5
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YCN
(You Can Now)
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Global
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72 Rivington
Street,
London,
EC2A
3AY
Submissions:
Apply
online for a membership then able to upload portfolio etc
studio@ycn.org
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A YCN
membership would be a great way to gain more contacts but also have some
support along the way. YCN has a huge range of resources and materials
available for it’s members and runs lots of illustration competitions which
is another good way of getting work out there to be seen.
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6
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Creative
Review
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Global
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Submissions:
Submit
work via the Feed online, first need to register.
Or
send to
Creative
Review
79
Wells Street
London
W1T
3QN
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Uploading
images to Creative Review seems to be a simple process and it “inspires, informs and stimulates debate across the
fields of advertising, design and visual culture worldwide.”
It’s a
great way to get work seen but also have people interact with it. Also,
Creative Review is available on many platforms, digitally, as a publication
etc.
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7
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Beehive
Illustration
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Global
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Paul-General
Manager
Christina-
Project Manager
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Oakley
House,
Tetbury
Road,
Circencester,
Gloscestershire,
GL7
1US
01285
885149
Submissions:
Submit
6 low res jpegs via the online form.
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Due to
my wanting to pursue children’s book illustration it seemed only natural to
look at an agency that specializes in this genre of illustration.
I
think this would be an effective way of getting some illustration work that I
want to do, fill my portfolio and make new contacts within this certain part
of the industry.
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8
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Little
Tiger Press
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Global
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020
7385 6333
Submissions:
Send
samples and covering letter to:
Submissions
Department
Little
Tiger Press
1 The
Coda Centre
189
Munster Road
London
SW6
6AW
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I feel
that my portfolio clearly shows an intended young audience for my work and I
also think that some of my most recent illustrations would fit in with the
work already being published by Little Tiger Press.
I hope
that the range/merging of commercial and specialist work in my portfolio
would show how I can create characters and stories and let the publishers see
that I can respond to projects with a unique but dependable visual language.
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9
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Okido
Magazine
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National/Global
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Dr
Sophie Dauvois (Editor)
Rachel
Ortas
(Creative
Director)
Alex
Barrow (Art Director)
Maggie
Li (Design and Illustration)
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020
3757 4614
Okido
Studios
33
Parkgate Road
SW11
4NP
Submissions:
???!!!
Okido
run regular competitions for illustrators and designers to have their work
published in certain issues of their magazine.
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Okido,
like Anorak, is a quality children’s publication that utilizes contemporary
illustration to teach children in a fun and visual way. I do not have much
editorial illustration so it would be great to work on something of this
quality.
I feel
that my style and passion for what I do, and my past in childcare/education,
could benefit a publication like Okido.
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10
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Paper
Rose
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National/Global
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0115
986 0115
Paper
Rose
Riverside
House
Centurion
way
Nottingham
NG2
1RW
Submissions:
Jobs:
Apply for specific positions (when available) online by sending a CV and
examples of work to katev@paperrose.co.uk
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Having
completed my placement at Hallmark I have realised how I am not so opposed to
the greetings card industry as an outlet for my illustration. I have some
commercial work now in my portfolio that I think would suit the examples of
work that they produce.
I also
would love to work in a studio environment and I feel that the different
forms my illustrations take would suit the visual language they already use
at Paper Rose. Having already seen, at Hallmark, how my 3D characters can be
used in a more commercial way, I am confident that my work would fit in well
at Paper Rose.
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AD 33 Evaluation
Professional Conclusion
Evaluation
I feel I have got a lot out of
this project as an illustrator. I chose two projects that required very
different skill sets and both challenged me in terms of what I thought I knew
and what I could physically create.
I was quite confident with my
first project, the resin models, because I had already tried the process before
so I knew what to expect, what materials would cost and how to source them.
However, it was still a difficult task because although I understood the
process it is still physically demanding and needs a lot of preparation time,
good initial designs and patience! I think I did well with my time management
for this project; I used the easter break to do most of the physical work of
making my resin models which meant I had easy access to ventilated areas, all
the materials I needed were there and luckily enough the weather was on my side
also so I was able to spend a lot of time outside, finishing them before I had
thought I would. I was glad to be able to complete the whole process of
creating these models at home because I wanted to demonstrate, mainly for
myself, that I was able to design and make a specialist, handmade, designer
product from my home which was suitable to sell or exhibit. There are not many
outlets for illustrators who make resin or any other types of toys/models,
mainly online shops, and with career aspirations in mind I wanted to assure
myself this could be a viable option to complement my income as an illustrator.
I am very pleased with the
outcomes of this project, I feel that the models are of a standard that I would
be confident in selling them, online or at fairs etc.
I was much less confident in
terms of my abilities for the second project only because I have never
attempted to create a picturebook before. This didn’t stop me from trying,
however, because I am confident that this is what I would like to see myself
doing in the future. It was a long and demanding process and, being me, I think
I got ahead of myself a few times and didn’t allow enough time for the
development stage of this task. I should have put more time and effort into the
early draft/thumbnail stage of this project because this would of given me a
stronger idea of the outcome I was striving for. In the end though I created a
set of 4 spreads for a picturebook, wrote my own narrative and I am pleased
with the outcomes. Some of the images could be improved but I think that in
terms of composition they are strong images. When I think about this project in
terms of showing it to potential publishing houses, I am glad I do not have a
complete and refined outcome because I know that many edits would take place
and I know that the story may likely change too, so having a loose outline of
the general story arc and aesthetic style is enough, I think.
This task was really challenging,
there were a lot of elements to creating a picturebook that I was not even
aware of before but it has by no means changed my opinion about wanting to do
more of this sort of work. I loved working with watercolour, creating
characters and having fun with a simple story.
My third project turned out to be
one of the most rewarding experiences of the year. I thoroughly enjoyed my two
weeks at Hallmark and it has really made me think about the different avenues
my work could take me in. I made some 3D models out of clay, painted them and
had them photographed and manipulated them digitally to correspond with a
certain trend I was working on. This was completed within the first week and it
was great to see a project from start to finish in such a small amount of time!
Usually I think that my 3D models are quite specialist and I would not have
thought about using them as a greetings card concept but applying them to a
card range made my models more commercial, but in a positive way. It was fun
and exciting to be working in a way that was familiar in some respects but also
new in others, creating work that I would never have done if not for the briefs
that the creative team set for me.
The second task they set me was
to create some hand lettering and I was really excited about this brief. I had
never had an interest in typography before really. I used it to accent my work
but never used it as a focal point. The main aim of this brief was to create designs
which held the type as the focal point and the illustrations were to set it in
place and help with composition etc. I used watercolours for the type because
of the trend I was asked to follow which was very soft and feminine. I am
really pleased with the results and I created a range of card designs that are
a great addition to my portfolio.
Working at Hallmark made me see
that I really would not mind working in this sort of environment. The studio is
a fantastic creative space and there are so many different styles of
illustration used by the company. Although my main goal is to illustrate
children’s books I have seen some amazing examples of illustrations which are
intended for a young audience being created at Hallmark and I think it would be
a great way to create a body of work for my portfolio that would reflect the
kind of illustrator I want to be.
Sometimes when I think about how
different my three projects are, and the outcomes produced by them, I wonder
which avenue I should take or where I would fit in within the illustration
industry. However, after thinking it through, I think it is a good thing I have
different applications of my work. My main goal may be to illustrate for
children but I can also produce models and toys based from my illustrations
which can help to supplement my income as well as showing prospective
clients/employers that I have a diverse skill set and have fun with what I do.
I think that by maintaining my illustrative style across these different
applications gives me a unique body of work and hopefully is different from
many other illustrators in the industry.
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