I really enjoyed watching the interview with Kelly Alder. I was surprised by his journey into teaching at VCU from never teaching before, but I thought it was interesting that he said he probably should have started teaching earlier. I also appreciated his commentary on how illustration has changed since the introduction of technology. On one hand, students and teachers have many more influences and information available to them, and on the other hand, photoshop and online design is very important in the field compared to when all illustrations were just hand-done. I thought it was interesting that he still advises that people work outside their field and mentioned that he still does observational drawing and oil painting outside of just his illustration style I also previously was not aware of the old way of getting your work out where you find a person you want to work with and would send postcards of your work and hopefully they would respond to see your entire physical portfolio. His specific project with the Richmond Folk Festival was also informative as he said the framework limitations they said (can't be about one type of music but has to mention it and has to incorporate all of the band names) actually helped challenge him to create a unique piece. He also touched on the process that goes along with the design where he submits usually three thumbnails, waits for a response from the art team with minor variations, before making his thumbnail a complete refined piece (usually bigger than it actually needs to be) before turning it into a digital file and adding computer coloring and shading with photoshop then. Overall, I appreciated hearing his story and learning more about how an illustrator works.
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