Category Archives: Career Progress Tracker

2009 was the year that…

2009 has been the biggest year of my life so far with some big decisions made, finally taking some action, the life changing arrival of my beautiful daughter and the realisation that sometimes working towards your goals means working on something else entirely. The start of a new year is always a great time for reflection ...

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Week In Review & The Week Ahead: 31st Aug – 6th Sep

Blimey, it's already September - where did the last 2 months go? Still busy with the day job (Graphic Design is my bread & butter while I'm working towards my illustration goal) along with taking a more active role in the site my wife and I run called 'Location Independent' which focuses on breaking ...

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Month In Review & The Week Ahead 10th-16th August

Wow, can't believe it's been 5 weeks since my daughter was born and I last posted on the blog - it's been a hectic time taking care of a newborn and being swamped with design work. Enough about that though, it's time to get back into the saddle and crack on with my illustration journey. Month In ...

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Going From zero2illo: Lessons Learned So Far (Part 2)

Following on from Part 1 of lessons I've learned since embarking on this journey from full time Graphic Designer to full-time Illustrator, lets dive straight into Part 2: 5: Ask Questions It's easy to be intimidated by those illustrators whose work and careers you admire - thinking that they wouldn't give you, a lowly aspiring ...

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My First Published Work

This September 4 of my illustrations will be featured in a new book by author Martin Dawber called 'Big Book Of Contemporary Illustration'. This is something that has been in the pipeline for a while now, but have only just heard from the author when the official release date will be. Website addresses will be ...

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Going From zero2illo: Lessons Learned So Far (Part 1)

It's been nearly 4 months since I embarked on this journey from full time Graphic Designer to full time Illustrator, so I thought it would be a good time to take stock of where I am and share with you the lessons I've learned so far: 1: Even the most well thought out plans will change ...

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Week In Review & The Week Ahead 15th-21st June

Busy, busy, busy with design work again this past week - scrambling to fit everything in before my baby girl makes an appearance (still 2 weeks until the due date, but you never know!). As for illustration work, I've now set up my website for the 'passive income project' that I mentioned last week and even ...

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