Finding a Mentor
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@Lee-White Yes, please! As students grow they need that mentorship but would be independent enough not require too much time...once a month, maybe. Would it be teacher or student directed?
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@Lee-White Absolutely!!! As a person who is way over the average age, geographically isolated from other artists, and trying as hard as I can in that near-isolation to push things over into the professional stage, all I could think about as I listened to this podcast was, "Where do I sign up?!"
P.S. Love this artwork!
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@Lee-White I really like the idea of a short mentorship as @NessIllustration said... something we could do in between projects.
What about having Mentorships in small groups? Something like 5 people? That way we could have a group zoom meeting, also we could have some "illustration pals" to grow in a common direction.
I can see some benefits of it:
- less intimidating both for the student and the mentor
- students could grow together, share their views
- reduced costs. Every time I took some art courses in person, I learnt a lot by seeing the critiques of the teacher to other students.
- have a feeling of community and that you are not alone
On the other hand.... I am not sure how to make the groups. It should come a bit naturally, right? Like on how you make friends in your classroom. What about people having a focus on the same thing? Like children's books, or editorial? Or people that like a bit the same style of art? Like stylized graphic drawings, realistic, painterly....etc? Not really sure. How this could be done? Students team up spontainly?
By the way, I am totally new here, but your podcast is soooooo good. You bright my mornings!
Cheers
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@Lee-White 100% HECK YES!!! The classes are GREAT but it's hard to get specific answers or feedback about how to apply all that information sometimes. Also I am personally struggling to figure out where in the wide world of illustration careers would be the best fit for me and the natural inclinations in my work. I would one thousand percent love a mentor to help me find my path/direction and make specific goals with. I spend so much time wondering if I am focusing on the right things it's really distracting. I want to "work smarter" as I alleady know how to grind like mad and work hard, but i REALLY worry about wasting time on the wrong things/ideas.
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Also the illustration for this episode is AWESOME!! @Marta-Kitka
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@tenmei I like this idea! If they decide to go this way I would be up for being in a group together if you think our interests would be similar - I’m leaning towards painterly and loose illustrations mixed with detailed pencil of that makes any sense. I’m working in mixed media right now, oil monoprinting, pastel pencils, graphite, collage, and gouache. I’m trying to create emotion and feeling in my work but I still have a long way to go to figure that out
