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Beat batman arc in ages #dc #batman #joker #faceoff

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:08 +0100

Beat batman arc in ages #dc #batman #joker #faceoff

I also draw neck muscles. On old paper. (But I don’t...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:27:38 +0100

I also draw neck muscles.

On old paper.

(But I don’t like ruining books so it was a copy of a page :p aha)

It’s bang on inbox messages that validate your opinion with sound reasoning and experience...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:06:00 +0100

It’s bang on inbox messages that validate your opinion with sound reasoning and experience that make you have faith in your words

I thinks it’s my summer mission Andy…..just need to...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:04:19 +0100

I thinks it’s my summer mission Andy…..just need to find loads of body parts aha

Wow love your illustration.

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:29:43 +0100

Wow, thank you - I don’t do them often, but I’ve loved doing them recently :)

As a graphic designer, I feel I’ve missed the boat. No matter where I go from here I know...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:54 +0100

As a graphic designer, I feel I’ve missed the boat.

No matter where I go from here I know that I will never work for a major (or even minor) graphic design agency ever.

It annoys me that to be a success you have to know the right people and be in the right place, and i know no matter what hard work I put in is ever going to change that.

Show us you have worked with big clients.

Well, unfortunately ‘big clients’ don’t want to use a freelancer. They want to use agencies. And to get into a decent agency at my stage of life you have to show you have done work for ‘big clients’.

Well unfortunately I don’t do work for ‘big clients’, I do work for companies that need design, don’t know about design, and can’t afford to be looked upon as ‘small clients’ by ‘big’ agencies.

It makes me feel like I’m not good enough as a designer, and I’m probably not anymore, but it hurts to feel like I’m washed up in an industry I love so much.

Want my advice budding graphic designers?

Those in uni or just leaving?

Move to London, smarm up as many London agency people as you can and get a foothold. You will earn a pittance, and be treated like crap on some occasions, you will be expected to work all hours god sends for little praise or reward, but maybe, just maybe you will be a success in the industry.

I may have missed the boat, but if you want to be a success, please please please take heed of this advice as cynical as it sounds it might just kick start your career.

Sorry dudes, I’ve bottled this up for a while, and just word vomit pursued

(And for those who think I’ve been harsh, this is something kinda close to me and I tell you it makes you reevaluate a lot)

…also my awesome anatomy is available on cases, tshirts,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:17 +0100

…also my awesome anatomy is available on cases, tshirts, pillows and as a brilliant art print!

Again free shipping!

http://www.society6.com/adamjames

Free shipping on all my society6 stuff…. Including my...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:06:32 +0100

Free shipping on all my society6 stuff….

Including my lovely tardis phone case - now for Samsung s4 too!

http://www.society6.com/adamjames

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:46:58 +0100

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:45:42 +0100

It’s hip to draw anatomy…. Again by my own fair...

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:37:55 +0100

It’s hip to draw anatomy….

Again by my own fair hand and 0.3mm pen

New Barney courtesy of @ellissmay cheers m’dears #face #me...

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:25:09 +0100

New Barney courtesy of @ellissmay cheers m’dears #face #me #guy

The salivary gland. Drawn by me!

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:45:34 +0100

The salivary gland.

Drawn by me!

Bit of anatomy drawing today #illustration #skull #bone #drawing...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:55:43 +0100

Bit of anatomy drawing today #illustration #skull #bone #drawing #anatomy #nofilter #art

Always a good day when I can draw anatomy with my students...

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:12:23 +0100

Always a good day when I can draw anatomy with my students #drawing #illustration #anatomy

Omfg I want this so bad….this and a similar scale...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:31:04 +0100

Omfg I want this so bad….this and a similar scale battlecat….. #heman #skeletor #toys #80s

Smoking in a tiger onesie that I stole from Jason, what is my life.

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:28:52 +0100

Smoking in a tiger onesie that I stole from Jason, what is my life.

thesleepyrubikscube: Magazine cove for a class assignment....

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:21:01 +0100

thesleepyrubikscube:

Magazine cove for a class assignment. Howls Moving Castle this time.

jordlollis: Tumblr on We Heart It....

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:19:41 +0100

jordlollis:

Tumblr on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/42844937

I work in a restaurant - But I draw in my spare time - I have found a job for a graphic designer/illustrator for an apparel company 5-10 hours a week - the starting pay is £250 week commission - However my problem lies here - Im worried they just want someone to churn out generic crap - I feel I am creative and have a definitive style - Do I surrender my creativity for a foot in the door? Or try and make it as an artist on my own?

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:06:51 +0100

I think do what makes you feel right.

I’ve had to churn out loads of crap for different clients in the past, and it can be soul destroying, but what you can try to do is throw in a good design every now and then to try to show them you are talented (which you must be because they’ve asked you to do it in the first place)

Sometimes as designers we have to whore ourselves out a little, but you never know where it can take you - work is hard to come by, so give it a go!