How was it?
As every year it is amazing to be part of it. To walk the isles and see what's new. All the authors that are signing their books, the exhibitions, etc.
Here are some of the pictures of this year's trip.
Here are some things I have learnt trying to build the "ultimate portfolio": There are thousands of sites which have tutorials or advice about building your portfolio and how it has to look like and what kind of work you should put in it. I have watch infinite videos and read infinite articles and at the end, there is not a magic recipe to build a great portfolio. Here are my conclusions, I hope this can help: - Your portfolio is nothing else than your "art resumé", this means that it has to be adapted every time you want to send an appication for a job. - There are as many portfolios as companies or specific jobs. - Decide first where you want to send an aplication and then research what kind of portfolios they like. Nowadays most of professional artists share their experiences and how they work and what they like in social media. Follow them. - Your portfolio is like sharing a little bit of your persona too, not only your art. If you like craft
These past years have been kind of weird... as time stopped and during this hiatus I also stopped somehow. I did work and I did plan new projects but my day to day with the kids was everything I was doing and all the other just slowed down. As soon as lockdowns stopped and I could work full time again in my screen printing and customization little company of one, I've been spending too many hours taking every order I could and even so it's not working as good as I hoped. Now that the girls go to school and spend the day there, I am planning some new projects such as an online shop with digital and physical items, collaborations with other freelancers and even a full sustainable clothing line for kids. I'm putting a lot of thought in how to reactivate my little company and make it viable for the years to come. (If I could, I would pay a consultor to help me with all of this...) Side hustle: Some of you have already noticed that before summer I started endorsing a natural co
Some illustrations I've been working on the past months. I realized that I don't have the time to work traditionally anymore, not with a baby at home and my day job (even being self employed) doesn't allow me do it either. This means I have been focusing in improving my digital skills using an iPad Pro and the apple pencil. The building were first sketched in paper and scanned: Some commissions: And some season illustrations: Thank you for stopping by!