Brave Good Shippers at Bologna - we shoved a microphone in these illustrators faces 😆 (part 1!)

Interview #1 is with Paulina Zawiska and Kate Osmond.

Interview #2 is with Lorna Burt (begins at 05:30)

Bon apetit! 

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Timestamps:

00:00 – Welcome to Bologna (the audio isn't perfect but neither are we 🤪)
00:30 – Paulina’s third time… still overwhelmed
01:30 – The illustrator wall and comparisonitis
02:00 – Kate’s first time and top tips for arriving
02:30 – Portfolio reviews: exciting or terrifying?
03:15 – Should you approach publishers at the fair?
04:00 – First Bologna experiences: sensory overload
04:45 – Making a plan (being brave)
05:00 – Good Shippers in the wild 🥹

05:30 – Lorna’s story
06:30 – “You need bears”
07:00 – The work that felt most you = the work that landed
08:00 – Not all feedback is equal
09:00 – Researching portfolio reviewers before you listen to them
10:00 – The danger of trying to fit the mould
11:00 – Letting your “weird” lead the way
12:00 – Using courses to reset when you wobble
13:00 – From fashion designer to children’s book illustrator
14:30 – Fast-tracking your learning vs figuring it out alone
15:00 – Pitching stories

In these interviews we talked about the Find Your Creative Voice course, fly your freak flag! As well as the Picture Book course and last, but not least: Illustration Business Club. 

(Doors to illustration business club will open again in September/October so get your name on the waiting list if you want to join in next time.

Come and say hello!

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