Tag: advice column

  • What’s the best advice for a teenage artist?

    Every year I go to Monmouth Comprehensive School to try and give some advice to students about writing and illustrating as a possible career. There used to be a sort of career path I could suggest but, thanks to the Internet,  so much has changed in the last four or five years, I went last…

  • Are you a Frustrated Artist? – Here’s some advice

    I had a message from a Graphic Design student in Paris last week. They really want to be an illustrator and there is not enough drawing on the graphic design course, which only uses illustration within design projects. As I was wondering what to advise, I saw a video by @willterryart called called “Artists should…

  • How to overcome harsh Self-Criticism

    I had an email this week asking me for a bit of advice about self criticism. This is really hard to deal with and the harder you are on yourself, the harder you get. Its a vicious circle that gets worse and worse. Harsh del-criticism is a really bad habit, just like crack cocaine or…