From the course: Insights on Illustrative Design
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Working for a large agency vs. a small firm
From the course: Insights on Illustrative Design
Working for a large agency vs. a small firm
I've never worked inside a large agency. I work with large agencies all the time, but I have worked within, like, a inhouse art department of like, 30 artists. when I worked at Upper Deck in California, the, we had about 40 artists in the department. And, the dynamic between that is there's a whole lot more politics. You know, you, you deal with a lot of egos within marketing, you know, you kind of wrestle with marketing directors who are trying to play art director. you wrestle with VPs of creative who couldn't design their way out of a wet paper bag. But they're wanting you to align with somebody, what somebody else is saying that isn't a good idea, and only because it's just going to, you know, benefit them in the long run. So, there is a lot of those kind of dynamics and politics that I really don't like that kind of get in the way of pure creative work. But that said there's a lot of budgets and certain types of projects that you just never really get to approach when you're at…
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What drove Von to Design?2m 3s
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The importance of drawing2m 44s
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Making drawing a habit2m 4s
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Pushing creativity through drawing1m 44s
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On drawing and technology4m 13s
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The 21-day challenge2m 3s
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How design education has changed1m 50s
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On having a signature style2m 14s
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On pitching a client55s
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On choosing clients1m 36s
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Working for a large agency vs. a small firm3m 22s
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On collaboration58s
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On copyright infringement2m 5s
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On staying fresh2m
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Why Von started his own business1m 11s
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