Reg Isaac is a London based 2D character animator who came as a visiting speaker. One of the most valuable things about having him as a speaker is unlike most of the other speakers he wasn't reflecting on a long career in the creative and animation industries but more he was speaking from only recently being in a position more or less identical to ours. At 24 he is a recent graduate and spoke about his first steps getting work and how he goes about making sure that there is always another job waiting, or to the best of his ability make this the case. It was valuable to hear him discuss the way he got a job out of University [through a tutor] and how this led to other work. At the end of the talk I took the opportunity to ask how a recent graduate would be able to move to London without having any money saved up prior to starting the few month long role he got in London. His response was that he had family there and was able to work something out using this. This was insightful but I was hoping he had some advice about the ways in which moving to London would be possible without going from one job to another and instead going from education, as a lot of the jobs I have seen are London based.
Another piece of advice he had was to draw as much as possible. He mentioned that during University he took a short holiday to Cornwall purely for the purpose of drawing as much as possible. This was a great idea that I hadn't considered before, and after seeing how has improved his drawing in such a short amount of time it convinced me that you really get out what you put in.
Overall, the Reg Isaac talk was very inspirational because he was talking from a position very close to ours and it was a very relatable talk in this sense. Furthermore, his attitude towards drawing and maintaining a good work ethic was motivating in itself and I will definitely try to ensure I do this to benefit from implementing a good attitude towards work and my practice.
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