![]() ![]() ![]() I did once go swimming 5 minutes after I ate. Have you ever broken a “rule” to get ahead in your career? The worst that can happen is you end up exactly where you are now. ![]() If you want to work with Nike or Hallmark or Apple go make it happen. Never, ever be afraid to ask for something you want. Anymore finding out their contact info is literally just a few clicks away. Everyone has those big pie in the sky dream clients they would love to work with. I could be wrong, but to me making connections today is the easiest it has ever been. TARGET HEARTWORK Illustration What is one important piece of advice you’d give a fellow designer who wanted to land a dream client, such as Hallmark – but had zero connections?Ĭonnections are important of course. Perseverance and sweat are vastly underrated traits. But I have always been willing to roll my sleeves up and work, work, work. That is what it all comes down to in my eyes, how hard do you want to work? I have never been the best draftsman, or the best with color or have the best type skills or can draw anything I look at or whatever. I got my first taste in 3rd grade and at that moment I knew this was the life I wanted to lead. I can say this, ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist, a designer, an illustrator. There sure are a lot of other professions out there and I am so lucky this one chose me. It is important to remember we GET to do this. I, again, am just so happy to love what I GET to do for a living. I don’t know anything about notoriety to be honest. YEAH! BURGER Illustration, Identity, Restaurants If you had to choose one defining moment in your career that pushed you towards notoriety, what would you say that was? I want that fire, I want the pressure, I never want to stop climbing. To be honest, I hope I never feel comfortable and complacent. The older I get at times that hill starts to feel like a mountain. I still feel like I have so many things I want to make and so much I want to do that I’m still each day just climbing that hill. I don’t know if I have “made it” like you say. Ha! Thank you for the compliment but I am just thankful to have work and to be doing something I love everyday. In your opinion, why was it you who “made it”? What are characteristics that would drive someone to achieve such a status?Ĭomplacency breeds death. Now onto our chat! THE SHINS (SASQUATCH) Poster You’re pretty much a rock star designer in our eyes. Surrounded by design (his parents were artists and his wife Jessica a designer, too), Tad creates whimsical, smart and all-around fun for clients like Macy’s, Chronicle Books, MTV, Adobe and Hallmark Cards.Ĭlevelanders, be sure to catch him on Tuesday, Apat the next AIGA Design Speaker Series. Designer, illustrator, author and teacher, Tad balances good stuff like brand identity, packaging and book design, illustration and interactive along with his role as Professor at University of Kansas. He’ll be the last to tell you, but for us here at Go Media, WMC Fest 3 alum Tad Carpenter is a rock star. ![]()
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