Comments on: Advice To a Young Artist http://www.tylergibb.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/29/advice-to-a-young-artist/ The Once and Future Projects - A writer, director, filmmaker's experiences making independent film, animation, video, music and more in Montreal, Canada. Fri, 18 May 2012 18:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: straydogstrut http://www.tylergibb.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/29/advice-to-a-young-artist/#comment-1201 straydogstrut Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:32:46 +0000 http://www.tylergibb.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/29/advice-to-a-young-artist/#comment-1201 It's good advice. I'm sure your cousin was just as overwhelmed with stage-fright as you, given the social setting. I know I always (am) when other people try to plan out my future. Hopefully your advice was taken to heart. When I decided to try University for the second time, I found all the creative schools wanted portfolios. All the grades i'd built up through various courses didn't really matter unless I had a portfolio to go with it. For someone like me who flits between interests, creating a portfolio hasn't come easy. Even now, having graduated, I have some projects i've worked on, but I wouldn't necessarily consider them portfolio material. I'm too fussy=) For someone like your cousin, doing illustration, a portfolio is a must. A portfolio website is what all the kids are doing these days, so maybe he could do that. Drop a link on Twitter or something, i'd love to see his stuff. It’s good advice. I’m sure your cousin was just as overwhelmed with stage-fright as you, given the social setting. I know I always (am) when other people try to plan out my future. Hopefully your advice was taken to heart.

When I decided to try University for the second time, I found all the creative schools wanted portfolios. All the grades i’d built up through various courses didn’t really matter unless I had a portfolio to go with it.

For someone like me who flits between interests, creating a portfolio hasn’t come easy. Even now, having graduated, I have some projects i’ve worked on, but I wouldn’t necessarily consider them portfolio material. I’m too fussy=)

For someone like your cousin, doing illustration, a portfolio is a must. A portfolio website is what all the kids are doing these days, so maybe he could do that. Drop a link on Twitter or something, i’d love to see his stuff.

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