Champagne and wax crayons : riding the madness of the creative industries / Ben Tallon.

By:

Tallon, Ben [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London: LID 2015Description: 234 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781907794933 (pbk.) :
9781907794933 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

741.6092 TAL

LOC classification:

NC999.6

Contents:

1.Wax crayons -- 2.Naked Beckham -- 3.Starting uni -- 4.Welcome to freelancing -- 5.Self-unemployment -- 6.Starting at the bottom -- 7.Back to reality -- 8.Agents and representation -- 9.Widening horizons -- 10.Mobile freelancing -- 11.UK hustle -- 12.Budget travel -- 13.Dreams do come true.

Summary: This is the story of illustrator and art director Ben Tallon's journey from his childhood hobby of drawing, to a freelance career working with the world's most glamorous clients in illustration, graphic design, music, film and television. Detailing highs of securing dream client World Wrestling Entertainment and lows of unconventional methods of paying the tax bill, this humorous, brutally honest documentation of navigating the art world alone and breaking into new markets introduces the real side of the creative industry and what you need to do to make your way to the top.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	741.6092 TAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		223092

This is the story of illustrator and art director Ben Tallon's journey from his childhood hobby of drawing, to a freelance career working with the world's most glamorous clients in illustration, graphic design, music, film and television. Detailing highs of securing dream client World Wrestling Entertainment and lows of unconventional methods of paying the tax bill, this humorous, brutally honest documentation of navigating the art world alone and breaking into new markets introduces the real side of the creative industry and what you need to do to make your way to the top.