Will Sherwood has put together the blog that is a smorgasbord of inspirations on how to thrive in the industry as an illustrator or graphic designer. Most of the feedback given seems the strivings of good to great educators looking to inspire their flock (which is a good thing).
I confess I did not exhaustively deconstruct the site in its entirety, so I may have missed some examples; but I didn’t see any hard core technologies. That is to say I did not read anything along the lines of “here’s step one, there’s step two”, or, “in the current environment use this type of folio” … nothing concrete. That in no way minimizes the value. It’s a great site to have as an rss feed; a little sunshine in your front page to start your day (when there’s a posting; it isn’t daily).
Mr. Sherwood heads The Sherwood Group, states this came about through a masters degree project and is intended to find its way into a book; a “best-of-the-best designers and creatives”. Still, if the blog was in response to queries the likes of “what do I need to do to succeed?” and “how do I get big clients and/or big projects?” it may have been useful to see some of that harder core technology (which, again, may exist buried in the archives).
If you’re in the industry, just getting started or need a refresh, it is nonetheless of real value.
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