08-18-2008, 09:11 PM
If you're an art person doing commissions as part time, I suggest you go if you're interested in getting commissions. These are they type of events where you can actually show your best foot forward and not only get a job, but get contacts. I suppose contacts and referrals would be important in such an industry as people would be recommending artists to others based on a particular artist's work. I had a friend who did illustrations for a certain book, and people started approaching her for contact information during the book launching, mostly by friends and associates of the book writer working on other projects.
If you do plan to enter in hopes of getting a job in that industry, start preparing calling cards and fix your portfolio. That will make it easier for them to contact you, in addition to adding a level of professionalism to your image.
Sadly, I'm not too enthusiastic about going at the moment (I'm still rather tired from the RR event we just had). Others might be interested though.
If you do plan to enter in hopes of getting a job in that industry, start preparing calling cards and fix your portfolio. That will make it easier for them to contact you, in addition to adding a level of professionalism to your image.
Sadly, I'm not too enthusiastic about going at the moment (I'm still rather tired from the RR event we just had). Others might be interested though.
