Tuesday, 2 June 2020

LAUIL502: Studio Brief 1 - PP2 Contact Report

• Who do you want to contact:

I would like to contact Sam Dunn, a multidisciplinary illustrator working digitally, three dimensionally and in analogue with lino, who has created a variety of products for bands, artists and music magazines (sam-dunn.com)

• Why do you want to contact them:

Sam has a strong interest in music like me which informs her practice and has created merchandise and visual branding for some of my favourite bands such as Ghost, HIM and Mastadon. She has created a variety of products including t-shirts, record sleeves, Covid masks and prints for them. I admire her strong work ethic and would like to know more about what it's like to work with a band and a magazine - especially ones that I grew up reading and admire greatly.

• How are you going to contact them:

Sam has a contact form on her website as well as an instagram that I can message her on as we both follow each other. This means it won't go to her outbox!

• What do you want to know:

I would like to know how she got her foot in the door of illustrating for big music magazines like Kerrang! and Metal Hammer, whether it's important to have an agent, how she approaches her briefs, how she tackles artist block, whether she is a part of the AOI and how she finds jobs.

• What impact will this have on your studies and practice:

I hope that a connection with Sam can be the start of something positive in the illustration and music industries, and that her answers will inspire me to follow this route with creating tangible products from my own illustrations that other music fans can enjoy and find value in. Music is very special and powerful.

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