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027 ✿ Leaving the Fashion Industry to Become an Illustrator ft. Isabela Humphrey Tending Creativity
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027 ✿ Leaving the Fashion Industry to Become an Illustrator ft. Isabela Humphrey
For Today’s episode I got to speak with amazing illustrator and graphic designer Isabela Humphrey. Isabela received her degree in fashion design and worked in the fashion industry for a few years before deciding to pivot her career to graphic design and illustration. Past clients of hers include Google, Facebook, The Washington Post, Refinery29 and more.
Isabela and I talked all about her transition from fashion to illustration and what her experience as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer has been like since.
*Get a free sticker by leaving a written review on apple podcasts! Screenshot your review and email it along with your mailing address, to marissuelena@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram*
Topics discussed:
-Isabela introduces herself.
-Isabela’s creative expression in childhood.
-Knowing she wanted to be a fashion designer at a young age.
-Growing up in North Carolina.
-Going to college for fashion design.
-The competitive culture of fashion design.
-Realizing she didn’t want to work in the fashion industry anymore.
-Starting a greeting card side business after college.
-Her first pop-up where no one bought anything.
-Teaching herself illustration and graphic design.
-Using Upwork to start freelancing.
-Quitting her fashion design job to pursue graphic design and illustration.
-Getting clients outside of Upwork.
-Experiencing rapid growth as a freelancer.
-Getting to the point of burnout.
-How Isabela organizes and prioritizes work and projects.
-Being a night owl.
-Unlearning being hard on yourself.
-Isabela’s inspirations-books, pinterest, home decor, and more.
-Digital vs traditional art.
-The convenience of creating digitally.
-Getting back into traditional illustration.
-Procreate VS Adobe Fresco.
-Isabela’s creative process.
-Creating work for Google, Facebook, and Adobe.
-Doing ceramics for fun.
-Forcing yourself to not monetize all your hobbies.
Isabela's website
Isabela's Shop
Isabela's Instagram
Isabela's TikTok
Follow us on Instagram
Host/Marissa's Instagram
Host/Marissa's Tik Tok
Tending Creativity Tik Tok
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tendingcreativity/message
027 ✿ Leaving the Fashion Industry to Become an Illustrator ft. Isabela Humphrey
For Today’s episode I got to speak with amazing illustrator and graphic designer Isabela Humphrey. Isabela received her degree in fashion design and worked in the fashion industry for a few years before deciding to pivot her career to graphic design and illustration. Past clients of hers include Google, Facebook, The Washington Post, Refinery29 and more.
Isabela and I talked all about her transition from fashion to illustration and what her experience as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer has been like since.
*Get a free sticker by leaving a written review on apple podcasts! Screenshot your review and email it along with your mailing address, to marissuelena@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram*
Topics discussed:
-Isabela introduces herself.
-Isabela’s creative expression in childhood.
-Knowing she wanted to be a fashion designer at a young age.
-Growing up in North Carolina.
-Going to college for fashion design.
-The competitive culture of fashion design.
-Realizing she didn’t want to work in the fashion industry anymore.
-Starting a greeting card side business after college.
-Her first pop-up where no one bought anything.
-Teaching herself illustration and graphic design.
-Using Upwork to start freelancing.
-Quitting her fashion design job to pursue graphic design and illustration.
-Getting clients outside of Upwork.
-Experiencing rapid growth as a freelancer.
-Getting to the point of burnout.
-How Isabela organizes and prioritizes work and projects.
-Being a night owl.
-Unlearning being hard on yourself.
-Isabela’s inspirations-books, pinterest, home decor, and more.
-Digital vs traditional art.
-The convenience of creating digitally.
-Getting back into traditional illustration.
-Procreate VS Adobe Fresco.
-Isabela’s creative process.
-Creating work for Google, Facebook, and Adobe.
-Doing ceramics for fun.
-Forcing yourself to not monetize all your hobbies.
Isabela's website
Isabela's Shop
Isabela's Instagram
Isabela's TikTok
Follow us on Instagram
Host/Marissa's Instagram
Host/Marissa's Tik Tok
Tending Creativity Tik Tok
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tendingcreativity/message
49 min