027 ✿ Leaving the Fashion Industry to Become an Illustrator ft. Isabela Humphrey

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.

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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.

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