Who to Contact

I've decided to spend this morning sending out emails to contact people. I understand it feels a little late within the module to do this (which is probbaly why I've felt so bad about sending them off) but after taking a step back I realise that I'm not really doing this for PPP. This is something that is going to benefit me, and something I'll kind of be doing my whole life. I also feel a lot more confident emailing now I have my portfolio sorted out. It makes me feel like my work does actually have a kinda strong tone of voice, and it's heading in the direction that I want it to. So today I'm taking the big ol' leap into the real world!!!

What work am I interested in?

Passion
- Music Illustration
- Editorial
- Reportage
- Independent Publishing

Make me some Moolah
- Packaging
- Advertising

Why do these areas suit my practice?

- Have an active interest in music, DIY and subcultures
- Interest in telling stories, human element of things, reportage
- Tone of voice conveys a lot of attitude (helps when relating to human emotion)
- Have made publications and zines in the past, enjoy it as a medium for communication; would love to do more self-researched publications such as Fem.
- Enjoy seeing my work applied to things. Tangible things especially excite me and allow me to see my work in different ways (packaging). Nice to be able to hold something that you've made rather than just look at it on screen
- Also advertising isn't something I think of as particularly exciting, my 'style' is transferable to a lot of commercial jobs ("You could make pasta look great" - Ben Cox) Don't feel I have very many examples of commercial advertising or packaging products on my website. This is something I'd like to expand over Summer so I could attract more 'commercial' jobs (hello bigger bucks) that would allow me to carry on with my passion projects

My existing contacts

- Alan Clough; Illustrator for Welly Club, Fruit, Polar Bear and Hull Box Office. Founder of Something Entirely Different and Hub-A
- Stewart Baxter; Manager of Warren Records
- Lewis Young; Founder of Adult Teeth Recording Company
- Mark Page; Founder of The Sesh and Humber Street Sesh
- David Laycock; Co-Founder at Independent Leeds
- Joe Cox; Co-Founder of Form print shop
- Kate West; Gallery Manager at Artlink Gallery
- Andy and Becky; Owners of CMV

Who to contact?

- So Young
- DIY mag
- Rough Trade
- The Wire
- The Skinny
- Under the Radar
- Big Active
- Vice
- i-D
- The Guardian (?) Maybe when I have more examples of editorial work on my website and in my portfolio