![]() My wife and I (also a designer) have played with a few ideas over the years and I would love to work more on this one day. Something I have always wanted to create is a clothing line. That is a serious responsibility that I don’t take lightly. ![]() I love that maybe I, too, can inspire or get a child excited about design. My first real exposure to art (like most of us) was from children’s books. I have been so lucky to work on several over the past few years. A huge passion for me is writing and illustrating children’s books. I have so many things I really want to do. Illustration, Books What is your biggest dream, creatively speaking? TRICK OR TREAT: A HAPPY HAUNTERS HALLOWEEN I want to do this for another 70 years…can I? What will our profession be like in 10 years? 20 years? 50 years? The fear of the unknown is always present. So yes, not getting in more work and having to get a real job is a big fear but also just time passing you by scares me. This is a BIG fear for me but really, I would just have more time to make things for myself. When I first wrote an answer down I wrote that I fear not getting any work in the future. What is your biggest fear, creatively speaking? I also talked about Fight Club which I think might be a big no-no according to the clubs first rule. I did once go swimming 5 minutes after I ate. Have you ever broken a “rule” to get ahead in your career? The worst that can happen is you end up exactly where you are now. If you want to work with Nike or Hallmark or Apple go make it happen. Never, ever be afraid to ask for something you want. Anymore finding out their contact info is literally just a few clicks away. Everyone has those big pie in the sky dream clients they would love to work with. ![]() I could be wrong, but to me making connections today is the easiest it has ever been. Illustration What is one important piece of advice you’d give a fellow designer who wanted to land a dream client, such as Hallmark – but had zero connections?Ĭonnections are important of course. Perseverance and sweat are vastly underrated traits. But I have always been willing to roll my sleeves up and work, work, work. That is what it all comes down to in my eyes, how hard do you want to work? I have never been the best draftsman, or the best with color or have the best type skills or can draw anything I look at or whatever. I got my first taste in 3rd grade and at that moment I knew this was the life I wanted to lead. I can say this, ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist, a designer, an illustrator. There sure are a lot of other professions out there and I am so lucky this one chose me. It is important to remember we GET to do this. I, again, am just so happy to love what I GET to do for a living. I don’t know anything about notoriety to be honest. Illustration, Identity, Restaurants If you had to choose one defining moment in your career that pushed you towards notoriety, what would you say that was? I want that fire, I want the pressure, I never want to stop climbing. To be honest, I hope I never feel comfortable and complacent. The older I get at times that hill starts to feel like a mountain. I still feel like I have so many things I want to make and so much I want to do that I’m still each day just climbing that hill. ![]() I don’t know if I have “made it” like you say. Ha! Thank you for the compliment but I am just thankful to have work and to be doing something I love everyday. In your opinion, why was it you who “made it”? What are characteristics that would drive someone to achieve such a status?Ĭomplacency breeds death. Poster You’re pretty much a rock star designer in our eyes. Surrounded by design (his parents were artists and his wife Jessica a designer, too), Tad creates whimsical, smart and all-around fun for clients like Macy’s, Chronicle Books, MTV, Adobe and Hallmark Cards.Ĭlevelanders, be sure to catch him on Tuesday, Apat the next AIGA Design Speaker Series. Designer, illustrator, author and teacher, Tad balances good stuff like brand identity, packaging and book design, illustration and interactive along with his role as Professor at University of Kansas. He’ll be the last to tell you, but for us here at Go Media, WMC Fest 3 alum Tad Carpenter is a rock star.
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