Important facts/ bits of advice given to us by DR ME:
- name comes from their initials
- they wanted to try things out for themselves rather than working for a big design company
- influenced by Mike Perry who created the book hand job
- They believe you should never be scared to ask for an internship, the worse thing that can happen is you will get rejected
- initially played on the idea of doctor to send out self branding using things such as medical bags, surgical gloves and masks
- let people know you exist, constantly send things out to promote yourself
- A client of theirs requested that the digital work they created for them was actually produced through collage. This sparked their interest in collage
- They enjoy creating visuals for music
- sometimes you work for free in order to help someone out in hope they'll do the same for you
- working for local venues creating posters, the pay is bad but the creative freedom is huge
- create a website to get your work out there
- make it easy for people to find you/ get in touch with you
- 365 project, always collecting and looking for things that can be used this made the 365 project easy for them because they had so many different materials to use
- go with your gut feeling, if you believe in a company then do work for them
- making connections and collaborating with people all over the world is important
- making leaflets that promote yourself using collage, cheap and easy to do
- starting something from scratch is a financial struggle so don't be fooled
- use your own imagery to avoid copy right issues
- you don't have to move to London to be a good designer despite what people may think
- Make met Peter Saddle when he was a 2nd year student at uni, when he asked Peter how he could become a successful graphic designer he said in order to do that he would have to move to London
- using social media to scout work, look for businesses posting about needing a graphic designer and respond to them
- been apart from someone doesn't mean you can't collaborate and do work together, communicating over the phone and visually is just as good as been face to face
HOW TO SUCCEED
- make good shit, no matter who you're working for
- find out what you're interested in
- collaborate
- go out and see the world to gather inspiration, go to different cities and art galleries to obtain a new perspective
- be brave and don't worry too much
- just ask people if you can work for them don't be afraid
- don't be bothered if people say no to you
- follow your own trends and set your own trends, individual work is much more desirable
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