So the final questions that I decided to ask Helena were:
2. What is it like being an independent illustrator?
3. How hard was it to step into the industry coming out of university? Did you have any difficulties?
4. I sometimes struggle trying to figure out where I sit (my work) in the industry, did you have that struggle? And if so how did you persevere?
5. What do you most enjoy to work on as an illustrator?
6. If you could give yourself some advice whilst studying at Uni looking back, what would you have said?
7. I see you've recently started to break into the motion graphics bracket, what made you decide to take this leap? Are you enjoying it?
They are quite simple questions in the end because I didn't want to overwhelm her with such deep and invasive questions. I did want to find out more about her university life, so that I can get some tips for how to survive the next year! I think this may be one of her first interviews so I wanted to ask some of the basic questions, which is why I added in the top 'What's it like being an independent illustrator' because I know that she does a lot of individual projects and doesn't work in a collective/studio.
I also asked her about stepping into the industry coming out of university. I decided to ask her this as it's something that I am concerned with about my own practice and how difficult it may be to get into the industry so soon. I wanted to know if it was hard for her, not just as a reassurance that it doesn't come easy, but also as a reassurance that it is possible.
My fourth question was also something that I personally struggle with myself, sitting myself in the industry. I wanted to ask if she had this struggle herself, and how she got out of it. I think at first a lot of people don't know exactly what they want to do so I thought it would be good for me to have some tips on if it happened to her and how she persevered with it and if I can do the same.
I wanted to ask her a more relaxed question about her as an illustrator so asking what she enjoyed most was more for myself to find out more about her. She does quite a range of different things, so it would be interesting to find out which one she enjoys the most and if it's maybe something that I could try out in the future.
My sixth question, again, was for some piece of mind whilst being at university. Knowing that she has recently gone through university herself, I thought it would be good for me to discover some tips from her about things that she would have told herself. I decided to ask this because I didn't want all the questions to be about the future, I wanted to know about some things that she would tell herself in the past or would do differently. This could be a good reflection time for herself and a good insight for me.
The last question was about her interest in animation. Lots of illustrators are recently getting into using motion graphics in their work and I think it's a really interesting thing. I wanted to find out more about why she chose to do this, and if it's something that she enjoys because I myself wouldn't mind trying it in the future so I want someone's insight on whether it's worth it.
Some of my email is me getting a bit excited on the prospect of talking to her so do excuse my little 'fangirling'. But I am really excited to hear her response and getting to talk to her is a huge confidence booster for me as I thought most practitioners would find this process tedious.
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