So I decided to make a little post with some thoughts on this brief and what I think has been really interesting or helpful. As someone who doesn't have a lot of confidence and suffers from quite severe anxiety, at first the prospect of emailing someone was terrifying. I do not do well with talking to strangers or the changing of situations. I like being comfortable.
So at first, of course, I was mortified when I heard the briefing. Having to email a real person?!?! What if I just annoyed them? What if they told me to bugger off?! What if it made me not want to be an illustrator anymore?! Of course these sorts of questions are just things my brain likes to come up with as some sort of coping mechanism and preparation for the worst.
However, I have to say that this brief has been really eye-opening for me. In the end I decided to email someone that I had been following as an illustrator for a while, this is because I am quite acquainted with her work and comfortable at the thought of talking to her as she is similar in age and seems down to earth. When I got her first response it was a really exciting time for me. She got back to me fairly quickly and seemed really lovely. It made me feel not as scared to ask her more questions.
After this experience with Helena, I think that in the future I would be more comfortable with emailing more practitioners that I admire, as I know now that it is actually quite humbling for them to be emailed by a 'fan' and want to help them.
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