025 - Rod Mendez - Feeling Behind, Strict Clients, and Working for the Companies YOU Want, from 2M Creative Labs Podcast

025 - Rod Mendez - Feeling Behind, Strict Clients, and Working for the Companies YOU Want,

58 minutes Posted Sep 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm.

Who is Rod Mendez

Getting His Start with Illustration

Two Big Mistakes He Made

Feeling of Losing Time

How to Encourage Creatives to Be Patient

How to Build a Portfolio while Liking So Many Styles

Applying for Companies You WANT to Work For

Advice for Liking Multiple Styles

Does he feel passionate about ALL his jobs?

His Teacher's Wise Words

When Clients Get in the Way of Creative Work

Example of having a STRICT Client

Discord in the Illustration Community

Large Communities vs Small Communities

A Typical Day for Rod Mendez

Backlash with Family

How Rod Treats His Students

Cultural Differences between Brazil and Canada

Transitioning from Traditional to Digital Illustration

Advice to Someone Starting Out in Drawing

The Video Game Analogy

Rod's Final Advice

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Today we have Freelance Concept Artist and Illustrator Rod Mendez join us. Hailing from Brazil, his journey as an illustrator travelling to North America is very inspiring. We talk about the feeling of losing time and being behind, working for the companies you want to work for, and dealing with clients who don't give you creative control. Consider checking out his Artstation and his Instagram! Hope you enjoy the episode.

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