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Ask a Pro
Ask a Pro is a collection of illustration related questions answered by top art directors, designers, editors, artist representatives and other professionals in the commercial illustration industry.
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How do you like to see work from an illustrator?
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Presentation really doesn't matter - although my biggest pet peeve is a
exclusively-flash portfolio site. Designers and art directors have to be
able to quickly pull a jpg as a reference. It's a pain to do screen shots
and shit. Ok, I'm just lazy. But dammit, more jpgs. Bigger too! Clean
html design, lots of big beautiful images - unless you are Jason DeAquino
and you draw on matchbooks...
Toby Grubb (more answers by this person)
Designer
Burton
http://www.burton.com
How do you go about finding an illustrator?
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In the past, I've used artists that I've been following or had admiration
for prior to the project. Occasionally I'll do research in
DieGestaltenVerlag books, Faesthetics, Arkitips or online.
Toby Grubb (more answers by this person)
Designer
Burton
http://www.burton.com
How do you decide on using illustration vs. photography?
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The choice between illustration and photography primarily lies in the
availability of assets within the company. For instance, if certain
outerwear pieces aren't available for photographing - we take pictures of
existing samples and have illustrators render them out. It also depends on
the concept and art direction of the particular task. It's all kinda luck
of the draw and what we believe the client is asking for.
Toby Grubb (more answers by this person)
Designer
Burton
http://www.burton.com