Richard Borge

Giuseppe Castellano talks to illustrator, animator, director, and educator, Richard Borge about choosing a freelance life over something more (ostensibly) stable; why illustrators should embrace their work’s evolution; how to conceptualize an editorial illustration; why some great pieces of advice for illustrators aren’t that great; and more.

To learn more about Richard, visit richardborge.com.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Scott Santoro, Ed Bedno, Matt Mahurin, and Mark Fredrickson

Richard cited an article entitled, A Program for Developing Visual Symbols, by Ed Bedno. You can read it here.

Giuseppe talked about a blog post he wrote called, Do What You Don’t Love. You can read it here.

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