The First Stage:

The first stage of this project was to email illustrators who's work I liked to see if they would be interested in being interviewed.

I firstly emailed Claire Scully, who's work was quite an influence on me while I was at college. I knew she had done an interview with a student a few years above me for the same project so thought I could get her just incase I couldn't get anybody else. I emailed her and after a few days she replied but didn't seem to keen and after a few more emails never emailed me back..

The day after I emailed Claire Scully, I emailed Katie Scott who's work was much more relevant to what I am looking at in my practice. She replied and seemed a lot more up for it than Claire Scully was.
I found Katie's work because her illustrations are the album artwork for a band I really like; Bombay Bicycle Club'. Her work is mainly scientific style illustrations of fake human anatomies and other biological objects like plants and creatures. I thought it would be a good idea to interview her too because of the fact she is only a very recent graduate but seems to have made a name for herself already.
I arranged to travel to London in order to meet Katie and interview her as well as do some collaborative drawing and see where she lives and works. I also asked her if she would mind taking me somewhere relevant to her work - somewhere she gets inspired by or just somewhere she likes, to get a better idea of how she gets her ideas outside of the studio.