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Diego Jourdan Pereira is an author of puzzle and activity books, including the Giant Book of Games and Puzzles for Smart Kids, The Big Book of Brain-Boosting Puzzles, Bible Power Puzzles, and the Astonishing Bathroom Reader. With a background in illustration, comic books, and graphic design, his clientele has ranged from Dover Publications to The Topps Company.
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In this week’s episode, Diego Jourdan Pereira walks us through how he went from a career as an illustrator working in licensing and completely reinvented himself as an author and book designer.
Diego’s story is a fantastic model showing how clear goals and hard work pay off to break into a completely new market and create new opportunities.
If you have been sitting on the fence, not knowing what to do or how to do it, just listen up because the clues are all right here and if you are willing to put in the work, it’s just a matter of continued effort and time before you’re well on your way towards your dream career where you get paid to be creative.
In the last part of the episode we talk about the difference between dreams and goals, and Diego has a great way of looking at how to set and make your goals a reality.
PK 023: Judy tells the story of how she changed from being a writer to a professional 'doodler'
PK 022: Jared Fiorino talks about how he became an established artist in the brand name clothing industry.
PK 021: Adam Volker talks about what it's like to be the creative director at Moonbot Studios.
PK 020: Oliver Dominguez talks about becoming a freelance artist right out of school.
PK 019: Daniel Davis aka Steam Crow tells the story of how he went from being a graphic designer to being a successful mainstay on the comic art circuit.
PK 018: Mitch Bowler on how Pencil Kings came to be and what we're doing to help artists worldwide
PK 017: Will Terrell talks about overcoming emotional issues for artists, building communities and his journey to find himself as an artist.
PK 016: Mechanical Apple Mechanical Apple Artists Ari Gibson and Jason Pamment talk about the steps they took to create their boutique animation studio.
PK 015: Francis Vallejo talks about the life of a freelance artist.
PK 014: Jennifer Llewellyn on the path from animator, to freelance to app creator.
PK 013: Derek Rodenbeck on setting a direction for your life and your art.
PK 012: Mike Grills on finding bliss as an artist, hustle, and how he discovered his art style.
PK 011: Ken Wong talks Monument Valley and how creates his art.
PK 010: Shane Madden talks about his various artist experiences and gives advice to those looking for work.
PK 009: Sourav Dhar on what it takes to be a matte painter and how to get your work discovered online.
PK 008: Andrew Sides on what it takes to be an artist and how he's using 3D Printing
PK 007: Darren Yeow talks about his successful kickstarter to create the ultimate bag for artists
PK 006: Lazaro Ruiz on how to create toys
PK 005: Sergio Peaz on how being a successful storyboard artist
PK 004: Chris Kirkland on selling your artwork online
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