Selom Sunu - Character Designer and Illustrator

03/17/24 • 58 min

Selom Sunu is a British-Ghanaian character designer and illustrator whose works include the Google Doodle of Andrew Watson, CBeebies JoJo and Gran Gran show, and Children's books by publishers like Penguin and Harper Collins. What you may not know is his business and marketing background, the late start to his illustration and animation career, the story behind his mentorship with an experienced Disney character designer, positioning using LinkedIn, influences, workshops, passion for adult education, work-life balance as a father and husband.
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His late career transition from a business and marketing to illustrations and character design
How he came about his mentorship with a renowned character designer at Disney and the mentoring process
The role of LinkedIn and opportunities he's had like Disney Television Animation, Mercury Filmworks, Google among others
Resources for developing your skills in the animation and illustration industry
Useful tips for other creatives to follow

A summary of the show including related links can be found in this post:
https://wafunkpublishing.com/creatives-across-borders-selom-sunu/

His late career transition from a business and marketing to illustrations and character design
How he came about his mentorship with a renowned character designer at Disney and the mentoring process
The role of LinkedIn and opportunities he's had like Disney Television Animation, Mercury Filmworks, Google among others
Resources for developing your skills in the animation and illustration industry
Useful tips for other creatives to follow

A summary of the show including related links can be found in this post:
https://wafunkpublishing.com/creatives-across-borders-selom-sunu/

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Lola Usupova - children's book writer and illustrator

Lola Usupova is a children's book writer and illustrator. A suitcase, dreams and lots of courage is one way to sum up Lola's beginnings. From have native sunny Uzbekistan first to Russia, then Poland, Sweden and now the UK, Lola's artistic journey is still unravelling. Yet, her story as a promising children's book writer and illustrator is captivating. Her journey has involved learning different spoken languages on the way but one that remains consistent is her passionate artistic language, drive and dreams. Listen to Lola's unfolding story for some inspiration.

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Ori Bellardi - Toy Maker, 3D Maker and Painter

Ori (short for Orianna) Bellardi is a Venezuelan toy maker, 3d maker and painter. She has worked with award winning artists such as Dapo Adeola and Chris Chatterton bringing their characters alive in colourful mind-blowing 3d printed and painted toys. Interestingly, Ori's journey started from the kitchen having practiced and worked as a chef for 15+ years across Venezuela, India, Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands. Today, through persistence, perseverance and quest for excellence, Ori has found a way to translate her creativity in the kitchen to toy making. In this interview, she walks us through her journey, processes, mentors, projects, struggles, high points and more. If like me, you're curious about 3D printing, this is also a very educative interview as she breaks it all down to the basics. I've included chapters so you can navigate to different segments within the podcast.
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Ori's career transition from chef to toy making.
Her step by step process of 3d printing and painting including the tools and costs involved.
Ori's projects, influences and mentors.
Ori's career highlights, struggles and more insights into her background.
Useful tips for other creatives to follow

A summary of the show including related links can be found in this post:
https://wafunkpublishing.com/creatives-across-borders-ori-bellardi/