Image Alumni '12 Education BFA in Web and Multimedia Environments Current Career Illustrative Designer for Squarecat Studio Location Minneapolis, Minnesota What advice do you have for current 51±¬ÁϹÙÍø students? Focus on the work and not the grade. Gear your portfolio for the jobs that you want to apply for when you graduate. Best thing you ever got/saw on the free shelf? A duffle bag that I still store a bunch of my camping gear in. Describe your internships. I did a few internships. They really got my coding skills up to par as well as my UI design skills. Who was your favorite teacher and why? . He had brilliant things to say during critiques. He was great at helping students stimulate ideas. Your biggest takeaway from 51±¬ÁϹÙÍø? Iteration. Ideas take time to evolve. Keep at it until you have a presentable solution. Describe what you do for work and how you feel about it. I'm a with an focus. Basically, I'm a creative gun for hire. I have always loved to draw and create art. It is incredible that I get to incorporate some of that into a way of making a livelihood. How did you get your job? Currently, I'm freelancing for a VR/AR company and am starting my own small agency. I mostly find work through word of mouth. What inspires your work? Learning new techniques by taking courses; Looking at artists on Behance and Instagram. How do you feel about the ? It's home. I take full advantage of the outdoors here. Current obsession? Digital illustration. I host a digital illustration meetup at an agency in Minneapolis.