Ian Spriggs: ADVICE FOR ARTISTS

As an artist, should you keep your personal work and your commercial work separate? How do you find creative freedom in business? What defines that creative freedom for VFX artists? Having creative freedom is power. That’s the message of this career advice by Ian Spriggs and Allan McKay. To find inspiration for your creativity, you must keep your personal and commercial work compartmentalized. Ian Spriggs is a successful 3D Digital Artist and VFX Artist whose photorealistic digital portraits have gained much recognition and acclaim. Outside of being a successful artist, Ian has also worked as a Lead Character Modeler for studios like Unity Technologies, Scanline VFX, ILM, Mr. X. His projects include The Mandalorian, Mulan, Bloodshot. As for his personal work, Ian has completed his first 3D portrait in 2014. Since then, his work has become widely known for being photorealistic because it seems to represent the subjects’ inner selves. He is also the author of A Portrait of the Digital Age, a book on creating his meticulous character studies. No matter your medium, if you’re a working artist – you must check out this Allan McKay career talk with Ian Spriggs! Learn some professional secrets from another successful professional digital artist – and get inspired to achieve career success of your own! LINK TO FULL INTERVIEW WITH IAN SPRIGGS: TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK: PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL: Listen to ALLAN McKAY’S PODCAST: Upload THE ULTIMATE DEMO REEL GUIDE by Allan McKay: Upload PRODUCTIVE ARTIST GUIDEBOOK by Allan McKay: SAY HELLO ON SOCIAL MEDIA: • Instagram: • Facebook: • Twitter: • Website: YOUTUBE URL: VIDEO HASHTAGS: #AllanMcKay, #VFX, #BrandingforArtists