tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post2697281070732689603..comments2023-09-16T12:49:54.607+01:00Comments on The Sell! Sell! Blog: Thoughts On New BloodSell! Sell!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-26784662653135468692012-07-11T15:18:53.940+01:002012-07-11T15:18:53.940+01:00I agree with a lot of your thoughts...especially t...I agree with a lot of your thoughts...especially the typo comment. That's the main thing I took out of the exhibition...apostrophe errors and typos.DanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-38855904687093578692012-07-02T10:16:28.885+01:002012-07-02T10:16:28.885+01:00Adrlap - we would have loved to spend some time lo...Adrlap - we would have loved to spend some time looking at the illustration and photography courses, looking for new talent to commission, but we had one hour to try to get an idea of anyone we thought could be a good candidate for our junior art director's job.Sell! Sell!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-43286826484134169662012-06-29T19:17:10.317+01:002012-06-29T19:17:10.317+01:00To be a good writer, first you need to be a great ...To be a good writer, first you need to be a great reader. These kids don't read. I fear writing is becoming a dying art. And I find that professors teaching the courses lack the kind of thinking that suits one in advertising.Rob Hatfieldhttp://www.walker360.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-8004721460772765402012-06-29T18:30:16.473+01:002012-06-29T18:30:16.473+01:00I was at New Blood as an exhibitor yesterday, and ...I was at New Blood as an exhibitor yesterday, and I definitely have to agree about class sizes and universities maybe not whittling down the weaker students. <br /><br />You haven't mentioned the illustration stands, but I think our stand was possibly one of the ones where it wasn't easy to find the talent. We had over 50 individual portfolios in a tray on the floor and I can't imagine many of them actually got seen!Dan Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008936854204862699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-14427186763517446022012-06-29T11:44:26.310+01:002012-06-29T11:44:26.310+01:00"Too many typos and spelling mistakes."
...<i>"Too many typos and spelling mistakes."</i><br /><br />Call me a nazi, but that's inexcusable. In a situation where you're trying to impress, to potentially secure employment, making simple errors is a crime that should be punished with the most chafing of Chinese burns.Milanhttp://blog.include-digital.comnoreply@blogger.com