Art Contests as a Road to AAA

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Angelina Cherniak tells the story of how art contests helped her land work with AAA companies, and explains how this can work for artists from the CIS region. First, be honest about your strengths and weaknesses, avoid swinging between "I'm terrible" and "I'm the best", and don't fear criticism or mentorship. Second, build a clear plan toward your goal: contests, hashtags and challenges, social networks and portfolio sites help art directors notice you, and writing to companies and industry people is nothing to be shy about. Third, contests give you deadlines, a competitive spirit, connections and a habit of analyzing winning entries. She also advises copying works to learn rendering, building reference boards from broad material, and not overestimating the importance of English. Useful for beginners and artists aiming at big studios.