Live Event Recording
How to Become an Illustrator
About This Event:
How do you become an illustrator? In this Sessions Live event, we interviewed veteran designer and illustrator Eric Torres about his path to becoming a professional. We looked at the types of work he does now, and the kinds of skills it requires, and chatted about how he first developed those skills, how he trained inside and outside of college, and got his big career break.
Presenter Bios
Eric Torres
Veteran designer and illustrator
Arizona native Eric Torres is a multi-disciplined designer and illustrator. His experience spans collaborations with non-profits, agencies, and international companies. Through his creative studio Eric Imagines, he publishes one-of-a-kind products, hosts events / workshops, and delivers projects for clients who want to stand out as different in their markets. Eric's social mission involves directly supporting the next generation of creatives as they seek to grow and make their ideas happen.
Jordon Schranz
Department Head of Illustration
Jordon Schranz is an audio/visual artist and designer whose work has been exhibited internationally in New York, Chicago, El Paso, Berlin, Bogotá, and Ciudad Juárez. In addition he has performed hundreds of shows across the United States as part of the free jazz trio, "The Eastern Seaboard" and in the avant-rock group "Quivers" with Ninni Morgia, including New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, and Detroit.
Gordon Drummond
College President
Gordon Drummond is the President and Chief Academic Officer of Sessions College. Gordon is an educator and instructional designer with a passion for art, design, and technology who joined Sessions in 2001. As President, Gordon’s role is to provide the leadership to help our school directors achieve their goals in education, operations, marketing, and student services. Key tasks include managing accreditation, licensing, and relations with government agencies and other institutions, coordinating strategic and educational planning, and representing the school at conferences and other public events. Outside of Sessions, Gordon has served on the Middle States Association Commission on Secondary Schools (2007-2015) and the Distance Education Accreditation Commission (DEAC) board (2017-2023).
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