Bigheads- Donya Todd and Jack Teagle

I'd not heard of Donya Todd and Jack Teagle before this 'bigheads' session but it was really interesting to be introduced to them as illustrators, and them as people. 

They are a couple in their twenties living and working at their home in Somerset, they avoided London to buy more time to produce more work.

Donya said that her mission is to make comics, t-shirts, paintings and anything weird! She is trying not to do too much editorial to focus on developing her own practise. 

Her main love is for comics, Dame Darcy being the principal influence, alongside 'the magical, marvellous and macabre' 

Donya's other half, Jack teagle said that he was inspired to illustrate from storytelling through the ages and his interest in narrative. Like Donya, he is also passionate about producing comics and developing characters, even three dimensional figurative characters!

Collaboratively, they said that their work exists with themselves and friends, and that it is really satisfying to make comics and go to conventions.

The good thing about maintaining output and being self employed is that you don't have a set routine, creating a laid back working environment, however this can affect self motivation and cause a lot of 'faffing around' because it is not as structured.

Finally, some advice they both gave to us:

• Don't be stubborn
• Photoshop is not the enemy
• The end of uni isn't the start of your career, do things now
• You can be ready when you want to be
• Don't be exploited for free work
• Get together with friends!