Published by Leonardo Calcagno
Who are you :
Nelson Gibbins
Your current job :
Freelance Illustrator Designer
In which city are you located?
Brisbane (Australia)
A word to define what kind of worker you are :
Erratic
What tools are essential to your life (app, software, etc..)
Kettle, Computer, Wacom, Bottle Opener
What does your office space look like?
A toy collectors wet dream.
What kind of music do you listening when you are working ?
I always start out listening to the music created by the client I am working for… At some point during every project I will listen to Morphine, Rancid or Beck.
Do you have a way to organize your day to maximize your work ?
Generally I will start with a good hour or two of procrastination browsing the internet world. Then frantically and obsessively drawing untill I can no longer ignore the pain in my spine and eyeballs.
What tips would you give to improve productivity ?
Murder all of your friends.
You’re better than your colleagues to :
Performing brain surgery.
What is the best advice anyone has given you ?
“Don’t go to class tomorrow, come take acid up in the hills with us instead”.
What is your best tip for saving time ?
Do everything last minute so that you pack a larger amount of work into a smaller amount of time.
What is your routine start and end of the day ?
Coffee to start, crying myself to sleep to end.
Aside from your computer and your phone, what gadget can you not you go ?
Headphones to block out the distractions of the world.