Published by Leonardo Calcagno
Who are you:
I’m a pizza lover.
Your current job:
I’m a freelance illustrator.
In which city are you located?
I live in Vicenza, a small town in the north of Italy, between Venice and Verona.
A word to define what kind of worker you are:
passionate.
What tools are essential to your life (app, software, etc..)
Pencil and Adobe Illustrators.
What does your office space look like?
Always a work in progress area.
What kind of music do you listen when you are working?
Jazz, classical, rock, electronic: it depends from the mood and from which kind of stuff I’m working.
Do you have a way to organize your day to maximize your work?
I use to plan the day the night before by having a list of everything I have to do: everyday’s challenge is to check all list points.
What tips would you give to improve productivity?
Before starting something new, just decide how many hours you need to spend for that work and do your best to be on time.
You’re better than your colleagues to:
make pizza.
What is the best advice anyone has given you?
“You will not make it in art”. That was my art teacher told me when I was 13 y.o. It really was the best advice, because from that day I start to do my best to show that wasn’t true.
What is your best tip for saving time?
Just do one thing at a time.
What is your routine start and end of the day?
Before starting the work day I use to check social network. Before closing the door of my office I use to fix the desk mess.
Aside from your computer and your phone, what gadget can you not you go without?
A sketchbook. I mean a real one, made by paper.