A day in the life of…
Stress less The comic colourist turned concept illustrator balances working for worldwide clients from his home in South America
“I wake up at 5.30am and work out, and have a breakfast of eggs, cereal and orange juice. I take my girlfriend to work, and am at my desk for 8am.
By then it’s afternoon in Europe, so I can deal with clients there, and LA is ready for work later in the morning, so that’s my organisational and meeting time. Hopefully by 11am I get to start drawing. First I’ll do a warm-up just for myself and work until 1pm.
I’ll take an hour for lunch and either cook or walk to pick up food, just to clear my head. The hard work comes after lunch from 2pm to around 6pm. Europe is asleep at that point and I’ve already had my meetings with LA, so I can seriously focus on the job now. After that, I turn everything off and have some dinner.
Around six or seven years ago I never stopped, working 16-18 hours per day. But maybe two years ago, I suddenly couldn’t draw, I couldn’t see my computer. It was burnout. I had to stop everything for a few months and learned how vital mental health is.
I also learned about good time management. You can get eve
