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An illustration of a person using a drawing tablet to design a graphic on a computer screen. The screen shows the word “Sausages” above a few brown shapes, with labels reading “they are going to love it” and “this is what it is all about”. The person rests their chin on their hand, thinking “perfect”.

Chris (Simpsons Artist)'s surreal but accurate illustrations of creative jobs

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Date
3 July 2015

Working in the creative industries can surely be odd enough at times, but to add an extra dollop of the ludicrous and surreal is Chris (Simpsons Artist), who’s helpfully depicted how ten creative roles really pan out. Often worryingly accurate (see production runner making tea, illustrator who has “left it to the last minute”) and always hilariously strange, the series was commissioned by creative industries network Hiive and gives a nice gentle rib tickle to graphic designers, who may or may not spend all day using a Wacom to scroll about over images of sausages.

An illustration of a person drawing on a piece of paper, titled “illustrator”. Labels point to the figure with humorous captions including “he has left it to the last minute” and “what i am doing”.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Illustrator

An illustration of two people facing each other. One person wears a grey motion-capture suit with tracking markers and asks, “can you make me look like a fish dipping its face into a barrel of wine”. The other person responds, “fine”. The words “visual effects artist” are written at the top.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Visual Effects Artist

An illustration of a person sitting on a chair, holding a green book. A nude figure crouches before them, asking “will you publish my book”, to which the person replies “nope”. The words “book publisher” appear at the top.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Book Publisher

An illustration of a tired-looking person in a red T-shirt pouring a drink from a pot into two mugs. Above them, the underlined text reads “production runner”, while smaller text to the side says “i love my job”.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Production Runner

An illustration of a person crouching and holding a camera towards another person who is reclining naked on the floor. The photographer says, “calm down dad i only need to photograph your face,” while the other person responds, “mmm hmm”. The word “photographer” is written in a serif font at the top.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Photographer

An illustration of a person dressed as a superhero in a red cape, green shirt and orange helmet. They hold a staff topped with a game controller, with another controller worn as a necklace. Text above reads “game designer” and a speech bubble says “all aboard the game train”.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Game Designer

An illustration of a person in a suit, labelled as an “advertising executive”, pointing to a list that reads “buy more leggings”. Text bubbles explain that they will lose their job if people do not buy more leggings, and that they would buy them all themselves if they had legs.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Advertising Executive

An illustration of two people at a computer. A person in a red T-shirt points to the screen and asks, “can you make the sausage wink at the little boy”. The person sitting at the desk replies, “ok”. The word “animator” is written at the top.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Animator

An illustration of a person sitting at a computer, looking at a screen that displays the word “Sausages” above three brown shapes. The person rests their chin on their hand, with a thought bubble that reads “perfect”. Annotations point to the screen, reading “they are going to love it” and “this is what it is all about”.
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Chris (Simpsons Artist): Graphic Designer

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Emily Gosling

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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