by dmariepascual | May 8, 2025 | Creative Career and lessons, Freelance Life & Mindset
Originally written after speaking on an alumni panel at the Academy of Art University in July 2016. Updated and republished with reflection. Photo taken at the Academy of Art University during the Alumni panel. My friends pictured to the right of me, Eugene Yanza, and...
by dmariepascual | May 6, 2025 | Career Pivots, Creative Career and lessons, Creative Journey
Picture of me taken at the Salesforce HQ in San Francisco when I contracted as an Illustrator and Art Director, circa Spring 2017. In 2023, I walked away from my recruiting career without knowing what came next. After 15 months of unemployment, freelancing as an...
by dmariepascual | May 1, 2025 | Creative Career and lessons, Freelance Life & Mindset
By Diane Pascual From 2013 to 2016, I lived a full-on freelance life. At the end of 2013 I left New York and my stable job to move back to California with dreams of landing a job in the animation and entertainment industry. Fresh out of finishing my MFA in Visual...
by dmariepascual | Apr 25, 2025 | Creative Career and lessons
I had this website up the last few months and have failed to update it until quite recently. Life happens. I also work full time as a UX Designer for a company, and between being a mom, juggling projects, teaching a college course this spring semester called...
