Mikey Burton - The Designy Illustrator

Published: May 2, 2016, 9 a.m.

Mikey Burton is a part time designer and a part time\nillustrator\u2014which adds up to a full time Designy Illustrator. He\u2019s\nbeen working professionally for over 12 years now, but claims to be\n\u2018still figuring it out.\u2019 He\u2019s done a lot of work in that time for\nclients such as Converse, ESPN, Target, The New York Times, Time\nMagazine, and Esquire, among others.

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He has won awards from organizations such as the Art Directors\nClub, Communication Arts and Print Magazine to name a few, and\nenjoys bragging about it in the third person. He spent his\nformative years and earned a masters degree from the great Kent\nState University in Ohio. Burton now works and lives in Brooklyn,\nNY where he pays way too much for coffee. You can follow him on Twitter\nhere.

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In this episode, we discuss:

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  • How he got started as a designer.
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  • Why he is obsessed with food.
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  • All the benefits of living in New York City when you want to\nvisit someone.
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Show notes are available at ObsessedShow.com.