Lawrence Zeegan

Lawrence Zeegen's lecture was mostly about him as an artist his past, present and his own personal advice, like to be yourself, be creative, be afraid challenge yourself, try new things and many other ways to go about, look for opportunists

Lawrence Zeegen lecture is about is past, where he studied at Master’s Degree level at the Royal College of Art, which he knew he was interested in music, but didn't know what he wanted to study, Zeegen also gave an inside of Heart an agency he started, but left to teach and create an illustration and graphic design course in Brighton.

Lawrence Zeegen also showed books he had written about illustration, where he created a number of different books to do with illustration, which he also gave inside details into the process of creating books, where he revealed publishes won't allow people to design their own book covers and title the book.

In the lecture Zeegen gave his own personal views about illustration, where he believes illustration is what we all have a connection with, where Zeegen gives his details about his early illustration connections with illustration, linking it with children cartoons and book he used to watch and read as a small child, which spurred him on. 

During the lecture Zeegen shows how he believes each decade had a different effect on illustration during those era's, 1960s an era of utopian idealism, 1970s a decade of discontent, 1980s the designer decade, 1990's the digital dawn, 2000's a new wave, in which Zeegen showed different illustration pieces of work, which were produced during those era's.

Lawrence Zeegen's lecture was good in giving advice, be proactive, make your own luck, keep on keeping on, the lecturer showed ways in which he took risks in leaving agencies and creating an illustration and graphic design course, which in term lead Lawrence Zeegen to become the only professor in illustration in the country.