Meet Lucas Garcia, Designer/Illustrator at Winkreative
Lucas Garcia was balancing life as a father and a fine artist, but always wanted to take his creativity further. A fortunate encounter with a Shillington poster on the Tube quickly turned into the London full-time course and, three months later, he graduated with a killer portfolio. He now works at Winkreative, using both his design skills from Shillington and his previous illustration skills in his role.
We caught up with Lucas to talk doing the full-time course with a young family, internships and making the transition from illustrator to designer.
Read Lucas's Shillington Story
Explore Lucas's portfolio
I chose Shillington for the practical nature of it. I couldn't spend another three years studying—and I really needed to hit the ground running on the other side of it.
Explore Lucas's Illustration
Before the course, Lucas was working as an amazing illustrator—and still continues his practice to this day, both as part of his job and on the side.
Lucas' favourite Shillington brief was his start-up identity for Cultura, an urban garden centre. In his words "It opened my eyes to everything a brand could be, and how many creative opportunities there are when building out a brand world."