When visiting London, we met with some of the guys from Day Job Collective. It was really good to meet them as they are also recently (ish) graduated so it was nice to see what they've been up to and what they did after uni (which was obviously, create this collective!) They collaborate on big group projects and they're work is just wonderful.
http://day-job.org

They were all so lovely and I really liked the space they worked in! I think its a really great idea to get together with other people after uni and work as a team, have a studio space etc. This is something they said was definitely a positive thing, getting a studio together. Its good because you can have people with different skills and all come together as one and also help motivate each other.
A few of the girls had a look at our portfolios and their comments/advice on mine were to carry on this "greeting card/party favours" thing I'm doing at the moment, but maybe include different occasions as all the work in there is mostly birthday stuff, they suggested throwing some other things in there so it shows I do other things! I agree with this and shall be exploring things such as wedding invites next! They also said it looks slightly graphicy because of the typography. One question asked was how they stayed motivated after graduating? They mentioned about entering competitions which of course, gives you something to work towards and also possibly gets your work noticed and out there! And again, getting a studio together with a few of you motivates you as well.