Professional Development: Appraisals [WIP]

Appraisal 1: 20/03/2026

What role have I chosen to focus on and why?

In the future I would like to become a tabletop games illustrator for either TTRPGs or board games. My reason for choosing this is that it is a more niche job than concept artist, which gives me more of a chance to land a job and I generally have more of an interest and experience in making and playing tabletop games compared to videogames.

How can meaningful connections be made with industry contacts and how have I been doing that?

A great way to make meaningful connections is through conventions, markets, networks online that host jobs and give opportunities to talk to professionals. I have attended a few conventions this year in which I spoke to some professionals from Chaosium, Mantic and other smaller indie companies. When talking to professionals I tend to ask them how I can improve my work and be more employable, and with joining the UK Tabletop Games Network I have the opportunity to get advice and feedback on my artwork to to make myself more employable. Over the following months I also intend to join some TTRPG game jams like I did last year as I have found these help massively with getting my name out there a bit more [they also are great fun and give more experience in following client briefs and self publishing].