Dean Yeagle
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JF: What’s the biggest perk?
DY: The whole job in general. I get to work from home on my own time. I get to adjust my hours- I tend to be a night person, and I often work until 2 in the morning; it’s quiet, no calls, no interruptions. Why did you choose to do what you’re doing? It’s what I always wanted to do. At the time I went to the Disney Studio years ago, animation was pretty dead. So I ended up in New York doing animation, children’s books and Playboy cartoons. It’s been a pretty varied career. You never know what will happen to it. I did a lot of CD Roms, and now stuff for the web. A lot of new options open up all the time. You have to keep changing your career direction.
JF: How do I get to be where you are now?
DY: It’s hard to tell anybody exactly what to do - except you have to keep drawing, keep developing your skills. Of course Playboy helped a lot in getting my name out. In animation, very few people in the general public get to know your name. But try developing your own style, which is important. I notice people will go by my booth at the comic conventions and recognize my work. If your stuff looks like everybody else’s, nobody will know you, and nobody has to come to you to get that particular look. You develop your style by drawing and drawing and drawing, and you incorporate pieces of everybody’s work that you like. There are many very good artists out there, and you need to be able to stand out and be recognized. Good luck!
You can see more of Dean’s work and products at gallery.bellefree.com/dabeagle and at CagedBeagle.com