As for me...

I've ended up doing strange things I'd never expected to, but have learnt a lot about design and maybe changed my idea of what I'd like to pursue after uni.
I began by struggling all summer to find a paid 3-month internship at an animation studio, but when I realised none of them really did that I just accepted that a week of work experience here and there couldn't hurt.

So, first I went to Espresso Animation, who does the Tony the Tiger Frosties adverts & stuff, and I loved it, and hung around the studio the next week too. Then after that some temporary (well-paid but dull fun for geeks) work came up at Dorling Kindersley, where I started out just cutting and pasting into dummy books, but they let me have a go at the graphics which has all gone into the books. After that I got a phonecall from Mother & Baby magazine(?!) at Bauer Media, as someone at DK had suggested me to the Art Director, so I went to help them with layouts for a week. I ended up staying for a month, having loads of fun and learning a huge amount about editorial design, and they've passed my name onto my very favourite magazine (who I shan't mention in case they don't want me), who needs a junior, so I have an interview there on Monday *fingers crossed!*.

I've done a little bit of freelance work at the same time - some illustration but mainly Flash work for Universal Records (BTW, if anyone's really good with Actionscript 3.0 and could help me with a code I've been struggling with all week, I'd pay you!).

So, yeah, I've had lots of interviews for internships, and have received some positive response, but am still waiting (and waiting and waiting) for confirmation of when they actually start. It's pretty frustrating actually. Oh well, I have some work experience coming up at animation studios to keep me busy before Christmas.

I wish everyone all the best of luck, hope you're enjoying it as much as me!
xxx