We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tuesday McGowan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tuesday below.

Hi Tuesday , thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

From a very early age, I considered myself to be a bit of an outsider. I’ve always been drawn to design, photography and music. I think my fierce independence and rebelliousness led me to a more creative path of personal exploration. At 16, I was in my first band, then I became seduced by photography, animation and filmmaking. In college, I spent every weekend learning and exploring trying to get my hands on equipment. That led to producing work and ultimately moving to San Francisco for my first job.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

As a creative director and designer, I’m obsessed with design driven storytelling. I love 3D integration with design while embracing abstraction and metaphor. With my background as a musician, I’m obsessed with seeing how sound effects the experience of animation and live action. When I first got started I worked at a postproduction studio in Northern California that worked with Industrial Light and Magic. As the new kid, I soaked up everything . . . from the colorists to the editors and the cg animators. They were great mentors and after many late nights, I started to develop my own aesthetic and point of view as a designer.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

This makes me think about Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers”. Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve a mastery of complex skills. I’ve done my 10,000 hours. When I started there were few women in my position and many years later, the film/advertising world is still a male dominated industry. I think continuing to work hard, stay curious, continuing to learn and be fearless. Listening to your own voice only comes with time and a lot of practice. I’ve been working with some of the same people for over 15 years because those relationships are very important for creativity to occur. When you have a connection with your team that usually results in great work. Many well known directors are notorious for working with the same DP’s or composers over and over, because you develop a creative rapport that is intimate and close to a family relationship.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My goal is to create compelling design-driven films that transform or enlighten the viewer. These can be inspirational films like telling the story of a Japanese blind origami artist named Nobuyuki Yamaga https://vimeo.com/666349228 or Vespamania Emma The Adventurer (this film tells the story of young woman who rode her Vespa from Bath To Mongolia on her own!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc79XWtDB7Q or

Contact Info:

• Website: www.tuesdaymcgowan.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tuesdaymcgowan/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuesdaymcgowan/