Mig Reyes is an interactive designer at Threadless and an instructor at the Chicago Portfolio School. I stumbled upon his interview at createthemap.com (which is totally worth the 9 minutes). After watching his interview I found my way to his site, Humblepied.com

Humblepied is a collection of short interviews–conducted by Mig–of creative professionals offering advice to young and old creatives alike, all via ichat. As its name implies, it is humbling and inspiring to see what these seasoned veterans of the creative industry have to say.

As a recent graduate, I am all too familiar with all of the fears and anxieties that come with developing a portfolio, graduating, and jumping into the “real world” with a life-time of work in hand, searching for someone who will give you a chance to do the great work you know you can. Luckily, I found Studiothink, or was it Studiothink who found me… either way, I’m very fortunate and thankful to be working with these awesome creative professionals.

I wish I would have known about this site several months ago. These short videos are great sources for inspiration, and offer a chance to hear the thoughts and philosophies of people we may never meet. Mig has done the entire creative community a great service by bringing all of these people together in one place.

If it were my turn to be interviewed on Humblepied, I’d say this to help get through those months of anxiety leading up to graduation:

If you’re there right now, or approaching that time period as this semester ends and your next (or last) begins, believe in yourself, know who you are and go after it. And if you ever find yourself at a loss (as we all do at some point), check out humblepied.com for a few words of wisdom, guidance and support.