My vehicle in the end, was pretty poor, if it wasn't up to my standards then god knows what the professionals would have though about it, and yet, somehow, i managed to get in touch with a couple of people, (not the places i sent my rather appalling vehicle) but the places that i emailed, and rang up.
One of the people who I am currently in contact with is an old work-friend of mine, i did my school work experience at a sign-age place called in2signs in Leigh, this is were i met Chris. He has since moved from there, and now designs, makes and prints poster for a small group of local music venues in Wigan, and also works as a freelance illustrator, he will gladly give me a client brief at any time.
Most of the others are email based relation ships, and its rather hard to get through there answering machine (the receptionist that writes all the emails back saying "we have received your email, everything you need to know is on our site... blah blah blah")
I am quite confident that if needed I can go and shadow Chris for a day or two, he would be more than happy to have me.