Kickstart Guide to Breaking into Freelance Illustration
A career in Freelance Illustration is much more than drawing pretty pictures. As much as you’d like to spend the entire day sitting in front of Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, you’ll also need to learn about selling yourself, keeping your portfolio fresh and, all the admin work we love to hate. It's this work we love to hate that will define your success as an illustrator. There are many different things you may wish to consider when thinking about entering into professional illustration, such as: The purpose of your illustration: Illustration itself covers many different areas. I'm going to introduce you to five talented Freelance Illustrators. I got into freelance illustration by some pressure of clients, a good pressure actually, they always said that my illustrations were good and they always asked me to include some kind of illustration works in the design jobs. It happened in 2005. I'm represented by Erika Groeschel. We talked about it and we did a deal, so we started working.
10 lessons every freelancer should learn | Computer Arts
There are many reasons why people choose to ditch a full-time job to go freelance. The opportunity to be your own boss, for example, and a desire to work on a variety of different projects. Then there's the flexibility of working whenever and wherever you want (although it's both a blessing and a curse). There are thousands of freelancers working in the UK, and the best advice a freelancer can get often comes from those designers and illustrators who've 'been there, done that' - because they've learnt valuable lessons along the way. 01. "Pimp yourself out," says freelance graphic designer Frosti Gnarr. Regular clients are worth their weight in gold. 02. If self-promotion is the key to successful freelancing then building a portfolio site is the most effective tool you can have. It's easier to build a website than you might think. 03. "It's important to maintain a work/life balance," says Hunt, "so good time management and discipline are essential. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10.
"Entering Illustration" - A classic Bearskinrug Article.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Advice from A Journeyman For a while now, I've fielded emails from folks looking to enter illustration as a career. And for that same while, I've been replying with an almost uniform compendium of tips, thinking to myself it'd probably more efficient to just write a post instead of having to type the same answers over and over. But I always held back, the chief reason for it being that I never really felt qualified enough to give such advice in as public a forum as this site. These days, I still don't feel super-qualified, but I have made a great deal of progress since those first anxious months of 2004. With that in mind, I'd like to share some lessons I've learned about entering the field of illustration: There Is No True Path The first thing to get straight is that every illustrator is going to have a different path to success. Protect Your Love Not everything you draw should become public. Don't Give Up Give Yourself Time Have A Goal Understand Copyright I know.
The 10 best places to download stock art online
As a designer, you’ll often have a great concept for a project, but the cost of commissioning the illustrator will be beyond your or your client's budget. The idea of using stock art might seem off-putting, because there’s always a sense of diluting your creativity by using work not created specifically for the brief. But the good news is, these days online stock art sites are no longer limited to a handful of tired clichés, but a huge and eclectic variety of illustrations in various styles and sizes, by thousands of talented illustrators. There are many stock art sites out there, from larger companies where illustrations is only part of their offering, to smaller sites focusing purely on illustrators - anything from a tiny handful to a more extensive roster. Below is a list of some of the best and most popular sites for you to check out. 01. iStockphoto A nice feature of iStockphoto’s site is that it allows you to filter by dominant colour. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. Getty Images is huge.
How To Find Freelance Illustration Work - Self-Promotion and Marketing
Unless you’re already a well-known illustrator it can be tough to find work that allows you to earn a living, even with a solid portfolio and professional attitude – in this article I’m going to assume you already have those basics covered. Promoting ourselves is something we need to learn the same way we learn to draw: with a lot of trial and error attempts because no single way works for everyone. There is no clear path to become established. There are, however, a few basic approaches that everyone can rely on. There are two ways to get illustration jobs: Those that find and contact you (passive) and those that you find and contact (active). In this first part I’ll talk about how potential clients can discover you. How to make potential clients find and contact you Pave the way Since internet users have the shortest attention span of any species, it is especially important that they’re able to contact you instantly. Spread your work on- and offline Get involved Word of mouth
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