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The Illustrator's Guide: How to create an exceptional freelance illustration career

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: [S.I.] [s.n] 2023.Description: 215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781399962674
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.6402 HUG 2023
Contents:
1. How to develop an exceptional mindset -- 2. Facing challenges and overcoming barriers -- 3 .Your start-up essentials -- 4. Developing your portfolio -- 5. Forming and maintaining your creative habit -- 6. Practice makes progress -- 7. Get feedback on your work -- 8. How to find clients -- 9. Working with clients -- 10. How to deal with client briefs -- 11. Managing your money -- 12. A freelancer is a business -- 13. Pricing your work and negotiating -- 14. Licensing, rights and contracts -- 15. Finding an agent -- 16. Working with an agent
Summary: Are you new to the Illustration Business? Fresh out of college, changing career or in your early years as an illustrator? The Illustrator’s Guide gives you the essentials to kick-start your professional freelance career – and make it outstanding. Packed with expert, step-by-step guidance, top tips and exercises, this practical book shows you how to be an illustrator who stands out from the crowd. It covers all parts of developing a creative freelance career, including: forming good creative habits, finding clients, developing a great portfolio of work, getting feedback from people in the industry, contracts and copyright, and how to find an agent. The Illustrator's Guide is the ultimate companion for creatives entering the world of freelance illustration. It will be your companion all the way from enthusiastic beginner to confident professional and will guide you through every aspect of the business of illustration.
List(s) this item appears in: New Book 2025
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741.64 MAL 2024 Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective. 741.64 REE 1991 The best in covers and posters / 741.64 RIV 2007 Book art : 741.6402 HUG 2023 The Illustrator's Guide: How to create an exceptional freelance illustration career 741.6409 HAR 1981 The History Of The Illustrated Book 741.64094 EUR 1984 European illustration : 741.640973 ILL 2006 Illustrator 48 :

The Illustrator’s Guide is the ultimate handbook to launch your illustration career, and will be your companion all the way from enthusiastic beginner to confident professional.

1. How to develop an exceptional mindset -- 2. Facing challenges and overcoming barriers -- 3 .Your start-up essentials -- 4. Developing your portfolio -- 5. Forming and maintaining your creative habit -- 6. Practice makes progress -- 7. Get feedback on your work -- 8. How to find clients -- 9. Working with clients -- 10. How to deal with client briefs -- 11. Managing your money -- 12. A freelancer is a business -- 13. Pricing your work and negotiating -- 14. Licensing, rights and contracts -- 15. Finding an agent -- 16. Working with an agent

Are you new to the Illustration Business? Fresh out of college, changing career or in your early years as an illustrator? The Illustrator’s Guide gives you the essentials to kick-start your professional freelance career – and make it outstanding. Packed with expert, step-by-step guidance, top tips and exercises, this practical book shows you how to be an illustrator who stands out from the crowd. It covers all parts of developing a creative freelance career, including: forming good creative habits, finding clients, developing a great portfolio of work, getting feedback from people in the industry, contracts and copyright, and how to find an agent. The Illustrator's Guide is the ultimate companion for creatives entering the world of freelance illustration. It will be your companion all the way from enthusiastic beginner to confident professional and will guide you through every aspect of the business of illustration.