Breaking Into Freelance Illustration: A Guide for Artists, Designers and Illustrators
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Build Your Own Thriving Illustration Business
The boundaries between art, design and illustration are blurring, and with all the new opportunities for visual creatives, now is the perfect time to unleash your talent on the world!
Breaking Into Freelance Illustration provides a step-by-step roadmap for promoting yourself and running your creative business. You''ll find up-to-date advice about best business practices, ideas for new promotional tools, answers to common questions and words of wisdom and inspiration from top illustrators.
This book shows you how to:
Full of industry insight, this book is a down-to-earth guide that fills in the creative business blanks. If you''ve ever wanted to moonlight as an illustrator, start a full-time business, or simply see your work published, this book will give you the information you need to make it happen.
The boundaries between art, design and illustration are blurring, and with all the new opportunities for visual creatives, now is the perfect time to unleash your talent on the world!
Breaking Into Freelance Illustration provides a step-by-step roadmap for promoting yourself and running your creative business. You''ll find up-to-date advice about best business practices, ideas for new promotional tools, answers to common questions and words of wisdom and inspiration from top illustrators.
This book shows you how to:
- Set up a home office and balance your professional and personal life
- Create a professional portfolio and promote your work online
- Search out and negotiate with potential clients
- Create your own brand and work with an agent
- Develop a fair and accurate system for pricing your work
- Network within the creative community
Full of industry insight, this book is a down-to-earth guide that fills in the creative business blanks. If you''ve ever wanted to moonlight as an illustrator, start a full-time business, or simply see your work published, this book will give you the information you need to make it happen.
Title:Breaking Into Freelance Illustration: A Guide for Artists, Designers and Illustrators
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:272 pages, 9 X 6 X 0.9 in
Shipping dimensions:272 pages, 9 X 6 X 0.9 in
Published:September 21, 2009
Publisher:Adams Media
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9781600611971