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Becoming a Successful Illustrator (Creative Careers) Paperback – November 30, 2017
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Get ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Davies's Becoming a Successful Illustrator.
This edition features even more 'Spotlight on…' sections, with advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people that commission them. You can enjoy added coverage in fields such as moving image, character illustration and social media. There are also new exercises to get you started planning and building your business, and over 200 inspirational examples of artwork, most of which are new to this edition.
You can expect practical tips on how to seek work, how to market yourself and how to run your illustration business in an enterprising way, with advice that will prove useful long after your first commission. Building on the resources of the first edition, this continues to be the must-have guide to practicing professionally as an illustrator.
Featured illustrators include:
Millie Marotta
Mark Ulriksen
Natsko Seki
Ellen Weinstein
Stephen Collins
... and many more
Featured topics include:
Finding clients
Agency representation
Fields of work
Financial and legal requirements
Skills in art and design
Self-promotion
Showing work
Managing your business
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBloomsbury Visual Arts
- Publication dateNovember 30, 2017
- Dimensions10.6 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches
- ISBN-101474284248
- ISBN-13978-1474284240
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"I think it’s a great book, exactly the kind of thing that you need when you are starting out in illustration, really informative and helpful." - David Roberts, illustrator
"[The authors] understand their subject and audience perfectly and do a wonderful job in communicating one to the other." - Dwayne Bell, Lecturer in Graphic Design and Illustration, University of Cumbria
"I never make my students buy books, unless they are books they’ll keep on their shelves after graduating. This is one of those exceptions" - Marius Valdes, University of South Carolina, USA
About the Author
Jo Davies is Associate Professor of Illustration at Plymouth University in the UK and an active illustrator.
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- Publisher : Bloomsbury Visual Arts; 2nd edition (November 30, 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1474284248
- ISBN-13 : 978-1474284240
- Item Weight : 1.51 pounds
- Dimensions : 10.6 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #937,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #777 in Illustration and Graphic Design
- #2,546 in Job Hunting & Career Guides
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The topics covered includes the challenges one might face as an illustrator, who the clients are and where to find them, different fields of work, self promotion, getting your work seen, securing work, understanding the finance and business side, setting your rates, legal issues, agency representation and other job tips.
The write-up is almost in academia style. Along the way are many spotlight features written by clients and illustrators talking about their own experience and issues. There are things like how you can get noticed by clients, the different types of promotion, whether you should get an agent, etc. There are some good tips on what you can do to be more successful and stand out from the crowd.
The book takes a well rounded approach and covers most of the technicalities of what's required for the job.
Overall, it's fairly helpful guide into what you can expect in the future working as an illustrator.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2022
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