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The Illustrator’s Guide: How to create an exceptional freelance illustration career
£15.20
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 that stands out from the crowd:
- Discover what you need to get started
- Find your drive and create a winning mindset
- Curate a portfolio that clients love
- Form great habits for your creative practice
- Get feedback that supports and improves your work
- Find quality clients and get hired
- Manage your money and business efficiently
- Price work and handle negotiation
- Deal with licensing, rights and contracts
- Secure an agent and work as a team
The complete motivational toolkit, The lllustrator’s Guide won’t just help you create your illustration career.
It’ll help you make it exceptional.
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Additional information
| Publisher | James Hughes (29 Oct. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 227 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1399962671 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1399962674 |
| Dimensions | 12.85 x 1.45 x 19.84 cm |
by Amazon Customer
I bought James’ book as I know from following him on social media that he has a wealth of knowledge on the subject of freelance illustration careers – and I was not disappointed. The book was packed full with tips on how to get started in the business, which is appropriate whether you’re fresh out of art school or are switching careers mid-life. I particularly liked the way that the book was structured, with an initial focus on how to build a portfolio (and stay motivated when there isn’t someone breathing down your neck or setting deadlines for you), before moving on to some of the nuts and bolts of the business side of being a freelance creative. I’ve just finished reading it through for the first time and am now planning to go back, section-by-section, to do some of the exercises.
by Michael
James sent me an advance of the book and I read it all within 2 days. There is so much valuable information for any budding illustrator in here – and all written in a very accessible way. I found the bullet point chapter summaries particularly helpful! The book covers everything you would need to know to start a career in illustration, and a lot of industry insights that I found weren’t really discussed much at University. Highly recommend to anybody looking to start out in illustration!
by Alexander Wells
I’ve been a fulltime illustrator for 13 years now and I’ve had to pick up the odd grain of knowledge along the way in order to make it a successfull career. I studied Illustration at university and although we delved deeply into artistic exploration we we’re given hardly any pratical advice about how to actually go about making it into a profession.
I was given an advance copy of this book and I wish it had been around when I graduated. Easily digestible and packed full of inside tips and tricks you’d normally have to spend years learning about on the job, this will help new illustrators start their journey but also give practicing illustrators a helpful refresher into new ways to build a better career.
Highly recommend to anyone interested in Illustration.
by Peter Henderson
This is such an invaluable resource for illustration students and those entering the business of freelance illustration. Jam-packed with useful tips and insider knowledge from an agent’s perspective – it’s everything I wish I’d known as a graduate, in a very accessible format.
by Michael
Really grateful James decided to compile his immense knowledge of the illustration business into this book packed with tips and tricks to make it in the field. I especially loved the little exercises scattered throughout the book, useful and fun too. Definitely will recommend this book to anyone wanting to be a professional illustrator as well as all my seasoned illustrator pals!
by Melanie Johnsson
There is sooo much value packed into this book! For any illustrator who’s looking to take the leap to freelance, this is an absolute essential. It takes you through practical steps of how to, not only start your career but how to manage your freelance practice as a successful business.
I wish they’d have had this content at my uni! Thoroughly recommend.
by Melanie Johnsson
I got an advanced copy of this to read and it’s great. The book covers so many important and useful topics, from getting in the right headspace, to finding clients and sorting contracts. An essential for anybody new to the business, or interested in it as a career.