:: Tips & Resources for Illustrators
Here is a quick list of some of my previous posts on the business of illustration…
Quoting & Business tips for illustrators :
- • How much to charge for illustrations
- • Association of Illustrators 2007 Fees & Standard Pricing (new)
- • Increase the revenue of your illustration business
- • Researching before you create
- • Set up an illustration business in 10 steps
- • Time Tracking your illustration projects
Marketing Tips :
- • Tips for creating a great promotional brochure
- • Cold Calling tips for illustrators
- • Greeting Card design & illustration tips
- • Christmas holiday promotional ideas
- • How to build an illustration portfolio
- • How to find Children’s Book Publishers!
- • How to promote yourself as an illustrator
- • How to prepare samples to send to publishers
- • Resume writing tips for Illustrators
Art Materials Tips & Techniques :
- • Archiving artwork & artfiles
- • How to Clean Oily Paint Brushes
- • Tips for handling art supplies safely
- • Understanding Artist Materials Toxicity labels
- • How to safely recycle diluents
- • Scanners : alternative uses
- • Photoshop Tutorial : Colouring pencil drawings in PS2
- • Using iPhoto to catalogue illustrations (new)
- • Creating colour swatches with myPantone (new)
Tips for Children’s Book Illustrators :
- • In The Picture | (resources on including the disabled in picturebooks) (new)
- • Eco-Libris | Offset the carbon footprint of your picturebook (new)
- • How to illustrate a children’s book
- • How to promote your children’s book through a blog
- • Writer’s Seminar Notes on writing for Picturebooks
Freebies :
- • Vectorized Recycling Symbols (236 Kb PDF)
- • Time Sheet Template PDF (100Kb)
- • Typadelic Fonts : A beautiful collection of design friendly handwritten and unpretentious script fonts… including a few fonts you can download for free courtesy of Ms. Penner!
Recommended Blogs, Podcasts, Websites & Portfolio sites for Illustrators :
