Becoming a Successful Illustrator

Name: Becoming a Successful Illustrator
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781474284240
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By Derek Brazell and Professor Jo Davies

Series: Creative Careers

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Becoming a Successful Illustrator by Derek Brazell and Professor Jo Davies is an essential, updated guide for aspiring illustrators entering the professional world. This second edition expands on practical advice with new ‘Spotlight on…’ sections featuring insights from established illustrators and commissioners, plus extended coverage of moving image, character illustration, and social media. The book offers actionable tips on finding clients, marketing, managing finances, and running an illustration business with over 200 inspiring artworks to stimulate creativity.
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This book is ideal for art and design students, emerging illustrators, and anyone interested in turning illustration into a professional career. It suits those seeking practical guidance on building and managing a successful illustration business.

Prepares students to enter the working world of illustration. Combining advice and tips from practicing illustrators, agents, and commissioners, this is a must-have guide to working in illustration.

Prepares students to enter the working world of illustration. Combining advice and tips from practicing illustrators, agents, and commissioners, this is a must-have guide to working in illustration.

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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 practising 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 practising 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

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Praised for its informative and helpful content, this book is highly recommended for those starting out or seriously pursuing illustration. Reviewers commend its comprehensive coverage, accessible layout, and the authors' deep understanding of both the subject and audience. It is considered a lasting resource valuable to students and professionals alike.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474284240

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 November 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 200 colour illus

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 208.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Career Development Derek Brazell Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Professor Jo Davies Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Creative Careers

About the Author

Derek Brazell is a manager at the Association of Illustrators and is the Publisher of Varoom illustration magazine.
Jo Davies is Associate Professor of Illustration at Plymouth University in the UK and an active illustrator.