Product Description

At last! Here is true practical help for budding freelance illustrators. This book helps you avoid the pitfalls that can ruin a career, with advice on crucial first impressions, how to create a portfolio and approach clients, how to negotiate contracts, and how to handle, deliver, and bill the first job. It discusses how to set up a studio, maintain a steady flow of work, and manage time and money. In addition, it provides information on successful self-promotion, self-publishing, and the pros and cons of agents.

Packed with useful tips gleaned from the author's own career and his work as an agent handling major artists in the US and UK, the book includes interviews with nine big-name illustrators. The reader benefits from their experience of starting out; what they learned during the metamorphosis from student to professional; what their expectations and experiences have been. In addition, art directors and commissioners describe the ways they like to be approached and the ways they really dislike.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66053 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781856695305
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Darrel Rees has worked as an illustrator since 1986, joining influential London studio The Big Orange in 1992. In 1994 he co-founded illustration agency Heart (London and New York). He contributed to The Education of an Illustrator, edited by Steven Heller. He is a member of the Society of Publication Designers in New York and D&AD in the UK, acting as a jury foreman on its awards scheme.

Customer Reviews

Every Young Illustrator's Bible
I teach illustration in an art college, and this is a book I recommend to all my students.
Illustrators know they are artists, but often tend to forget that they are small business owners as well. Talent alone won't bring them illustration income.
Until this book was published, I used to recommend How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul, which is still a wonderful book to read for aspiring illustrators, however I am excited that a book specifically written for Illustrators in this topic is finally here. Thank you Darrel.

Darrel Rees is genius.
Fantastically written with mountains of insightful, first-hand experiences.

I reread chapters in this book often seeing as to how Darrel not only offers great advice but reading the many interviews from successful illustrators working in today's field is indeed refreshing and eye-opening.

Ultimately, this book will be worth your time and money, but most definitely your time.

good and honest advice
I loved this book. I had a hard time putting it down. I can smell bs a mile away whether its coming from a person or from the pages of a book. I was pleased that my money was well spent on this book. The author is very honest about what it means to be an illustrator in today's world. He is both realistic and optimistic.

I believe that people can make a living from their art and illustrations, I don't buy the lie that all artists have to be poor, a lot of artists however don't bother to learn about the business end of things. This should be read by students who are considering the arts and by recent graduates. This book is like a good friend guiding you step by step.

I believe knowledge is power and the more informed you are the better that you're off. I think its great that its possible to make a living from art if you go about it the right way. There aren't any guarantees in life but there's no need to be a debbie downer. Its definitely possible and this book will help an artist go into the right direction. This is definitely a keeper.