Product Description

Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market is the essential resource for getting work sold, commissioned, published, and shown--launching the careers of countless artists through the years. The 2005 edition provides readers with:

*2500 updated market listings and industry contacts, including 500 new avenues for artists to approach

*Insider advice from Loren Long, the illustrator of Madonna's Mr. Peabody's Apples; David Mack, comic book illustrator and illustrator of Dare Devil; and other industry experts

*A spectrum of market possibilities, including greeting cards, magazines, posters, book publishers, cartoon features, record labels, and advertising firms

It's all the information artists need to succeed--in one handy volume.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #813735 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 617 pages

About the Author
Mary Cox is an editor at Writer's Digest Books and frequently writes about art and artists.

Customer Reviews

a "must have" for artists: The 2005 AGDM
An invaluable book if you either want to begin or increase your publishing opportunities, "Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market" is the # 1 book to find the markets that fit your talents. The listings are divided into categories; "Greeting Cards, Gifts & Products", "Magazines", "Posters & Prints" and "Book Publishers", and each listing gives the contact person, the type of art they use, the terms they give per illustration, etc., and a web site is usually included, so that you can check if your art is suitable for their product.
There are also many other diverse categories, like "Galleries", "Syndicates & Cartoon Features", "Advertising", and much more, and most categories are interspersed with "Insider Reports" by people who have attained expertise in their field.

The articles in the first two sections of the book will be useful no matter what kind of art you do, and the 2005 issue contains many tips well worth remembering, like information on copyrights, great advice on promotional mailings from postcards to portfolios, and some marvelous interviews with several illustrators, The New Yorker's cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, comic book creator David Mack, and "Success Stories" by Donya Dickerson.

Thanks to editor Mary Cox, for coming up with fresh ideas and improved, updated and expanded listings with every new issue; this is a book I buy every year, and it has always rewarded me well, with new venues for my work, and fresh horizons to conquer.

Overrated
Certainly, if you're looking to market your creative work, this book is one of the core resources. I've bought several editions, and I do use it regularly. Some of the feature articles have been moderately helpful. That being said, I think artists and designers need to know that if they rely solely on this book, they are missing a vast universe of other opportunities. In the greeting card listings, not only are the listings not comprehensive, but some of the major publishers are omitted. And, there are many smaller "niche" publishers with whom an artist might find a "home" -- but you will have to find them on your own. A huge percentage of the listings will be unusable to the average artist or designer. For instance, in the magazine category, there are numerous specialty magazines listed such as: Federal Computer Week, Golf tips Magazine, Grand Rapids Magazine, Hadassah Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Magazine, etc. etc. And, most of these magazines purchase a very limited amount of work from freelance artists. Regarding the Gallery listings, which take up a fairly large chunk of the book, I checked the listings from my own area and found them to be very quirky and incomplete -- one can do much better with a targeted web search. I would love to see the gallery listings omitted and have the book cost five dollars less. Another thing to keep in mind is that any good resource listed in this book is going to be deluged with submissions -- an excellent reason to do one's own research. My advice to any artist or designer who has a marketable style, skill, or body of work, is to get out there and research your market, whether it be at stores, trade shows, etc., or do some strategic surfing on the web, and find your own potential clients -- some will even be flattered to hear from you. I say this in all sincerity, because -- believe me -- I don't need the competition!

A great book
As a professional humorous illustrator/cartoonist, I think that the Artist's Market is one of the best books geared toward helping commercial artists find markets for their work. It has listings of greeting card companies, magazines, poster companies, advertising firms, book publishers and galleries. The listings are up-to-date and there is a short description on what the company publishes and how much they pay for purchased artwork. All in all it is a great book and very helpful.

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