Becoming A Successful IllustratorBecoming A Successful Illustrator 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. Get ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Daviess Becoming a Successful Illustrator. This edition features even more Spotlight on sections, with advice

Becoming A Successful Illustrator

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.

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 practicing 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 practicing professionally as an illustrator.Featured illustrators include: Millie MarottaMark UlriksenNatsko SekiEllen Weinstein Stephen Collins ... and many moreFeatured topics include:Finding clientsAgency representationFields of workFinancial and legal requirementsSkills in art and designSelf-promotionShowing workManaging your business

'I think it’s a great book, exactly the kind of thing that you need when you are starting out in illustration, really informative and helpful.' - David Roberts, illustrator

'This is a comprehensive book, and along with its glossy pages and accessible layout, it’s a winner for anyone you know, including students, seriously considering the profession.' - Digital Arts

'[The authors] understand their subject and audience perfectly and do a wonderful job in communicating one to the other.' - Dwayne Bell, Lecturer in Graphic Design and Illustration, University of Cumbria

'I never make my students buy books, unless they are books they’ll keep on their shelves after graduating. This is one of those exceptions' - Marius Valdes, University of South Carolina, USA

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Derek Brazell, Joe Davis - Дерек Брейзелл, Джо Дэвис

Publisher:Bloomsbury

Language:English

Publication Date:2017

Number of pages:208 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:210 mm / 8,3'

Height:270 mm / 10,6'

Weight:686 g

ISBN:9781474284240