Thanks for the infor also have subscribed, My husband art is all over the place he paint and airbrush landscapes, abstract, peoples, space aliens/ships cars . I have look at many licensing companies and some of the artist, don't see anything that come close to what he do, he don't do any soft colors, have mix feeling
Having a signature style, or something that sets your husband apart is a good thing! Finding the RIGHT companies is really important. I suggest thinking about what type of products would be the best fit and start there!
This is amazing! I think that art licensing is absolutely the way to go, but I have so much more to learn about it. I’m subscribing and heading over to check out more videos!
We definitely recommend a website because it'll be searchable and accessible. You'll also be able to put your most recent work on your website so people can check it out to see if you've added new work. A PDF is great for a pitch deck, but I'd also include a link to your website on the last page.
Thanks for this info! When art directors look at your categories how do they tell you which ones they’d like? Do you name/number them or do they just screenshot? Do you have additional filters you add like Christmas and snowman? I’m using the blog option for my portfolio on squarespace and I don’t think it’s working for me. Any advice on a good format?
Great question! Usually they send screenshots or download the thumbnail from our site, but on our backend we have a spreadsheet with the names/numbers, descptions, client and more. We also name all of our files with the appropriate artwork number, category and collection so it's easy to find! We organize by category, but it would be great if you can add tags to look for things like "snowman". That might be available in artonomo, but our categories are small enough that we haven't felt we needed that!
@@Goodtype 1. How long before there's some steady source of income coming in from royalties (perhaps your beginner's story) 2. How much and what time frame should we pitch to clients in order to avoid overlapping of designs being licensed. Thanks Katie and Ilana!
Ok, question about showing your artwork. On my website, should it be a password protected page? I’m in the stage of building my portfolio. I’ve mocked up a few dream projects (stationery and home decor) that are posted on mr Surface Design info page. Then I was going to password protect the thumbnails of all my work available for licensing.
@@BethAnderson06 great question! We don't password protect our portfolio pages because most of our clients request industry exclusivity, not full exclusivity, meaning we can continue to show the work! If you have work that isn't released, you can always remove it or add a protection, but we want ours to be as easy to find as possible!
Thanks so much for the tips! Straight forward and quick! I have on my portfolio 4 collections, each has around 6 to 10 design variations.. is that enough to start? I'll continue designing and uploading but Im already pitching and imposter syndrome is already nagging me hahaha let me know what you think :) thanks again!
Yes! That sounds like a perfect amount to start with. We recommend 15-30 pieces, so that's a great range. Don't let that imposter syndrome get you down, you got this!
Thank you for this video, it helped clarify and simplify things for me and made this not so overwhelming. In this seasoned stage of life I need simple.
