Tell me what you want to know about getting into illustration / picture books. I will be doing live videos soon to answer any questions you might have as well.💬 Let me know what you want to learn about below!💛💛💛
- How would you find clients to work with online? Would you use an app such as Instagram and then authors would contact you after finding your work on there? Or what website/app did you find that helped you gain traction for your work and begin to make $$$? - Was it difficult to find someone you could work with when you first started illustrating for authors? If so, what tips would you give us to make it easier to find someone? - Is it really necessary to go to an art school and get an art related degree to be able to work as a children’s book illustrator? - What channels/websites do you recommend us to watch or use to educate ourselves on the business side of being a children’s book illustrator and the actual drawing part of the job? - How much time do the authors you work with give you to complete the illustrations for their book? Are they usually pleasant to work with? Thank you so much! I’m graduating next year (so really soon!) and I’m contemplating on what career I wanna take on and they’re quite different from each other (teaching, medicine, art) but all have one thing in common: they all involve kids! Also I apologize because I just realized how much stuff I put on here 😂😅
@@thirtyonepigeons9539 I looove these questions! I will answer them within a week or so in a video but also-- I will be going live ideally 11/20 to talk about a few. I’ll do my best to get to them all🙏🏾 thank you for sharing these.
There’s so much we aren’t taught in school when it comes to art. Career options, marketing, social media, content creation, understanding the print world, creating a CV, making connections. It’s a tough industry for sure!
ty for this!! im a junior in highschool and had no real passion for any jobs. that is until i read one of my favorite childhood books and it just clicked for me. i wanna be a childrens book author and illustrator
Regarding 11:00 - I remember the first time I reread my favorite childhood children's book with the perspective of an artist and one of the things that wooed my heart was how simply it was drawn. I encouraged me so much and I intentionally incorporate that in my work now ^_^
thank you so much for this! I’m a young artist who has been seeking to get my passion back for art and find a way to use it to support myself whilst in college!!
"I wasn't breaking the law" Hahaha! I really felt that. I haven't had success yet - still grinding, but everytime someone *does* exchange money with me for my work it's like - "REALLY!? REALLY!?" Thank you for sharing your experience. So valuable to hear your experience.
Hi Shellene, I feel blessed to have come across your video. I am a children's book self published author. I have been on a search to find someone who can see my vision of the character in the book. I would love to speak to you about doing the illustration for a second edition of Royalty is Fed Up!, a book for young readers.
Oh! I'm so happy to have come across this video! ^-^ I have a similar journey to you...from 2 years art school, interests in Psych and linguistics! It feels amazing to hear a story similar to my own as a black woman... I've recently just started taking my art seriously again and this video has been such an inspiration boost. ✨💖 Thank you!
SO happy to meet you!!! That so incredible how much we both align in our interests!!!! INSANE! Im glad I followed my gut and shared my story! I'll be cheering you on along your journey. If there's is anything I can define, help with OR clarify. please let me know, and Ill do my best to help any way I can. Have a beautiful day!
Hi Shellene, I liked your video. I too am a illustrator but struggle with " the business" side of becoming a professional artist so I guess this is normal for many of us.
The business side is definitely a learning process. I've learned a lot of the past 5 years, and there still much more to know as your business grows. Thank you for watching, I am glad you liked the video. I hope we can continue to learn and develop our illustrations and business'😁
Hi Genny, Definitely SVS Learn. Especially, in the long run i found a lot of the advice to be true, or some variation of what was mentioned. Its great for getting familiar with different approaches and answering the questions I had in my mine specific to the industry. Sometimes you are doing the right thing and just need that reassurance if you're on the right track or not. For a strong general education---Schoolism was and is a great continuous online school that I like to subscribe to freshen up and improve my overall work/style. I hope this help!
It would definitely be a great tool, but not completely necessary if you have self discipline and a strong drive to learn or explore art on your own to develop your own style, knowledge base, techniques, "practise".
