Breaking Into Freelance Illustration: A Guide for Artists, Designers and Illustrators (1st ed.)

Build Your Own Thriving Illustration BusinessThe boundaries between art, design and illustration are blurring, and with all the new opportunities for visual creatives, now is the perfect time to unleash your talent on the world!Breaking Into Freelance Illustration provides a step-by-step roadmap for promoting yourself and running your creative business.

You'll find up-to-date advice about best business practices, ideas for new promotional tools, answers to common questions and words of wisdom and inspiration from top illustrators.

This book shows you how to:Set up a home office and balance your professional and personal lifeCreate a professional portfolio and promote your work onlineSearch out and negotiate with potential clientsCreate your own brand and work with an agentDevelop a fair and accurate system for pricing your workNetwork within the creative communityFull of industry insight, this book is a down-to-earth guide that fills in the creative business blanks.

If you've ever wanted to moonlight as an illustrator, start a full-time business, or simply see your work published, this book will give you the information you need to make it happen.