Thoughts on Illustration

10 Tips for Launching Your Illustration Career

Episode Summary

Learn how to illustrate ideas in Sweet Spots: Expressing Big Ideas in Small Illustrations — https://skl.sh/3e8Wl33 — Use my links to get 30 days free on Skillshare. So you know how to illustrate — now, how do you start your career as an illustrator? In this episode, I'll share 10 key strategies that helped kickstart my illustration career. These personal yet practical tips offer valuable insights for aspiring illustrators looking to advance in the industry. Whether you're seeking a reminder of fundamental practices or hoping for fresh perspectives, this episode provides a blend of familiar and surprising advice to motivate and inspire. This episode originally launched in July 2023 as a Patron's Only "Summer Shorts" episode.

Episode Notes

Learn how to illustrate ideas in Sweet Spots: Expressing Big Ideas in Small Illustrations — https://skl.sh/3e8Wl33 — Use my links to get 30 days free on Skillshare.

So you know how to illustrate — now, how do you start your career as an illustrator? In this episode, I'll share 10 key strategies that helped kickstart my illustration career. These personal yet practical tips offer valuable insights for aspiring illustrators looking to advance in the industry. Whether you're seeking a reminder of fundamental practices or hoping for fresh perspectives, this episode provides a blend of familiar and surprising advice to motivate and inspire. This episode originally launched in July 2023 as a Patron's Only "Summer Shorts" episode.

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IN THIS EPISODE

• Episode intro
• Thanks/How to Support
• Updates
  1. Skillshare Referral Drive Update (Thanks for showing up for me!)
  2. Response to Episode 30 in Designer Sketches: Learning to Speak Machine with John Maeda
• 10 Things I Did to Get my Illustration Career Off the Ground
  • Tip 1 - Start as a designer
  • Tip 2 - Make everything about illustration
  • Tip 3 - Make mistakes
  • Tip 4 - Start it on the side
  • Tip 5 - Start local
  • Tip 6 - Submit work to blogs, collections and awards
  • Tip 7 - Have a daily project that you share
  • Tip 8 - Invest in special self-promotion
  • Tip 9 - Get an agent (when you are ready)
  • Tip 10 - Pay attention to what others say about you
• Conclusion
  • Plant seeds now, that's the only way you'll see growth later
  • Don't listen to the bad stuff people say, embrace only the positive
• Outro

EPISODE LINKS

Learning How to Speak Machine with John Maeda — https://designersketches.substack.com/p/learning-how-to-speak-machine-with