Illustrators’ Survey 2018/19
Hire an Illustrator has published an interesting survey with contributions from over 1400 working and freelance illustrators. Please go and check it out and let us know what you think. Our key takeaway is...
Category: Tutorial & Resources
WMC: Off-The-Grid 2018
WMC: Off-The-Grid Dates – October 5 – 7th, 2018 Location – Ohio 44842 Website – http://wmcfest.com WMC: Off-The-Grid is an offshoot of Weapons of Mass Creation Fest, Go Media’s annual design conference. WMC: Off-The-Grid...
Don’t Forget to Promote Yourself
It’s very easy as a creative individual who loves what they do to forget that they’re running a business, and that for a business to survive, it needs to make money. Producing beautiful illustrations...
Scott Dubar’s Tips for 365 Drawing Challenges
Scott Dubar posted his top 5 tips back in April on how to complete a 365 day drawing challenge after completing one himself. For most I’d assume it sounds like an impossible task especially...
ProjectCast with Kyle T. Webster
Following on from Drawn + Drafted‘s stonkin’ live podcast with Thomas James, they’ve got a new ProjectCast coming up with Kyle T. Webster (Kyle’s Brushes). It’ll be broadcast live on Monday 15th May 10:00...
Ideation Lab Spring 2017
Time is running out to sign up for Sterling Hundley‘s excellent 2017 Spring Ideation Lab. The course was designed for visual artists looking to deliver unique, thought-provoking ideas within the constraints of client limitations,...
So you want to be an illustrator?!
The LCS isn’t the bustling creative web portal it once was due to the sudden and all engulfing rise of social networks like Facebook and Twitter. However, we still keep an eye on things...
The LCS Illustration Agent Directory
The LCS isn’t as fast moving as it use to be, but we still like to keep the content turning over when we can. So as part of the LCS’s ongoing mission to be...
BAI it! #BAIitMore / Aspiring illustrator?
If you’re an aspiring illustrator and you live in or around the Baltimore area… BAI it! #BAIitMore 🙂 via Alex Fine. Link: baltimoreillustration.com/courses/ Image credit: Jimmy Malone, Fall 2015
Budgeting for Illustration, Know thy Client
Part of what I do at Hire an Illustrator is have clients send me their job briefs and then make appropriated recommendations about who they should hire for their projects in the form of a...
Get your professional conduct on!
There’s a new post up on the Hire an Illustrator blog and it goes into the ins and outs of how to conduct yourself when it comes to talking about clients after the fact...
Finding your niche!
It’s all well and good telling people you’re a Jack of all trades… if you’re a handyman. But even if a client doesn’t have a specific style in mind, you’re not going to stand...
Art Business Bootcamp with Marc & Lauren
Marc Scheff and AD Lauren Panepinto of Drawn + Drafted and Dear AD are now accepting sign ups for their Art Business BootCamp! It looks like it’s going to be a fantastic program with...
Why as a freelancer you shouldn’t work-for-hire!
It’s actually really simple: every time you create a new, original piece of work you own the copyright to it. Instantly. Automatically. You don’t need to apply for it, it’s yours… even if you...
