Freelance Illustrators
Career Snapshot: Freelance Illustrator / Graphic and Web Designer – Cohen Gum
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Graphic Artist’s Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines) $20.16 For years, the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing and Ethical Guidelines has been the industry bible for graphic designers and illustrators. This, the 13th edition, continues the tradition with new information, listings and pricing information based on surveys of working designers. It addresses legal rights and issues such as how copyright laws affect the income and work of graphic artists. I… |
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2012 Artist’s & Graphic Designer’s Market $17.06 THE TOOLS TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ART CAREER 2011 Artist’s & Graphic Designer’s Market is the must-have reference guide for emerging artists who want to establish a successful career in fine art, illustration, cartooning, or graphic design. This edition is packed with resources you can use including: |
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Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer $3.99 Technology has sent shockwaves of change through the world of commercial art. Digital illustration and design, online portfolio sites, and the proliferation of stock art have radically changed the way that illustrators and graphic designers work. What has not changed, however, is the wealth of illustrators and graphic designers hoping to turn their talent into freelance success. More than ever, ar… |
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Basic Canoeing: All the Skills You Need to Get Started $2 Step-by-step photo sequences on correct form and essential strokesIllustrated guide to river maneuversGear, safety, choosing a canoeThis illustrated guide on the essential skills of canoeing should be required reading for anyone getting into the sport. A section on the mechanics of good paddling is followed by a catalog of the most important strokes, each illustrated in sequential photos, with concise text on the key points. Essential river maneuvers—eddy turns, peel-outs, and ferries—are demonstrated by the Olympic paddling team of Wayne Dickert and Horace Holden, Jr.Wayne Dickert is the head of instruction at Nantahala Outdoor Center in North Carolina. He was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Canoe and Kayak Team and a 10-time qualifier for the U.S. Canoe and Kayak National Team. Skip Brown is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Outside, Men’s Journal, Paddler, and many other publications. He photographed Stackpole’s Kayaking with Eric Jackson series: Whitewater Paddling and Playboating. Taina Litwak is a professional illustrator, former president of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, and a certified medical illustrator. |
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Breaking Into Freelance Illustration: A Guide for Artists, Designers and Illustrators $19.99 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. |
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Breaking into Freelance Illustration $19.99 Breaking into Freelance Illustration provides a step-by-step road-map for illustrators looking to promote themselves and running a creative business. Written from the perspective of an experienced freelancer with plenty of industry insiders insight added, this helpful guide gives readers everything they need to start a full-time business, see their work published, or moonlight as an illustrator. This book is a down to earth guide that fills in the creative business blanks. |
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Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business $9.44 As the hipster classic Craft, Inc. did for crafters, this book will teach all types of creatives illustrators, photographers, graphic designers, animators, and more how to build a successful business doing what they love. Freelancing pros Meg Mateo Ilasco and Joy Deangdeelert Cho explain everything from creating a standout portfolio to navigating the legal issues of starting a business. Accessible, spunky, and packed with practical advice, Creative, Inc. is an essential for anyone ready to strike out on their own. |
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Freelance Illustrators Handbook $8.99 Freelance Illustrators Handbook – Carmel Hayes Margaret Rose Press – 1991-06-10 01:00:00.0 |
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How to Draw Fallen Angels: Discover the secrets to drawing, painting, and illustrating beings of the Otherworld $10.59 Mysterious and graceful, angels have sparked imaginations for centuries, making their way into countless legends, works of art, movies, and even current young adult fiction. And now anyone can learn to render these celestial beings with pencil, paint, and digital image-editing software. How to Draw Fallen Angels offers in-depth instructions that guide artists from initial sketches to finished works of art. From a handsome heartthrob to an evil warrior angel, aspiring artists will find a variety of personalities to re-create in a range of edgy artistic styles. Michael Butkus, one of the top entertainment illustrators and concept artists since 1986, has been involved in the advertising and production of more than 1,500 films and series. For the last 14 years, he has worked on countless film and television projects and received numerous awards for his striking visuals. Mike’s studio is located at Associates In Art in Sherman Oaks, CA.Michelle Prather is a freelance writer who began her career covering business for Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur’s Start-Ups, and Entrepreneur International magazines. She has also penned gift books and guided journals for Avalanche Publishing, and edited novels at TOKYOPOP. She holds an M.A. in history and a B.A. in film, and she dwells happily in her Los Angeles–area abode with her husband, two stepdaughters, a toddler, and one kooky terrier. |
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How to Draw Vampires: Discover the secrets to drawing, painting, and illustrating immortals of the Night (Fantasy Underground Series) $10.59 Over the years, vampires have earned a permanent place in pop culture. Numerous movies, TV shows, and book series have only upped the demand for these mythological beings. And now anyone can learn to draw and paint vampires with this in-depth handbook. How to Draw Vampires covers everything from rendering sharp fangs and glowing eyes to creating stylish immortal fashion. The book also contains 15 step-by-step projects featuring a mix of pencil, paint, and digital image-editing instruction, allowing artists to replicate each scene in graphic detail. Evil vampires, handsome vampires, gothic lairs, and the forbidden love between human and vampire merely scratch the surface of subjects in this must-have title. Michael Butkus, one of the top entertainment illustrators and concept artists since 1986, has been involved in the advertising and production of more than 1,500 films and series.  For the last 14 years, he has worked on countless film and television projects and received numerous awards for his striking visuals.  Mike’s studio is located at Associates In Art Art in Sherman Oaks, CA.Merrie Destefano left a 9-to-5 desk job to become a full-time freelance editor and novelist, writing science fiction and fantasy.  With 20 years of experience in publishing, her background ranges from award-winning graphic designer and illustrator to editor of Victorian Homes magazine and founding editor of Cottages & Bungalows magazine.  She currently lives in Southern California with her husband, their German shepherds, and a Siamese cat. |
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How to Draw Zombies: Discover the Secrets to Drawing, Painting, and Illustrating the Undead $19.95 From the pages of great literature to Hollywood movies, zombies are appearing everywhere. Now aspiring artists can bring them to life, so to speak, by learning to render them with pencil, paint, and digital image-editing software. This comprehensive book gets into all the gory details, such as creating bloodshot eyes, forming robust brows, and imitating the look of pale, dead flesh. How to Draw Zombies also features 15 step-by-step projects that guide artists from initial sketches to finished works of art, including a Voodoo Queen, a gothic zombie, and even a zombie romance.  Michael Butkus, one of the top entertainment illustrators and concept artists since 1986, has been involved in the advertising and production of more than 1,500 films and series. For the last 14 years, he has worked on countless film and television projects and received numerous awards for his striking visuals. Mike’s studio is located at Associates In Art in Sherman Oaks, CA. Merrie Destefano left a 9-to-5 desk job to become a full-time freelance editor and novelist, writing science fiction and fantasy. With 20 years of experience in publishing, her background ranges from award-winning graphic designer and illustrator to editor of Victorian Homes magazine and founding editor of Cottages & Bungalows magazine. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband, their German shepherds, and a Siamese cat. |
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How to be an Illustrator $24.95 At last! Here is true practical help for budding freelance illustrators. This book helps you avoid the pitfalls that can ruin a career, with advice on crucial first impressions, how to create a portfolio and approach clients, how to negotiate contracts, and how to handle, deliver, and bill the first job. It discusses how to set up a studio, maintain a steady flow of work, and manage time and money. In addition, it provides information on successful self-promotion, self-publishing, and the prosand cons of agents. Packed with useful tips gleaned from the author’s own career and his work as an agent handling major artists in the US and UK, the book includes interviews with nine big-name illustrators. The reader benefits from their experience of starting out; what they learned during the metamorphosis from student to professional; what their expectations and experiences have been. In addition, art directors and commissioners describe the ways they like to be approachedand the ways they really dislike. |
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Indian Illustrators $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Bhanu Athaiya née Rajopadhye (Marathi: ) (28 April 1926-) is Indian cinema’s most well-regarded costume designer, having worked in over 100 films, since 1950s, with noted filmmakers like Guru Dutt, Yash Chopra, Raj Kapoor, Ashutosh Gowariker, and international directors like Conrad Rooks and Richard Attenborough. She made her debut as a film costume designer with the film C.I.D. in 1956 , and followed it up with other Guru Dutt classics like Pyaasa (1959), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960) and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1964). In her career spanning 50 year she has received numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Costume Design (The Oscar), for her work in 1982 film, Gandhi, which made her the first Indian to win an Oscar , and also two National Film Awards, in 1991 and 2002. She currently resides in Mumbai. Bhanu Athaiya was born Bhanumati Annasaheb Rajopadhye in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India on the 28th of April. She was the third of seven children born to Annasaheb and Shantabai Rajopadhye. Annasaheb died when Bhanumati was still nine years old . Her education in art began early as an art teacher used to come home to teach her drawing. Later after finishing her schooling, she enrolled at Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, where she graduated in fine arts, with top honours, winning the gold medal, a fellowship and was nominated a member of the Progressive Artists’ Group, founded by Francis Newton Souza, and which included artists by M. F. Husain and S. H. Raza . She started her career as a freelance fashion illustrator with various women’s magazines in Bombay, including the ‘Eve’s Weekly’ ; later when its editor opened a boutique, she asked Bhanu to try designing dresses, hereupon she discovered her flair for designing clothes… More: |
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The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration $190 The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, Second EditionSponsored by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and written by top illustrators, scientists, and industry experts, The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration, Second Edition is an indispensable reference guide for anyone who produces, assigns, or simply appreciates scientific illustration.Offering broad coverage and more than 620 outstanding illustrations, this new edition offers up-to-date coverage on all aspects of this specialized field, from illustrating molecules and 3D modeling to important material and advice on copyright and contractual concerns, as well as establishing a freelance business.With step-by-step instructions, in-depth coverage of illustrative techniques and related tools, and helpful advice on the day-to-day business of scientific illustrating, it is easy to see why scientific illustrators refer to this book as their bible. |