A:
Animator
Architecture
Animal Illustrator
Advertising
B:
Bags
C:
Children's Illustrator
Cartoons (1)
Concept designer
D:
Designer
Decorative illustrator
E:
Educational publications (2)
Editorial work
Etching printer
F:
Fashion designer
Freelance
G:
Graphic designer
Greetings cards (3)
H:
Home ware designer
I:
Illustrator
Interior designer
J:
Jigsaw puzzle designer
K:
L:
Letter press
M:
Magazines
Merchandise designer
Medical journals (4)
N:
Newspapers
O:
P:
Printer
Publisher
Pattern designer
Q:
R:
S:
Stencil printer
Shopping bags
Screen prints
Shop windows/interiors
Storyboard (5)
T:
Technician
Textbooks (6)
Theatre Scenery Designer
U:
Upholstery Designer
V:
Video Games (7)
W:
Writer/Illustrator of books
Wrapping Paper (8)
X:
Y:
Z:
As you can see from the list of jobs above, there are many
ways of working as an illustrator. It’s important to have your own blog or
website as it “can help get your name out there in the art world.”(9) Having an
online domain makes it easy for potential clients to view your work and see the
kind of stuff you do. Illustrator Emma Block, shared that “the positive
feedback encouraged me, and I continued to produce work and share it online.”(10)
A blog or website is easy to update with your most recent work therefore
keeping it relevant to the everyday market of illustration.
Although working as a freelance illustrator proves successful to many, it is also useful to “get an agent” (11) as Emma Block explained in her article “the Bright Agency, who have been wonderful and worked hard to keep me in work.” (12) If there is a time when you don’t have much work coming in or work to do, having an agent means that they have the responsibility of finding work for you, instead of you finding it yourself.
It is important to have a number of skills as this means that you are versatile in your way of working and “you will need to be able to adapt your way of thinking and illustrating to fit a client’s brief.”(13) You may one day be presented with a brief that is completely out of your comfort zone but “having great technical skills”…means “you will be much more efficient and responsive when clients have feedback.” (14) Clients aren’t always going to be happy with the work you first present them and they may ask you to make some changes. This is where being competent with skills, especially digital, come in handy as it is a quick and sufficient way of altering a piece of work.
Although working as a freelance illustrator proves successful to many, it is also useful to “get an agent” (11) as Emma Block explained in her article “the Bright Agency, who have been wonderful and worked hard to keep me in work.” (12) If there is a time when you don’t have much work coming in or work to do, having an agent means that they have the responsibility of finding work for you, instead of you finding it yourself.
It is important to have a number of skills as this means that you are versatile in your way of working and “you will need to be able to adapt your way of thinking and illustrating to fit a client’s brief.”(13) You may one day be presented with a brief that is completely out of your comfort zone but “having great technical skills”…means “you will be much more efficient and responsive when clients have feedback.” (14) Clients aren’t always going to be happy with the work you first present them and they may ask you to make some changes. This is where being competent with skills, especially digital, come in handy as it is a quick and sufficient way of altering a piece of work.
Working as an illustrator “requires self-confidence and self-knowledge.”
(15) It is important to know what you are capable of and advertise your own
work. You will need to make new contacts frequently to keep your client list
extending “get on the phone, blog, email new people, set up new meetings, send
stuff in the post” (16) basically just constantly work on getting yourself
known.
It is also important to be able to deal with
rejection. “Not every job offer will turn into actual work.” (17) The
illustration industry is competitive and clients will often decide to go with
a different illustrator. However, when this happens it is important to “ask for
feedback and act on it” (18). The only way you will be able to better yourself
is by working on the areas that are failing you.References:
(1) Learn.org
(2) Learn.org
(3) Learn.org
(4) Learn.org
(5) Learn.org
(6) Learn.org
(7) Learn.org
(8) Learn.org
(9) Block, Emma (2011)
(10) Block, Emma (2011)
(11) Wray, Anna (2014)
(12) Block, Emma (2011)
(13) Wray, Anna (2014)
(14) Williams, Nate
(15) Wray, Anna (2014)
(16) Wray, Anna (2014)
(17) Block, Emma (2011)
(18) Wray, Anna (2014)
Block, Emma (2011) Becoming a professional illustrator: an insider’s guide. http://www.theguardian.com/careers/working-professional-illustrator-insiders-guide
Learn.Org What Are My Career Options in Illustration? http://learn.org/articles/Illustration_Careers_What_Are_My_Job_Options.html.
Williams, Nate How to start your illustration career. http://www.n8w.com/wp/552
Wray, Anna (2014) 5
things you need to become a successful illustrator http://www.creativebloq.com/illustration/successful-illustrator-41411369
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