I am extraordinarily blessed to do what I love for a living. Somehow in the last decade I’ve turned a hobby into a profession and then into a lifestyle. While I don’t claim any profound wisdom nor that my path is the best one, I thought that some aspiring artists out there might be encouraged to see the road that someone else has taken.
How To Find Freelance Illustration Work - Part Two
In Part One of this article I talked about the „passive“ way to find freelance work: making it easy for potential clients to find you. Here, I’ll talk about the „active“ way – how you can seek out freelance work from your own initiative. Only a small number well-known illustrators don’t need to promote themselves actively. I assume that you already have a solid portfolio and some experience – but no one knows it yet. You’re in for a lot of research and marketing. This article, by the way, is by no means comprehensive. In the end your way to becoming an illustrator will be unique; there is no predefined path.
Noah Bradley and I talk about the death of freelance illustration, how personal projects are essential to any creative career and why we quit our dream jobs.
Why is freelance illustration so painful?
…because we’ve never had much of a choice.
…until now.
A few months ago, epic illustrator Noah Bradley and I teamed up for a live podcast + Q&A called “There Are Easier Ways To Become A Professional Artist” which, fortunately, inspired many artists to question the status quo in the professional fields of freelance illustration and concept art.
In our second rant-filled mash-up, we share our thoughts on the death of freelance illustration (as we knew it), how personal projects and storytelling are essential to any current creative career, health insurance for artists, taxes, spec work and why we quit our dream jobs.
So if you want to get revved-up, riled-up and ready to rock the world with your visual stories, click through and press play…
This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intellectual property, and why are we teaching it? Well, intellectual property is about ideas and their ownership, and it's basically about the rights of creators to make money from their work. Intellectual property is so pervasive in today's world, we thought you ought to know a little bit about it. We're going to discuss the three major elements of IP: Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks.
How to Be Interesting - The Muse: Want that spark of charisma?
We all know those people who seem to effortlessly garner attention. They easily command a crowd and seem to shine in any social or professional gathering. What’s the secret? Are some people just naturally charismatic? Or is this a skill that can be cultivated?