Becoming a Successful Illustrator

  • Louise Baird-Smith
  • Amy Brandis
  • Nancy Abidjan
  • Gary Evans

Practical tips on how to seek work, how to market yourself and how to run your illustration business in an enterprising way, with advice that will prove useful long after your first commission. This edition features even more 'Spotlight on…' sections, with advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people that commission them, plus added coverage in fields such as moving image, character illustration and social media. Try out new exercises to get you started planning and building your business, and over 200 inspirational examples of artwork, most of which are new to this edition. “I never make my students buy books, unless they are books they'll keep on their shelves after graduating. This is one of those exceptions” – Marius Valdes, University of South Carolina, USA “This is a comprehensive book, and along with its glossy pages and accessible layout, it's a winner for anyone you know, including students, seriously considering the profession.” – Digital Arts Out now. Save 30% off when you buy it from bloomsbury.com