These days it seems everyone has a blog, from the ‘Dear Diary’ type personal blog to the corporate insight-style blogs run by big blue chip companies. But, as an illustrator, can a blog help your career? The answer is a definite YES.
First, let’s start with the basics… Read more →
There is a special day that I look forward to every month, a day where I know my inspiration levels will be topped up and I’ll be guaranteed to learn a new technique or discover numerous amazing new artists and illustrators – that day is the day the new issue of ImagineFX magazine comes out.
ImagineFX is the only magazine out there dedicated to fantasy and sci-fi digital illustration Each issue is packed full of industry news, galleries and great tutorials – the only drawback is that it is quite expensive.
However, the ImagineFX website has a great Workshop section where tutorials from previous issues are available for download (as a pdf file) free of charge.
Here are links to 15 of the best… Read more →
It’s been a busy and exciting week with 2 new portfolio pieces created and my digital painting tutorial being featured on PSDtuts.
Another step forward this week has been narrowing down the type of illustration work I’d like to do – Children’s books (still within the niche of wildlife illustration, but for children’s books). I really feel like I’m homing in on exactly the type of work I’d like to be doing professionally now, which gives me a clearer focus of how my portfolio should look.
Here’s a run down of how the week went: Read more →
Hot off the press – just finished this portfolio piece.
The dragon is the first in a series of ‘Mythical Beast’ collage illustrations that I’m working on for the Children’s book section of my portfolio – next up, ‘The Phoenix’.
If you, like me, are just starting out on the road to becoming a professional illustrator it isn’t likely that those high-paying commissions will be flying through your door immediately.
Even for established illustrators it seems that it can often be a feast or famine situation, so how do you set things up to ride out the early days or slow periods of your career when those bills still need to be paid?
