Make yourself marketable
- Dyann Joyce
- Jan 15, 2015
- 2 min read
After several years of Freelancing in graphic art and illustration, you learn many styles to stay current. For me, it helps stay fresh as each day can be a different adventure. Plus to support my family, its my job.
Just as I enjoy writing on several topics, to me being able to provide many styles has brought in work in many venues. Its something to consider if you have a highly active mind and love to learn. It also helps when trying to earn solely on art and work well with clients.
While I love rich buttery oils, I also enjoy vector art and cute Kawaii characters! There is no reason if you like traditional watercolor or mediums, why you cannot use the same design elements to make logos, t-shirt designs, or educational book illustrations.
Its a modern day conflict. As a student I was told to develop one style, and do enough art to develop a style. Also, keep a day job until you get picked up by an agent or publisher.
But that is not how you HAVE to do it. Especially in this time where in just 5 years things have changed so dramactically, colleges do not offer current methods of art to make a living. While my college had state of the art nursing "life simulator" dolls that cost about $40,000 each- they only offered studio art and a few 2D classes. The tutition was the same for a nurse or art degree. Who would go into a job?
I spent the last 5 years scouring the internet for what we are seeing more of now- RELEVANT art courses and education so you can be a competitive player in getting yourself marketable.
The best Children's Book courses on the market are:
Children's Books:
Mark Mitchell's
Will Terry's & jake Parker's:
SVS classes: Illustrating Children's Books
Fantasy and Digital Arts:
Children's Book writing:
Exciting news is coming on a 6 part webinar series with Mark Mitchell and Myself to show HOW to use these classes to make a living and what goes into a creation like a Children's book- the passion and love. Stay Tuned!
Dyann Joyce
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