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Ask a Pro
Ask a Pro is a collection of illustration related questions answered by top art directors, designers, editors, artist representatives and other professionals in the commercial illustration industry.
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What advice would you give to illustrators?
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Look the references and what all other people are doing around and try to find your own way, sometimes is hard, but is very compensating and fuuny when it obtains.
Alexandre Braga (more answers by this person)
Art Director
Abiuro
http://www.abiuro.com
What advice would you give to illustrators?
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Be passionate. Never give up and always push yourself. Seeing your work out there on album covers and magazines is one of the most rewarding things that i've experienced. always try and get a credit on the work with a web link or email address, you never know who's going to see your illustrations and could lead to further commissions. Try and get as much exposure as possible good work speaks for itself.
Kerry Roper (more answers by this person)
Designer and illustrator
Kerry Roper
http://www.youarebeautiful.co.uk
What advice would you give to illustrators?
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Get your work out there as much as possible. You never know who will see it.
Christopher Silas Neal (more answers by this person)
Artist/Illustrator
Christopher Silas Neal
http://www.redsilas.com
What advice would you give to illustrators?
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Find your voice, never give up!
Linda Zacks (more answers by this person)
Artist/Illustrator
Extra Oomph
http://www.extra-oomph.com
What advice would you give to illustrators?
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If you want to do great work and be successful you need to be illustrating or working on your illustration in some way every day. Do personal work, create the kind of work you would like to be hired to do, research ideas, get inspired. Picking it up only when you have a job to complete is not enough. Without constant practice your hand with become rusty between projects, your concepting skills will degrade and your ideas will flow slowly. Decide if you truly have the aptitude for illustration and if so pursue it relentlessly. If this is not right for you then find what motivates you and move on. Illustration is brutally competitive and requires more than talent to succeed. If you're doing illustration because you're artistic and you feel you don't have the skills to succeed at something else, then you don't have the skills it takes to become a successful illustrator. This may seem harsh but I would rather advise people against a poorly matched career choice than see them waste good years of their life pursuing something they would be ultimately unable to accomplish.
Chrystal Falcioni (more answers by this person)
Artist Representitive, Owner
MAGNET REPS
http://www.magnetreps.com