100 ways to draw a bird and make a living from illustration /
"This book is not only about drawing birds--though it does contain lots of them. This book examines the life of an illustrator from the author's own experience. From the vexing subject of money to the question of the right workplace and how to handle the everyday routines, Felix Scheinberg...
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Barcelona, Spain :
Hoaki,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- So you want to be an illustrator. Fear of the blank page ; Talent ; Illustrating is decision-making ; How we see what we see ; Concrete and abstract ; Everyone's an artist ; Ideas ; The magic of making ; The search for your personal style ; No accounting for taste? ; Bad is the new good ; No pain, no gain ; Searching the internet ; Truth telling ; Variety ; The soul in the sketch ; Dominant colors ; Details and perspective
- Illustration techniques. Pencils ; Colored pencils. ; Chalk and charcoal ; Pastels ; Ink ; Ballpoints, fineliners and their ilk ; Markers and felt pens ; Watercolors ; Gouache and tempera ; Oil ; Acrylic paint ; Woodcut ; Collage ; Computers and generative design ; Photoshop ; Illustrator
- How to survive as an illustrator. Material fetishism ; Workplace and studio ; Presentations ; Business sense ; Contests, pitches and sample illustrations ; Competition ; Teamwork ; Communicating ; Negotiating ; Time is money ; Your price ; What does an illustration cost? ; Productivity and time management ; Out of breath ; Sideline settings ; Correct acquisition placement ; Portfolio advice ; Portfolios ; Agents and representation ; Illustration archives ; Your own projects ; Bread-and-butter jobs and ersatz identities ; Ready or not, here I come! ; Ever wish you'd gone into banking?