How to Navigate Your First Illustration Jobs

Being a working illustrator means wearing several different hats — you have to be great at your craft, but you also need to know how to work with clients. How do you negotiate rates? How do you communicate with them and keep them happy? How do you best fight for your vision and your favorite concepts? And what do you do if you don’t get paid? Jake Parker, Lee White, and Will Terry discuss the answers to these questions and more, and offer their best take on a structure that every new illustrator should learn from and adapt when taking their first client jobs.

Episode 52 of the 3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast podcast, hosted by Aaron Painter, Will Terry, Jake Parker, Lee White, Alex Sugg, Daniel Tu, titled "How to Navigate Your First Illustration Jobs" was published on April 7, 2020 and runs 89 minutes.

April 7, 2020 ·89m · 3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast

Summary

Being a working illustrator means wearing several different hats — you have to be great at your craft, but you also need to know how to work with clients. How do you negotiate rates? How do you communicate with them and keep them happy? How do you best fight for your vision and your favorite concepts? And what do you do if you don’t get paid? Jake Parker, Lee White, and Will Terry discuss the answers to these questions and more, and offer their best take on a structure that every new illustrator should learn from and adapt when taking their first client jobs.

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