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What to Expect in Different Illustration Markets
If you’re trying to earn a living as an illustrator, it’s important to know that different illustration markets pay very different prices. Commissions and products for the general public will typically pay the least, because the public doesn’t have a lot of money to spend….
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Norman Rockwell and Race in the 1960s
Norman Rockwell was an American illustrator, famous in his day, and still familiar to most Americans. He was known for his slice-of-life magazine covers for The Saturday Evening Post, from the 1920s-1950s. Today he’s considered an important 20th century painter Norman Rockwell often gets associated…
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Why You Should Be Hiring Full-Time Illustrators to your Specialized Design Teams
A Short History Lesson From 1890s – 1960s, in what is nostalgically known as the “Golden Age of Illustration,” it was a no-brainer to have at least one full time illustrator on your design team. This changed in the 1960s, when the technology finally arrived…
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A Definitive Essay on “Flat Art” (or, as I will be refusing to call it, “Corporate Memphis”)
The discourse around people who are tired of “flat art” has been going on for several years now. So I’ve been wanting to do a break down of where flat art comes from, what are the misconceptions, what are the criticisms, and which criticisms are…
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Unsolicited Advice for Anyone Thinking of Turning Illustration Into a Career
So, you want to be an illustrator. First of all, illustration’s not for everyone, and that’s ok. It can be a difficult, unstable career, and requires passion and commitment. Be aware that drawing will lose some of its fun when you turn it into work,…