❤🙏😊thank you Ness, I watched this video when you posted, I am watching it again right now 😅 because i am in this case so I have searched for it to watch before starting work to review your advices and ideas 😄😁🙏 so I have to thank you again
I had a similar project this past June and I'm starting a new one next week. I'm new to the game so I know this is a very bad paid job, but I'm taking it as a portfolio project. I'm excited for the course to start, bought it on the first day :>
The thing I've learned later is that we don't have to let ourselves get taken advantage of for "portfolio pieces" since we can draw portfolio pieces by ourselves without anyone's help! Especially with prompts like you're going to get in the course :) It can be good experience but you're definitely worth more :)
Hi Heather and welcome! I'm so glad you're finding my videos helpful. My Picture Books Portfolio Prompts class reopens this Monday (September 19th). If you'd like to be notified, you can sign up to the waiting list here! www.artbusinesswithness.com/PPPcourse
About batching, there's an other (maybe quicker) tip. Using dynamic layers in photoshop (one for backgrounds, one for each character etc) and copy paste these throughout all your pages files. Then it means in only one dynamic layer file, you're able to work on all your Father Christmas characters all at once. Then going back to each page file, you just have to use mask to select only the Father Christmas you need for that page. What's super convenient is that if suddenly there's a change to be made, let's say they want to change Father Christmas boot colour, you go to that Father Christmas dynamic layer file, go on your boot layer, change the colour then save your file, it's going to update all your dynamic layers on all your pages! (if opened I think) time saver.
This is so awesome. Thank you for sharing your experience with illustrating on such a tight deadline! I'm also working on a project that has a shorter due date than what I would have liked, but I love the method of batching the project. I'll be sure to use that for this project for sure!
Merci Ness pour ces conseils ! :) J'aime beaucoup ton contenu, il cible toujours les questions que je me pose et tes illustrations sont très jolies en passant, bravo. Je ne sais pas si je peux me permette, mais ton monde semble tellement coloré et j'ai comme cette petite impression que le fond blanc-gris de tes vidéos ne le rend pas avec fidélité. C'est drôle, mais je verrais assez bien ton mur du fond rouge ou bleu vif, ou bien tes rideaux... bon, simple préférences personnelles :P Ya pas de quoi fouetté un chat. D'ailleurs il est sympa ton chat :3 ok ok je m'égare, merci encore pour le contenu.
Ce conseil tombe bien car je viens de déménager! Dans mon ancien appartement (celui qu'on voit dans toutes mes vidéos), je n'avais pas le droit de peinturer. Mais maintenant je peux faire ce que je veux! :)
Would you recommend that I could make picture books as a side job? bc i would like to have a second income of my art. (Currently i'm trying to become a commission artist.)
Picture books would be very time consuming for just a side job, and you take the risk that it will overtake your life and get in the way of your true goal to become a commission artist. It's not very easy to get picture books gigs, you would have to build a specialized portfolio and then do a lot of company research and query. It took me about 9 months of really hard work to score my first book deal! Then, drawing the book itself is a huge undertaking that will take 3-5 months of full-time work. All of this will take away time that you could focus on getting commissions, marketing your commissions, building a mailing list, etc. I always suggest to think about what your goals are, and focusing your efforts on those goals and side incomes that do not clash with it :)
I am currently creating drawings I'd like to turn into a picture book for my mom who has Alzheimer's Disease. Not sure about the correct path to success here. I'm not looking for contracts or illustrators; just like to do it myself...Thoughts?
I'd recommend checking out my picture book illustration playlist! I have other videos with tips on how to plan and thumbnail your book, etc. th-cam.com/play/PLcDSaDyKmuWl7MyJqe4MZObENZIk81gPX.html
Is there an email list I can subscribe to you? I am interested in getting your course. I think it would really help me with my work. Thanks in advance!
Hi Ness, I know this is the out of topic. If I want to be a children's book illustrator like you from zero, do I need a create a sample book? Or just children's illustrations. Thank you!
@@ArtBusinesswithNess oh I see, I really interested with children's book because I have some fairytale book from my country. And I draw with cartoon style like a chibi character, and animal. I think it's really suits for children.
@@ArtBusinesswithNess I see thank you for fast response, and your video is useful for me. Because I just want to start as an illustrators. I can draw character human or animal, but I have no idea what should I gonna do you really help me a lot. And I subscribe your channel
Yes unfortunately Canva is made to create web or social media graphics, it's NOT an illustration software and not well adapted to format a KDP book. I suggest using Photoshop, Affinity or InDesign. KDP also has their own little formatting program you can download!
Hello!I just wanted to as a few questions...I saw a video here on TH-cam, where a woman said that she earned 13 thousand euros for the whole year of work and illustrated 7 books...!I feel like she's been heavily scammed... Does it actually pay so low or was that women's situation only?I heard that you have some decent money of off your work and I can't even imagine why would anyone work for 13 thousand a year...
That's a great question! There is no shortage of people who will try to get us illustrators to do a whole book for $1000 or less. Does it means that's just what is it, and that's "what it pays"? Heck no!! Industry standard is $8,000 to $12,000 for a 32 page book. With top publishers it can go MUCH higher than that (think 50k or more) because we can get better paid the more our books sell. My highest paid yet was $10,000 for 12 single page illustrations. So I'm not even top tier but still earning a very comfortable living. The key to getting paid this much? 1- Not wasting time taking on gigs that pay crap. 2- Knowing our worth and not falling for the belief that "it's just what it is". 3- Getting off Fiverr, Upwork or those Facebook groups where authors advertise "ISO cheap illustrator for vanity project". And finally 4- Contacting art directors at real companies and real publishers instead. COMPANIES are the clients that have actual budgets :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess thank you for your great reply!It's always nice to hear from professionals. But what do you think about Upwork as a practice?Like, for example, I'm going to get a degree in illustration in the future, so maybe trying out some small gigs just for the sake of practice would be ok? I plan to contact art directors while I study, to gain industry experience, and maybe establish myself?😳😳
@@orfiarts Upwork is incredibly exploitative. Honestly I don't think we should have to get exploited for the sake of gaining experience. Especially since Upwork gigs is the opposite of how a legitimate gig with a company client should go, so I don't think you would actually learn anything useful there. I find it sad that in our society, the idea of gaining experience while working on real contracts and getting compensated fairly for our time is such a revolutionary concept! It should be the norm and yes, it's possible to get started with real contracts right away without doing time on Upwork first. As long as you put together a great portfolio website that showcases all the skills than an art director in your niche is looking for, then you'll get the gig :) This is the strategy I used in my career and the one I teach in my online course: www.artbusinesswithness.com/level1
@@sumaiyaera8403 Only if we accept it and don't advocate for ourselves. We always have the choice to refuse the project and look for something better. Clients only have the power to keep proposing these absurd budgets because desperate artists keep accepting them..
That’s sad !!! Me I accept 1000 but since it’s a friend and it’s our first project together and this to cover my coffee 😂 fees and programs subscription!! And the profit will be divided after cutting all cost !! Am still doing it and this lady saved my time
These are real numbers, but yes only from top publishers. You won't find this kind of pay on Fiverr, or with self-published authors on Facebook groups. Change your perspective and you will se the possibilities :) The person who fishes all their life in a small pond cannot imagine that whales exist in the ocean.
Hi Susy, I'm so sorry to hear you were busy and missed the deadline by a hair thread! I hif the page after the deadline passed, but it still exists and I can register you if you email me at info@artbusinesswithness.com :) The lessons start tomorrow morning so you have to email tonight or you'll miss your chance!
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Clear explanations, learned much, thanks. Also simple cute illustrations.
Glad it was helpful!
That was really interesting, The batching part for the main character is obvious but I never thought of it ! Thanks a lot
I'm so happy you found that helpful, uhn!
I always used batching when rendering large groups when I worked in furniture design. It came in handy on my first children's book project! Great tip!
What a great idea to use that in furniture design! It's funny how in art and design, many techniques and tips can work for many different industries!
❤🙏😊thank you Ness, I watched this video when you posted, I am watching it again right now 😅 because i am in this case so I have searched for it to watch before starting work to review your advices and ideas 😄😁🙏 so I have to thank you again
I'm so glad this video has been helpful dear!
Very helpful. Thank you
My pleasure, thanks for stopping by!
I'll sure apply all of this advice to my book!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you .. i enjoy watching you
Thanks for watching!
amazing tips, thank you Ness!!
You're so welcome!
Thanks, Illustrator from Philippines.
Thanks for stopping by!
Great advice! I really love this channel!
Awww thank you, I'm glad you like it!!
I had a similar project this past June and I'm starting a new one next week. I'm new to the game so I know this is a very bad paid job, but I'm taking it as a portfolio project.
I'm excited for the course to start, bought it on the first day :>
The thing I've learned later is that we don't have to let ourselves get taken advantage of for "portfolio pieces" since we can draw portfolio pieces by ourselves without anyone's help! Especially with prompts like you're going to get in the course :) It can be good experience but you're definitely worth more :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess totally agree! That's why I promised myself this is the last time and why I'm investing in my work with courses like yours :)
@@veroxas10 I really look forward to see what you create!! :D
Really helpful video.. thank you😍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to taking the course. 🙂
Thanks for watching!
I found you yesterday! I love your videos. I wanted to join, when will it be open again?
Hi Heather and welcome! I'm so glad you're finding my videos helpful. My Picture Books Portfolio Prompts class reopens this Monday (September 19th). If you'd like to be notified, you can sign up to the waiting list here! www.artbusinesswithness.com/PPPcourse
This was very helpful, I’m starting a board book soon and I’m going to try the batching process!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent ❣️
Thanks 😊
About batching, there's an other (maybe quicker) tip.
Using dynamic layers in photoshop (one for backgrounds, one for each character etc) and copy paste these throughout all your pages files. Then it means in only one dynamic layer file, you're able to work on all your Father Christmas characters all at once. Then going back to each page file, you just have to use mask to select only the Father Christmas you need for that page. What's super convenient is that if suddenly there's a change to be made, let's say they want to change Father Christmas boot colour, you go to that Father Christmas dynamic layer file, go on your boot layer, change the colour then save your file, it's going to update all your dynamic layers on all your pages! (if opened I think) time saver.
That's an interesting idea! But do dynamic layers work across different Photoshop files? :o
wow great video.
Thanks Daniel!
This is so awesome. Thank you for sharing your experience with illustrating on such a tight deadline! I'm also working on a project that has a shorter due date than what I would have liked, but I love the method of batching the project. I'll be sure to use that for this project for sure!
I'm glad you enjoyed it Melquea!
Merci Ness pour ces conseils ! :) J'aime beaucoup ton contenu, il cible toujours les questions que je me pose et tes illustrations sont très jolies en passant, bravo.
Je ne sais pas si je peux me permette, mais ton monde semble tellement coloré et j'ai comme cette petite impression que le fond blanc-gris de tes vidéos ne le rend pas avec fidélité. C'est drôle, mais je verrais assez bien ton mur du fond rouge ou bleu vif, ou bien tes rideaux... bon, simple préférences personnelles :P Ya pas de quoi fouetté un chat. D'ailleurs il est sympa ton chat :3 ok ok je m'égare, merci encore pour le contenu.
Ce conseil tombe bien car je viens de déménager! Dans mon ancien appartement (celui qu'on voit dans toutes mes vidéos), je n'avais pas le droit de peinturer. Mais maintenant je peux faire ce que je veux! :)
Would you recommend that I could make picture books as a side job? bc i would like to have a second income of my art. (Currently i'm trying to become a commission artist.)
Picture books would be very time consuming for just a side job, and you take the risk that it will overtake your life and get in the way of your true goal to become a commission artist. It's not very easy to get picture books gigs, you would have to build a specialized portfolio and then do a lot of company research and query. It took me about 9 months of really hard work to score my first book deal! Then, drawing the book itself is a huge undertaking that will take 3-5 months of full-time work. All of this will take away time that you could focus on getting commissions, marketing your commissions, building a mailing list, etc. I always suggest to think about what your goals are, and focusing your efforts on those goals and side incomes that do not clash with it :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess oh my- thx for the fast reply! You really helped me ^0^)/
@@r1ngotp809 Hehe you had good timing! I was on TH-cam when I say your message come in :) I'm glad it was helpful!
I am currently creating drawings I'd like to turn into a picture book for my mom who has Alzheimer's Disease. Not sure about the correct path to success here. I'm not looking for contracts or illustrators; just like to do it myself...Thoughts?
I'd recommend checking out my picture book illustration playlist! I have other videos with tips on how to plan and thumbnail your book, etc. th-cam.com/play/PLcDSaDyKmuWl7MyJqe4MZObENZIk81gPX.html
What if I want to hire you as an illustrator? I can't find a website where I can see your work.
Thanks for stopping by my channel :) You can see my work over here: vanessastoilova.com/
Is there an email list I can subscribe to you? I am interested in getting your course. I think it would really help me with my work. Thanks in advance!
Hi Clayton :) The course just reopened its doors on Monday and you can get it here: www.artbusinesswithness.com/PPPcourse
Cheers!
Hi Ness, I know this is the out of topic. If I want to be a children's book illustrator like you from zero, do I need a create a sample book? Or just children's illustrations.
Thank you!
To start with, it is enough to create sample pages but you don't have to create a whole book :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess oh I see, I really interested with children's book because I have some fairytale book from my country.
And I draw with cartoon style like a chibi character, and animal. I think it's really suits for children.
And how many sample I should create?
@@riopangestu2764 @Rio Pangestu A portfolio needs at least 12 illustrations :) Best work only!
@@ArtBusinesswithNess I see thank you for fast response, and your video is useful for me. Because I just want to start as an illustrators.
I can draw character human or animal, but I have no idea what should I gonna do you really help me a lot.
And I subscribe your channel
I just started out and Canva is really making it impossible for me to upload on KDP. I need classes as a beginner. Thanks
Yes unfortunately Canva is made to create web or social media graphics, it's NOT an illustration software and not well adapted to format a KDP book. I suggest using Photoshop, Affinity or InDesign. KDP also has their own little formatting program you can download!
I can’t see were to subscribe for the class
Email me ASAP at info@artbusinesswithness.com ;)
Hello!I just wanted to as a few questions...I saw a video here on TH-cam, where a woman said that she earned 13 thousand euros for the whole year of work and illustrated 7 books...!I feel like she's been heavily scammed...
Does it actually pay so low or was that women's situation only?I heard that you have some decent money of off your work and I can't even imagine why would anyone work for 13 thousand a year...
That's a great question! There is no shortage of people who will try to get us illustrators to do a whole book for $1000 or less. Does it means that's just what is it, and that's "what it pays"? Heck no!! Industry standard is $8,000 to $12,000 for a 32 page book. With top publishers it can go MUCH higher than that (think 50k or more) because we can get better paid the more our books sell. My highest paid yet was $10,000 for 12 single page illustrations. So I'm not even top tier but still earning a very comfortable living. The key to getting paid this much? 1- Not wasting time taking on gigs that pay crap. 2- Knowing our worth and not falling for the belief that "it's just what it is". 3- Getting off Fiverr, Upwork or those Facebook groups where authors advertise "ISO cheap illustrator for vanity project". And finally 4- Contacting art directors at real companies and real publishers instead. COMPANIES are the clients that have actual budgets :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess thank you for your great reply!It's always nice to hear from professionals.
But what do you think about Upwork as a practice?Like, for example, I'm going to get a degree in illustration in the future, so maybe trying out some small gigs just for the sake of practice would be ok?
I plan to contact art directors while I study, to gain industry experience, and maybe establish myself?😳😳
@@orfiarts Upwork is incredibly exploitative. Honestly I don't think we should have to get exploited for the sake of gaining experience. Especially since Upwork gigs is the opposite of how a legitimate gig with a company client should go, so I don't think you would actually learn anything useful there. I find it sad that in our society, the idea of gaining experience while working on real contracts and getting compensated fairly for our time is such a revolutionary concept! It should be the norm and yes, it's possible to get started with real contracts right away without doing time on Upwork first. As long as you put together a great portfolio website that showcases all the skills than an art director in your niche is looking for, then you'll get the gig :) This is the strategy I used in my career and the one I teach in my online course: www.artbusinesswithness.com/level1
@@ArtBusinesswithNess Oh😳
So that's how it is...Thanks a lot!
@@orfiarts My pleasure!
I had to design 29 pgs book in 2 days. You get too much time and money.
That's nothing to brag about... Good clients give more time and have better budgets because they value quality and want us to do our best work.
That was not a brag. That's the situation in some markets.
@@sumaiyaera8403 Only if we accept it and don't advocate for ourselves. We always have the choice to refuse the project and look for something better. Clients only have the power to keep proposing these absurd budgets because desperate artists keep accepting them..
You get 1000 dollars? I got 32 dollars.
I'm sorry to hear that, that's awful! Value yourself and don't accept these exploitative gigs anymore!
That’s sad !!! Me I accept 1000 but since it’s a friend and it’s our first project together and this to cover my coffee 😂 fees and programs subscription!! And the profit will be divided after cutting all cost !! Am still doing it and this lady saved my time
The numbers you are talking are not believeable.
Why not? Anything is possible if you have the proper mindset ✨
These are real numbers, but yes only from top publishers. You won't find this kind of pay on Fiverr, or with self-published authors on Facebook groups. Change your perspective and you will se the possibilities :) The person who fishes all their life in a small pond cannot imagine that whales exist in the ocean.
@@ArtBusinesswithNess could you mention some methods for getting good budget illustration projects?
@@rainbowdash2091 could you guide me a bit?
Please contact me it’s the 31st and I would like to register I haven’t been on for a while because I’ve been busy with a wedding
Hi Susy, I'm so sorry to hear you were busy and missed the deadline by a hair thread! I hif the page after the deadline passed, but it still exists and I can register you if you email me at info@artbusinesswithness.com :) The lessons start tomorrow morning so you have to email tonight or you'll miss your chance!