Thank you for your insight and wisdom! You made the tips very approachable. It made me realize I have already accomplished a couple of them, which is encouraging and makes me want to keep going. I just need to show up every day and keep working and soon enough I will have my portfolio ready to send out. Also, a reminder that I should find the courage to reach out to people more often for feedback or opportunities.
Just found out you are also from Vancouver! This gives me so much encouragement to start❤ Been bingewatching all your content, so thank you so so much! I'm taking notes📝
Hello, Tom, I have listened to a few episodes of your podcast and it is quickly getting to the top of my list of favourites! I have a question that is kind of bothering me for some time and it might be a bit off topic here. Do you think an illustrator can work traditionally and still get enough work these days? Supposed he/she can digitize and edit the work well and maybe even incorporate the analogue work into infographics and other digital materials? Because that's what I would love to do. I do not enjoy working digitally, I enjoy editing and playing around with my illustrations after I scan them though. I can see a lot of traditional illustrators around but those are people who started some time ago and are already established and very well known. Thank you very much for your opinion.
Thank you! Honestly, you could make your art using finger paint or by scratching a bathroom stall with a house key. It doesn’t matter how you make your work as much as whether your ideas and style work for the purpose or goal of the piece. What matters most is that your technique looks well crafted and intentional. Using digital or analogue may result in a well crafted piece or something more amateur looking. Does that make sense?
@@TomFroese Yes, thank you! That's basically what I was thinking but sometimes I get really intimidated by many successful illustrators who work exclusively digitally and by people or companies looking for illustrators requiring digital work only. But I guess there is a market for everything if the work itself is well done.
The postcard idea sounds good, I'm gonna try that for myself. Maybe send a postcard with a couple stickers attached, that would be cool. I'm no longer at a point where I need to launch my career, I've been freelancing for 6 years now, but haven't been getting many projects as of late. So I thought maybe it's time to do things a bit differently. Thanks for the ideas.
Thanks, I’m in the same boat. Not a beginner but definitely could use a power up after a recent decline in new business. So it’s time to do a postcard or mailer again! Stickers are a great idea.
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Thank you for your insight and wisdom! You made the tips very approachable. It made me realize I have already accomplished a couple of them, which is encouraging and makes me want to keep going. I just need to show up every day and keep working and soon enough I will have my portfolio ready to send out. Also, a reminder that I should find the courage to reach out to people more often for feedback or opportunities.
Thank you for the note! Sometimes tips like these, when you already know about them, are good reminders that are already doing the right things.
Just found out you are also from Vancouver! This gives me so much encouragement to start❤ Been bingewatching all your content, so thank you so so much! I'm taking notes📝
Thank you so much, hello from here!
Hello, Tom, I have listened to a few episodes of your podcast and it is quickly getting to the top of my list of favourites! I have a question that is kind of bothering me for some time and it might be a bit off topic here. Do you think an illustrator can work traditionally and still get enough work these days? Supposed he/she can digitize and edit the work well and maybe even incorporate the analogue work into infographics and other digital materials? Because that's what I would love to do. I do not enjoy working digitally, I enjoy editing and playing around with my illustrations after I scan them though. I can see a lot of traditional illustrators around but those are people who started some time ago and are already established and very well known. Thank you very much for your opinion.
Thank you! Honestly, you could make your art using finger paint or by scratching a bathroom stall with a house key. It doesn’t matter how you make your work as much as whether your ideas and style work for the purpose or goal of the piece. What matters most is that your technique looks well crafted and intentional. Using digital or analogue may result in a well crafted piece or something more amateur looking. Does that make sense?
@@TomFroese Yes, thank you! That's basically what I was thinking but sometimes I get really intimidated by many successful illustrators who work exclusively digitally and by people or companies looking for illustrators requiring digital work only. But I guess there is a market for everything if the work itself is well done.
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The postcard idea sounds good, I'm gonna try that for myself. Maybe send a postcard with a couple stickers attached, that would be cool. I'm no longer at a point where I need to launch my career, I've been freelancing for 6 years now, but haven't been getting many projects as of late. So I thought maybe it's time to do things a bit differently. Thanks for the ideas.
Thanks, I’m in the same boat. Not a beginner but definitely could use a power up after a recent decline in new business. So it’s time to do a postcard or mailer again! Stickers are a great idea.