
Work with others, collaborate or form a collective. Pool your skills for interesting results. If you want to develop your own ap: source a good developer that suits the project’s needs; make sure you have a written contract protecting your creative ideas and images; retain overall creative control. Drawing from life will ensure that the [...]

Approach self-promotion and getting your name out there as a creative project in itself. Be confident with your ideas. Remember to document and show your work in context. Don’t confuse an agent or a client. If you work in a variety of different styles, separate your work in to different portfolios, each with a coherent [...]

The gift is knowing when your work is finished. Josie Sullens aka Josie Jo, 2012 Josie Sullens aka Josie Jo, Co-Founder of The Enquiry Desk and Illustrator Studied: BA Illustration and Animation at Kingston University Since graduating in 2003 Josie has worked as an Agent for Folio and also as Freelance Illustrator Josie Jo. Josie [...]

Be curious and seek novelty. Creativity thrives when we make connections between dissimilar domains. Go to a talk on maths or the brain (or whatever you find unfamiliar and interesting). Explore unknown territories and you’ll stimulate new perspectives and ideas, which will massively enrich your art. Lisa Evans aka Firefluff, 2012 Illustrator, 2012 Studied: BA Illustration at UWE [...]

When pricing a job the first thing to do is ask the client “What’s your budget?” Lucie Sheridan, 2012 Illustrator, SNAP 2012 Studied: BA Illustration at UWE Bristol Lucie Sheridan is an illustrator and screen printer. Her work is instinctive and simple with a lateral approach. Alongside marketing her prints and cards throughout the UK, [...]