Some tips for shaping your profession as an illustrator.

The first and important suggestion to succeed in any business would be to love what they are doing. To excel as an illustrator one must enjoy the process of creating new characters and drawing them with passion.

If you want to become a famous painter and represent yourself as a hired painter, do the following:

• Be creative and do the things that inspire you. A true artist always goes into the details and looks at the smallest thing in life from a different point of view and incorporates all these into his artistic creations.

• When a publishing house is out of Illustrator for hire, they check the candidates’ online portfolios and select the illustrator according to the story. Therefore, it is important to maintain an effective online portfolio.

• Observe the works of other painters and notice what small things they do that you like, by observing different types of works you will get a newness in your work.
• Keep drawing every day to improve yourself as an illustrator. Look for inspirations that can come from anywhere. Study the work of your favorite painters. The key here is to motivate it to be original.

• The profession is booming, yet it is competitive, even after getting the project, you need to be fully involved and active.