Good News! - sharing "My Quest"

EFII - My Quest 01
digital painting

A few weeks back Thomas James from Escape from Illustration Island contacted me and invited me to write guest posts for his wonderful site. So I will be sharing my experiences and ventures in my quest to get an Art Rep with a broader audience. I'm so excited! Here is my first post.

Please check back regularly as I will be posting the links here every time they get publish. And once you are at the EFII website, don't be shy, leave a comment and check the great resources and information they have.

Cheers!

My Quest to get an Art Rep - II

gathering info
digital painting

As I said before, my quest is guided by the Escapee from EFII. Keeping that in mind, I have narrowed my focus, and good thing I did! Just googling "art rep" gave me over 29 million possibilities. I know just a few of those are viable possibilities, but still, 29 million is a BIG number if you ask me. So I'm going for reps focusing on children's books/magazines illustrations. And that gave me a start.

Reaching for my primitive side.
Deep in my genetic memory I'm sure there is something about gathering, because that's the next thing I'm doing: Gathering information (hence the illustration). Tons of it!
I'm not looking into details, admiring portfolios, recognizing names, I'm just gathering, period!

I will be back here, posting my progress and, hopefully, a first run of candidates... Hmm, that sounded political. Now I'm just hoping I don't end up with a winner that will behave like a politician (no offense): Too much talk and little action ;o)

See you soon!

My Quest to get an Art Rep

sketch - huh?
photoshop

After some consideration, I've decided to start looking for an art rep. Getting work, making contacts, following up, networking, contracts, etc. requires time. It is a business after all, and right now I have no such time. I am going to let the knowledgeable help me out. Now, getting an art rep is not a matter of looking up one on the yellow pages, so I'm calling it a quest.

Where to start? Getting informed! and my timing cannot have been better. The Escapee from Escape from Illustration Island is yet again, right there, sharing his wisdom.

Wish me luck!