How to submit your work to an illustration agency
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- When you feel like you're ready to submit your work to an illustration agency, you want to make sure you are doing everything right. If you submit your portfolio the right way, you can be pretty sure it will be looked at by the right people.
Illustration agency submission guidelines vary, and what works for one agency, won't work for all of them.
My guide to illustration agency submissions:
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As an illustrator, this is the channel I've been waiting for. No fluff or flashy visuals, just right down to the nitty gritty details. Kudos to you!
Thanks very much! also, I don't know how to do the flashy visuals :-D
Nice! Awesome to hear from someone in the inside on how to do it properly -- much appreciated!
This was so simple and informative. I've done a lot of research and have looked at a lot of submission/contact pages of Illustration agencies, fine tuning and deciding where to send and how to word my emails professionally. Yet, I still felt like I was missing something or not understanding what I should do, but I wasn't. It was just a matter of being conscientious and clarifying what I am supposed do as required by any agency. Thank you very much for sharing!
These videos have been incredibly helpful to me. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for creating and sharing them!
thank you so much.
Hi James, thank you for this awesome information. Right now i am going to make some submission for agencies, it really helps me.
Fantastic!
thank you! This information was great
Glad it was helpful!
Massive thanks! from an Illustrator. Btw, my guy you look like Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins combined into one person. Thanks again for the good work.
Damn, of all the comments i've got, this one might be my favourite!
This is great thank you. I've just contacted my first agency recently and felt quite nervous about it, but luckily I did everything you said here. Do agencies ever give feedback on illustrators work ie suggesting what to work on to get hired? I'm moving from another sector so I'd love some feedback but I know they are busy and maybe don't have time to do that.
If you ask for feedback in your email that will improve your chances. no guarantees of course, but if you don't ask, you definitely won't get any feedback.
Hi there, thanks a lot for this video. It's very helpful. So I took the plunge and finally applied to several agencies a couple of weeks ago. A week later or so I got a response from one of them (you actually mentioned it in your video :-). They said they like my work and I have great potential. Obviously, I'm super excited. They've asked me to send a one pager with 20-25 illustrations on them to fully review my portfolio. I did, and now I'm waiting.... What does it mean? Is it a usual process? An extra hurdle so to say? I'm over the moon I've got this lovely feedback so far, but I've been losing my mind at the same time and the wait is killing me... 😬😱🤯 Thanks for reading me.
Sounds like good news to me if they want to see more of your work. It might take a while, but don't be scared to follow up with them if it's been more than a week.
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Hi James, I have recently found you channel and I have to say, it is excellent. Thanks for sharing such a great amount of useful information. When I have submitted my portfolio to an agency I got an email response saying that my work wasn't ready yet and in the same email they offered me a paid mentorship. Is this common in the industry ? I was suprised, it gave me impression that they want to make bussiness in the moment you are vulnerable getting rejected.
I've never heard of that. Seems a little bit strange.
I have been watching your videos on a loop all afternoon - Another question if I may? I only have a Behance page at the moment, no personal website or social media for this type of work. Is that important or is the standard of work the most important thing?
I can only really give you my opinion here. It is about the quality of the work first and foremost. If i see awesome work on a behance and the artist doesn't have a website, i will still like the work and it wouldn't put me off working with that person. However, i might advise that person to get a website because it gives a more professional impression to those that care about that kind of thing. Doesn't have to be anything flashy or expensive. Just clear and functional.
@@TheIllustratorsGuide - Thanks for the reply 🙏 - I guess I knew deep down a website and social media would also be a good idea if going for this more seriously. Your expert reply just solidified things for me :)
Thanks so much for this video. I'm on my fourth children's book atm and considering looking for agents. Do you have any suggestions for resources that might help find smaller agents? Like a catalogue or something? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
Honestly, you might have a better chance with bigger agencies. In size I mean, not popularity. Agents with very few artists can be much more selective, and harder to get in to. I don't have a complete list I'm afraid. There are a lot of agencies in lots of different countries. I only know a handful of the most popular ones in the UK and US
@@TheIllustratorsGuide Thanks for the tip! I'll look into the bigger boys here in the US. I know as someone in my first half of my career I don't expect anything huge. But just realized since I'll be doing my fifth published book in a few months probably need help finding clients. Your channel has been super helpful so ty again. Enjoy the honest but kind hearted easy to understand tips!
thank you! this is very helpful! not sure i got this right, would you add the jpegs in the body of the email or send them as attachments?
Add them so the reader can see them straight away without having to click anything or download anything. Grab their attention!
thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
hello. first of all, thank you for this amazing video.
I have a question. If an illustrator applied to few agences and he got approval to be represented from more than 1 agency ( assuming he is very lucky 😅 ), then what will happen? is it posible to be represented by few agency? i know its a silly question because getting 1 agency is difficult, but it just a question out of quriousity. Sorry for my bad english. 😅
It depends on the agency. Some agencies operate globally, so they wouldn't want the artist to have any other agent, it's not good for business. Some agencies only operate in one country, or a smaller area, in that case it would make sense to have an agent in the UK and an agent in the US, and maybe one in your home country. A lot of French artists have agents in their home country and another for outside of France. it's more convenient for the language barrier.
@@TheIllustratorsGuide thanks for the answer!. keep inspiring with your amazing content! :)
Hi. Where are those agencies located? Is it Ok if I send my stuff to one of those or to any agency even if I don't live in that region? or should I just focus on agencies in my state and local area (which is Denver CO)?
They’re all over the world, usually big cities and you should think globally! You don’t need to limit yourself to working locally
If I live in a country where there are no opportunities for illustrators, how can I get an agent if they won't even consider me until I've already have a client list?
Work with clients in other countries
Hello! I live in Japan, is it rude to have two agencies one for the western world and one for asia?
Hello! I certainly wouldn't consider it rude, but this arrangement must be agreed by both agencies. It's quite common, but each agency needs to know what their territories are, and be happy to agree to it.
@@TheIllustratorsGuide Thank you so much!