Want some good news illustrators? Becoming a full time fashion illustrator is the most attainable it has ever been!

Because of social media (love it or hate it) we’re in an era where artists being able to make income from their work is at it’s most accessible, so that’s a beacon of hope!

So in the past I’ve used January as a proper lazy month, I’m someone that once I’ve stopped and taken time off I find it real hard to get back into it again. So 2 weeks off for Christmas and new years I can’t just go in to January full guns blazing, takes me a while to defrost.

A lot of people are worried ai will steal their work. 

So I’m here to share a way to protect your career from ai, and I’m NOT talking about opting out of your imagery being used to train it.

AI is a topic that I get asked about a looooot, I think there’s huge amount of worry around and rightfully so, it’s the unknown, but something pops up every few decades to disturb the entire creative process (photography, digital art, 3d rendering) and things shift and adjust, so this isn’t the first and won’t be the last.

The second most asked question I get asked, other than ‘can you draw me like one of your French girls’ is ‘where did you study?’…

Which sums up how much emphasis the general public put on the requirement of having a degree and on how much credit your uni gets for your current skills or career

Here with this week's topic, the dreaded working for free!

Should artists do it? should we not? Let's have a chat...

Breaking news! You can make a living from art, despite what everyone’s parents and teachers think.

If I had a penny every time someone replied ‘I mean like, what’s your job job?’ When I say I’m an artist… offft.

I remember when I first went full time freelance, I was arrogant enough to think I’d email a couple illustration agencies, name drop a couple clients, link my insta and one would snap me up immediately and I’d be good to go, career in the bag. Safe to say that wasn’t quite the case…