Research- Free Lance Illustration

What do illustrators do for a living

Illustrator Fran Meneses, in a Youtube creator who publishers videos about what it is like to be a Freelance illustrator.

I have watched you video entitled 'How to make money as an illustrator', my notes I made are below. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhi_9H7vYQg

2 main options-

• employed by someone- advertising, publisher, newspaper, magazine, editorial, blogs and website, gaming agencies- video games, teaching, agencies

or

• ·      freelance- you are your own boss- do everything above but you have commissions- online shops, Etsy, society 6, illustration fairs, publish books- salary from the advance, licensing, private commissions, workshops, talks and panel at convention, sponsored content on YouTube or social media platforms

Screen Shot Fran Meneses-' What do illustrators do for a living' 
YouTube. (2017). How to make money as an illustrator ~ Frannerd. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhi_9H7vYQg [Accessed 11 May 2017].

• ·      need to present on social media- golden rules
• ·      have several incomes- freelance- rely on other sources when one is weak- not all incomes are active at once- have 3 incomes- no more to complex and overwhelming
• ·      same money to invest in opportunities- self-publishing –online shop
• ·      passive incomes-a method to get money without doing anything extra- selling work for a few years
• ·      balance your life between social media life and clients and commissions
• ·      social media is hard to maintain- easy to post- but hard to be consistent and good content- acts as a link for people to buy your work- worth investing lots of time in it- Instagram, blogging, YouTube

       YouTube. (2017). How to make money as an illustrator ~ Frannerd. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhi_9H7vYQg [Accessed 11 May 2017].