Unraveling the Freelance Life!
It is important to be motivated and be inspired as an illustration. Annada N. Menon shares some of the tried and tested way to keep creating and growing.
An illustration for Lovely Store
Illustration is one of the most expressive and experimental modes of design and/or art. As an illustrator myself I find it a medium to not just communicate a story of my own life but of others as well. There are times though that I am not able to do so or worry about how I will stretch my career as an illustrator over the next 30-40 years. If you have symptoms of sweaty palms, procrastination, clients who want you to work for exposure syndrome, competition and a shelf full of empty sketchbooks.
First, let me share a few things I did to motivate myself and hope these simple steps hopefully can help.
Migrating season
‘B’ - 365 Days of Type
The most important thing, take it slow. There tends to be a point due to the influence of social media where most artists want to get famous too quickly. And also want to mint money within a month of making the decision to become an illustrator. Well it definitely doesn't work that way. Mostly reduce their shelf life and the will to learn or experiment with techniques to execute work.
