Mini Guide

"If you want to achieve something, you gotta work hard for it! Now shut up, they're about to announce the lottery..."

Homer Simpson "The Simpsons"

Some time ago I decided to take care of my organizational matters. It's not the most entertaining element of freelancer's activity, but undoubtedly it's very important. So here's a list of materials, that should be prepared by serious (haha) illustrators:

- logo/signature

- business cards (can be 2"x3,5"/9x5 cm, but I've got an impression, that each printing company offers different size)

- promotional postcards - they're send to publishers  instead of book sized portfolio to present illustrator's works quickly ( I chose 4,25"x6")

- self-designed stationery (some of potential employers require sending resume and other materials via regular mail)

-tear sheets (eg photocopies of magazines or books with your artworks)

- a well organised portfolio (best as a pdf file ready to print if necessary)

- a webpage

- a resume, a cover letter, a short bio - a real drama for those,  who prefer to communicate with others using images instead of words.

- sometimes even more...

And I racked my brain on each of these elements for hours. Work for yourself is a very ungrateful task.

Probably you've already seen the picture acting as the logo image:

Here you can take a look at Evi's business cards:

Calm down, these are only back sides. The front sides for each business card are here:

Few promotional postcards (back and fronts):

For Metal Fans ... hey, not only!

“Dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions.” 

"Desperation"
Stephen King

Prepare for a large dose of dark, grim illustrations. Today is the release show of the album "Sanctuary" by a band called " From the Ashes of my Sins ", for which I've made the following illustrations. The idea was as follows: back cover was meant to illustrate song titled "Carnival", the front cover illustrates "Sanctuary", while the inner illustration presents "Broken Sanctuary". I decided to link all three illustrations into a coherent whole.

Przygotujcie się na dużą dawkę mrocznych, ponurych ilustracji. Dziś premiera albumu "Sanctuary" zespołu "From the Ashes of my Sins", dla którego zostały wykonane poniższe prace. Idea była następująca: tył okładki miał obrazować piosenkę "Carnival", przód to "Sanctuary", natomiast ilustracja do wnętrza opakowania to "Broken Sanctuary". Postanowiłam więc powiązać wszystkie trzy w spójną całość.

Back and front covers - two versions of concept sketches:

Tył i przód okładki  - szkice koncepcyjne w dwóch wersjach:

And the winner is... apparently the sketch no 2!

Zwycięzcą został... najwyraźniej szkic numer 2!

And here's a fun game for the whole family called "Find 5 Differences"! (Juxtaposition of front and inner illustrations.) Answers can be given in comments :)

A teraz gra-zabawa dla całej rodziny pt. "Znajdź 5 Różnic"! (Czyli zestawienie ilustracji frontowej z wewnętrzną.) Odpowiedzi można podawać w komentarzach :)

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If these illustrations made you curious or if you just like heavy, melodic sound, listen to their music. Personally I recommend it!

Jeśli zaciekawiły was ilustracje, albo jeśli po prostu lubicie ciężkie, melodyjne brzmienia, posłuchajcie ich muzyki. Osobiście polecam!