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):