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25th February 2025
Are you a young illustrator?
The Association of Illustrators (AOI), the UK's leading professional body for illustration, is...
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Preparing Your Portfolio
A well-presented portfolio that showcases an artist or illustrators’ style is crucial to attracting commissions. Here we’ve collected together a number of articles that relate to the specifics of preparing your portfolio and also offer advice on how it can be tailored to suit a particular type of prospective employers, agents, critics, and/or general buyers.
Article
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Edited
11th August 2022
Jo Davies and Derek Brazell advise on the process of illustration, from receiving your brief through to delivering your work...
Article
16 min read
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14th September 2020
Web designer Suna Cristall explains the procedure for setting up a website and presents the options for its design. She includes points to consider...
Article
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16th September 2020
Sales agents, artists’ agents, licensing agents… do they make money for artists and suppliers, or are they an unnecessary overhead?
Article
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16th September 2020
There are four main categories of agent, although you are unlikely to need the services of all of them: