How to Work with an Illustrator
Arielle Haughee
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In this session, you’ll discover:
Gain valuable insights on selecting and collaborating with an illustrator, effectively communicating your vision, and balancing creative control.
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Bonus:
– Picture Book Structures Handout ( Password: kidlit )
Comment Below With Your Key Takeaways Or If You Have Questions About The Session.
Thoroughly enjoyed Arielle experience in this area.
I had one experience in this area previously because I had not had a contract signed by persons involved. It took over 2 years to get illustrator to complete the job (Covid intervened). I had hired her off Fiverr and she was from Czechoslovakia, and yes it was expensive ($2350 plus $250 for right to copyrights).
One can still learn from bad experiences but I don’t recommend it. Thank you.
I am glad things ultimately worked out for you and you were able to get your artwork. Best of luck on your future projects!
I need a password to download her free offer. What is it?
Enjoyed getting a lot of meat from her talk!
She provides the password in brackets above the orange Download button
Hi Gene. The password is “kidlit”.
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Thanks, Arielle! Great session, so helpful. Lots of practical information here.
Thanks, Caroline! Glad you found it helpful. Best of luck on your author journey!
Yes, a PW is needed to access Bonus
Hi Patricia. The password is “kidlit”.
So helpful with insights and practical clear information for the author for selecting and working with an illustrator, Thanks
Happy you found it helpful, Teresa! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Arielle. I’m really pleased you talk about the cost and available budget. I work as an illustrator and one of the biggest challenges I find is that authors often have an unrealistic idea of how much illustration actually costs. There’s often pressure to take a lesser fee.
In terms of authors giving feedback, I find that they are often nervous to say if they don’t like something. I find the first step of draft sketches is SO important. From my experience, a lot of author’s struggle to verbalise what they want their book to look like, the feel, the style etc. If nothing else, this first step, helps to realise what they don’t want – and it’s only from here that they are then able to verbalise what they do want. Everything usually goes smoothly from that point. It’s fascinating how common this is 🙂
Yes, authors can get quite the sticker shock if they don’t do research to fully understand the cost associated with getting a full book illustrated. It’s a lot of work and people need to be paid for their time and energy! That’s interesting what you said about authors being tentative about sharing their feelings and having difficulty verbalizing their wishes. I hadn’t heard that before. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent presentation! Thanks for sharing your know how
You are so welcome, Sharon. Thanks for watching!
My first book was also my illustrator’s first picture book. She is my daughter’s best friend and I have known her since she was 6 years old. She was very professional and did a great job! I ended up paying her $4600 and I would love to talk to you offline about setting expectations for future books if I continue to use her for consistency.
That’s a fairly normal amount to pay for illustration. And I am happy to hear it worked out! You are welcome to email me at [email protected] with any questions.