portfolio sites

The AOI 

Although not the best looking portfolio site out there , it is a very well known resource.

I wasn’t able to find out how much it costs to join the AOI but I do believe I heard that it was x amount of pounds per month.

Carbonmade

Carbonmade is not just for illustrators but for all manor of artists, as you can see it is a fairly attractive, professional looking portfolio website, if a bit childlike, but when you get to the actual portfolio pages see image 3 it becomes a really well presented page of work.

Carbonmade is free if you have 35 images or under and it is $12 or roughly £7 a month  for those who wish to post more than 35 images on their site

 

 

agencyrush

http://www.agencyrush.com/
i wasnt able to find out much about this agency but i did find out that they have 26 artists on the website and If the commission is cancelled the fees payable will be as follows; 25% of agreed fees plus
expenses before delivery of roughs, 50% of agreed fees plus expenses after the delivery of
roughs and 100% of the agreed fee plus expenses after the delivery of the final Artwork.

Nowhere does it say how to submit work so i assume that you can send low res images via the email address given or printed samples to the address given.

The Artworks

http://www.theartworksinc.com/
For submissions they require 5-6 low res jpeg files they also except printed samples.
It appears that there is only 24 artists on the books which means that they may be particular about who they take.

There isn't any artist with them that matches/suits my style but there are elements in some works that I enjoy

They dont say how much percentage that they take on the website.

5 questions i would ask an illustrator in person if i had the chance.

1.     Do you have an agent and is it worth having one?

2.    If you have had agents in the past which ones would you recommend to a graduate, also which ones would you advise to stay away from?

3.    How many pieces of your best work would you put into your portfolio?

4.     Are you employed or self employed?

5.     Do you make a living purely from your illustration?

Allison Torneros

Allison Torneros is an illustrator based in Los Angeles, California. Best known for her feminine, graffiti-inspired imagery, her style captures the essence of reverie and emotion. She enjoys exploring the line where rough meets refined, creating loose washes of paint, then tightening certain areas of the piece to make her subjects appear to pop. She can switch effortlessly between paintbrush and Tablet pen to create an image.

Allison is also a fine artist, exhibiting her work worldwide. She recently released an artist collaboration with the North Face for Spring '11.

Client List

• Disney
• North Face
• Proctor & Gamble
• YRB Magazine
• URB Magazine
• 30sixty Advertising

Allison works for the agency “Illustration” as well as herself and as you have read she is a fine artist.

Here are some examples of her work.

 

Jon Burgerman

Jon Burgerman was born August 8, 1979, in Nottingham, UK. He studied art foundation in Bournville, Birmingham, England, and then Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University. Burgerman has worked on artwork for a race-track on Sony's WipEout Pure PlayStation Portable video game and the book, Hello Duudle, made with Danish artist Sune Ehlers. He has produced designs for exhibition at the Science Museum in London, the Game On exhibition (2006-2007), and an exhibition about the Large Hadron Collider. He has collaborated with Media Molecule on DLC for LittleBigPlanet. In 2009, Burgerman teamed up with ustwo, a London based company, to create an iPhone application called Inkstrumental

 Jon burgerman has in addition to his illustration, two other jobs, he is an animator, and he also has a band called anxieteam.

Mel Holmes Mural artist

	Mel Holmes graduated from Norwich School of Art in 1992 with a Ba Hons Degree in Graphic design. Whilst studying, Mel toured the UK as a street artist completing reproductions of Old Masters paintings on vast canvases. After graduation, Mel continued his tours, also undertaking mural commissions and fine art reproductions.  In 1997 he joined The Grand Union Design Company where he worked as a muralist and specialist decorative effects artist. Mel formed his own company in 2002 and has since distinguished himself as one of the UK's leading muralists. Two examples of his work -----> Out of all the mural artists i have looked at Mel Holmes is one of my favorites. I like the 3D feel in his work particularly in the first image to the right, it really looks like you can walk through the archway to the wine cabinet.

areas of illustration

I chose to look at murals as I haven’t really looked into them before and I think that they are an effective way to get your work seen in public places without having to pay for exhibition fees or hire of a hall or gallery.

Mural description:

A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.

Mindmap of areas of illustration