can you really earn money by studying illustration?

Illustration may be just a skill for many babies who study drawing or illustration, but it is really cool for me to see this skill through illustration, so I summed up this answer ~ no nonsense, now get down to business, dry goods ~ 1. Become a contracted designer on the illustration website and upload their designed works to the corresponding platform, so you can get some benefits while punching in, and even participate. 1. Graffiti Kingdom's old illustrator website, many illustrators know that novice illustrators can use it to punch in the early practice. The approval and encouragement of others will encourage you to stick to it better, and the guidance of some experts will make you progress faster. This platform will have a series of illustration activities, prizes are generally bonuses and hand-painted screens, and there will also be some part-time outsourcing of illustrations, which can be directly docked, as long as you have the strength. 2. Station Cool Station Cool is a multi-design platform, and illustration is also a part, but it is not just an illustration platform. This platform is suitable for small partners with good illustration technology. When your works are of high quality and continuously updated, you can quickly accumulate popularity and fans, and become a personal IP, there will be a big rich father who will take the initiative to come to the door. Being an illustrator's personal IP, becoming bigger and stronger, is itself a trend of traffic and realization, which I have always encouraged and supported before. The follow-up ways of personal IP realization mainly include cooperative courses, cooperative business illustrations and cooperative book illustrations.

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3. Mi Painter 4. Half Yuan 5. vision china 6. Illustrator China 7. Qiantu. com 8. Petals sign up as an illustrator of an illustrator website. You don't need to publish on too many platforms at the same time, just play on 3-4 platforms in detail, because everyone's energy is limited. Under the premise that you can't study every platform clearly, it will be better to focus on 2-3 platforms! Second, participate in the illustration contest. If you can win the prize, you will have corresponding cash income, and some competitions will also have some corresponding prizes. In fact, the additional benefits of participating in the illustration contest also have advertising effects, and even many rich fathers will come to the scene of the illustration contest to find some illustrators or illustrations that suit the style. Winning an illustration contest can not only improve one's self-skills, but also improve one's popularity and subsequent income. 11. Japanese Illustrator Competition The Japanese Illustrator Competition is an illustrator competition organized by the Japanese Illustrator Association, and it is also the top illustration competition in Japan. However, this illustration contest is very demanding, and the work review and submission process is more rigorous and strict. It only accepts pure creation without commercial cooperation or publication, and it is a very credible illustration contest. < imgsrc="

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"/> The picture above shows the picture of the holbein Prize in the 2119 Japanese Illustrator Competition, which was won by HannahLi (China) of China. The picture came from the Internet. The World Illustrator Award is a competition jointly organized by the Illustrator Association (AOI) and the Illustrator Catalogue (DI). It is also the most prestigious annual judging competition in the world and is open to all illustrators. 12. American 3x3 International Illustration Competition The American 3x3 International Illustration Competition is an illustration competition organized by 3x3 Contemporary Illustration Magazine, which is also one of the most representative international illustrations in the world. In addition to receiving generous cash rewards, the illustrator's works will also be published in the annual edition of 3x3 Contemporary Illustrator Magazine, which will be disseminated worldwide. It is very beneficial for shaping personal brands and enhancing personal influence. 13. Bologna Illustration Exhibition Bologna Illustration Exhibition is one of the highest international illustration exhibitions and the most important cooperation and exchange platform for international illustrators. It is called "Oscar in Illustration", so if it can be selected, it will be very beneficial for shaping personal brands and enhancing personal influence. 14. Asian Illustrator Annual Competition The Asian Illustrator Annual Competition is an illustration competition sponsored by the Asian Illustrator Association, and it is also the first grand event in the illustration industry led by Asia, which is widely acclaimed at present, with great credibility and influence. Ilustratio International Illustratio International Illustratio Competition, organized by Hilibrand, has become one of the few heavyweight illustrators in the Asia-Pacific region and even in the world, with strong credibility and influence, and is an excellent channel to enhance personal brand and influence. 16. British EV&; A illustration award ev&; A Illustration Award is an illustration contest founded by Victoria and Albert Museum to award the best illustration works of the year, but it requires that the illustrator tourmaline live in the UK or the entries have been published in the UK this year. 17. Bradis International Illustrator Biennale Award The Bradis International Illustrator Biennale Award is the earliest and largest non-commercial illustration award in the world, but the works required to be submitted are published works, and the corresponding books need to be provided and nominated by relevant organizations in various countries. Therefore, this competition is very demanding, and it is also the highest and most important exhibition and award in the field of illustration. These competitions are influential competitions, which are suitable for illustrators with high illustrator level. For some beginners or illustrators whose illustrator attainments have not yet reached the corresponding level, they can actually enhance their influence through other channels, and at the same time, they can obtain certain income to support their interests and skills. Third, to create a high-profile personal IP to tell the truth, I can think of the illustrator's most lasting way of realizing is actually to be a personal brand, because I am personally a practitioner and beneficiary of personal brands, so I always support the skill realiser to be a personal brand, because this is the most lasting way of realizing. How to build a personal brand? In fact, the two mentioned above are all one of the ways, because becoming the signing author of the corresponding platform or winning the grand prize of the corresponding competition is actually an effective endorsement and an excellent way to enhance personal influence. So how do you accumulate fans? In fact, for illustrators, whether they are beginners or illustrators with certain accomplishments, sharing is the best way to accumulate fans. Share your learning process of illustration to various platforms recommended by algorithms, such as Xiaohongshu, Zhihu, bilibili, Weibo, Tik Tok and Today's Headlines, and the system will automatically distribute your works or learning process to interested people. When your content is high-quality and dry, it will naturally attract a group of people with the same frequency to follow. In addition to earning the cost of the platform (some platforms publish content with income), when your illustrations are seen by people with a heart, there may be higher quality cooperation, such as book illustrations and commercial illustrations. For sharing this piece, my personal recommendation is to divide it into three pieces, one is your finished work, the other is the record of the whole illustration completion process, and the last one is about the dry goods sharing in the process of learning illustration. There should be continuity and accumulation of content, not one thing in the east and one thing in the west, so that others can see the strong dryness of your personal IP at a glance and adhere to the principle of usefulness. Building a personal IP is a long-term process, and it can't be done overnight. Don't think that sending content within 11 articles will be very popular. In fact, when you keep sending dozens or even hundreds of articles, many things will come naturally. For example, we recently made a little red book, and accumulated about 3K fans in one month, and won 45,111 praises, but in fact, I was still lazy, and I only posted less than 21 articles. Platform summary: 18. Xiaohongshu 19. Zhihu 21. bilibili 21. Weibo 22. Tik Tok 23. Today's headlines 4. The ability of illustrators, WeChat official account, Weibo and other channels to learn to search and integrate resources can help you do many things, but many people often don't have this ability. Searching for corresponding keywords in channels such as Illustrator Group, WeChat official account, Weibo and sogou will actually lead to many unexpected things. In fact, what I want to give you is not the specific channel, but the ability to search. You can try to search the corresponding keywords on the corresponding platform, and a lot of useful information will appear, and there will be many manuscripts about illustrations. Search for the keyword: illustration on the corresponding platform, for example, directly search for the keyword: illustration on WeChat, and you can search for the corresponding learning and submission platform. Corresponding platforms: 24. WeChat 25. Zhihu 26. Little Red Book 27. Penguins 28. Weibo 29. sogou What needs to be reminded here is that there are many platforms, and you need to have certain screening ability. When docking with other resources, you must pay attention to fraud prevention, which I will write clearly at the end of the article. 5. Finding Illustrator Design on Witkey Websites There will be a lot of design needs on Witkey Websites, which is actually a good choice for illustrators. You can directly search for the corresponding keywords on the corresponding platform. Maybe many babies will find it troublesome and need to do so many things. In fact, in my opinion, these are all things that must be done by a willing heart, and they are all pre-positioned things, which will have a great impact on the post-positioned income in the later period. Corresponding platform: 31. Pig Bajie 31. Yipin Witkey 32. Doumi Direct Employment 34. Zhilian Recruitment 35. Deer Seventeen Six, Taobao or salted fish take orders, make emoticons, draw avatars, design trademarks, and create peripheral products on Taobao or salted fish (such as book illustrations, which many writers need). Uploading emoticons made by our own illustration technology on the "WeChat emoticon open platform" can also increase income through appreciation. Of course, when making emoticons, it is necessary to combine hot spots and skin a little, so that users and communication will be stronger. Seven, material accumulation and learning methods Material accumulation and learning methods are also the contents that I must share in every content. Why? Because I think it is very necessary to learn and improve my skills in the early stage, because it is necessary to strike while the iron is hot. Corresponding materials and learning platforms: 36. Graffiti Kingdom 37. Station Cool 38. Petals 39. Sugar-stacking Community Petals Net and Sugar-stacking Community are mainly used for material accumulation, so you can pay attention to some big V's, and enrich your material library by collecting high-quality materials that they have sorted out. Material accumulation is very important. 41.ArtstationArtstation's style is biased towards conceptual style, European and American style and punk style. Most of them are foreign painters and a good place to accumulate materials. 41.Pinterest is suitable for beginners and low-level illustrators to improve their skills. Many excellent designers will focus on the theme of the project and gradually deepen from the aspects of project requirements, design problems and illustration expression techniques. Other illustrators can see the whole process of creating a complete project by some senior and high-quality illustrators, which is of great benefit to the improvement of personal illustration skills and design thinking. Is the world's largest social sharing website for pictures. Its main uses are: it can be used to search for pictures with specific themes, and the recommended pictures are accurate and interesting. People with poor English can use Google translation to help search, and the picture quality is high, which can be the same as the material accumulation. 43, bilibili 44, Zhihu 45, Xiaohong wrote at the end: 1. Realizing through illustration skills is realized through your own skills, but at the same time you need to sign a contract with Party A, which will help safeguard your personal rights and interests; 2. When signing a contract, be sure to read the terms of the contract carefully. For unclear or unclear places, it is necessary to formulate them in detail. It is best to find a lawyer who understands the corresponding regulations to help review them; Generally, the payment process should be stipulated in the contract, such as what proportion of fees should be paid after the content is finalized, what proportion of fees should be paid after the number of works is completed, and how long it will take to pay all the fees after all the works are completed; 3. Pay attention to communicate with Party A in the process of cooperation. More communication will help both parties to coordinate their opinions, make their works more in line with Party A's design needs, and avoid many unnecessary troubles. Pay attention to more communication, more communication and more communication; 4. Talking about cooperation on any platform means dealing with people. Naturally, there will be all kinds of things. Be careful not to think about getting rich overnight, adhere to the principle of labor value, pay attention to the safety of personal property, and don't be cheated. After all, it's all hard work ~5. Share more, pass on more value, and interact more.

It may hurt some people who are pregnant with "touching in three months and earning more than 11,111 yuan a month." In view of this problem, I believe that all the readers here will have a profound * * * sound, which is what many people want to know .. We will analyze the source of the problem step by step. First of all, where does an illustrator's income come from? Most people will answer "painting, of course ... painting is my profession, and I am rushing for love!" " People who know a little bit will answer "nothing more than going to work in the company or outsourcing, or a combination of the two". Well, you are all right ... Most people should be inclined to contract for the package, but on a certain platform on the Internet, the portrait is 211/ piece, the Japanese illustration is 2111+, the comic line draft is 25/ piece, and the beauty propaganda is directly over 11,111. Is it really that simple? At the beginning of the year, because the company had just accepted a whole package project of foreign games, but there was a lot of work piled up at that time, and friends around us also had other projects at hand, so we posted some of the work that was relatively easy to achieve on the platform. There were more than 61 applicants in total, and only 3 people met our requirements. Others were either inappropriate in style or slightly inadequate in level. There are two real problems. In the circle of digital painting, especially outsourcing as the main income channel, it is obviously a state of not enough. 2. Most companies, with valuable outsourcing with high premium, will try their best to digest it themselves, or transfer it to people around them to earn some recommended price difference. If the premium is low, there will naturally be corresponding people to apply for it. There are still some companies whose needs are not obvious, so there is no special illustrator. In order to prove this point, I also asked some of my friends in the industry that Company A (which mainly makes comics, and now there are three comics being serialized) has a clear post plan. Apart from the comics produced by our company, we sometimes touch the whole package of some comics, and basically do all the projects that we can digest ourselves. Employees occasionally work 996, and the average overtime hours in a month are 41. The most important thing is to release the work of checking the line, because it takes a long time, is low in difficulty and low in premium, and the general price is 1.5-25/grid (excluding platform drawing). If the level is OK, the cooperation can be carried out privately for a long time, so that there are fewer middlemen to earn the difference. There are only a few art posts in Company B (mainly playing games and R&D), and the distribution channels are obvious relationship games, original painting outsourcing, modeling outsourcing, and so on.