Special Offer: Kickstart Your Freelance Practice with our Illustration Masterclasses!
From finding your creative voice and developing your practice, to insight and advice on illustrating for the kids market and creating visual campains for brands; to discovering fresh ways to craft your portfolio – our bumper series of masterclasses hosted by selected industry pros will guide you through the secrets to building a successful career as an illustrator this Autumn!
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Find Your Niche Masterclass with Katie Scarlett (Recording)
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Join illustrator Katie Scarlett for a brand new online masterclass as she guides you through how to find your niche as an illustrator, from developing passion projects to honing your skills, exploring new ways of working and engaging with subject matter that inspires and influences your creative practice.
In this 90 minute session hosted by Inkygoodness Collective you will learn:
- How to identify and nurture your own visual identity
- Find your creative path
- How to develop your illustration practice
- Advice, insight and actionable steps to support your practice
- How to connect with your inspirations and influences
- Tips for building your skills and crafting personal work
We’ll explore Katie’s creative journey so far; how living in Brooklyn, New York has inspired her portfolio projects; alongside unpacking commercial work for a variety of clients. You will learn how dedicating time to personal work is the key to developing your voice as an illustrator; and come away with fresh inspiration, insight and ideas to apply to your own practice – alongside actionable steps to guide your next steps to help you find your niche.
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Illustration for the Kids Market Masterclass with Ben Newman
Thursday 2nd November @ 10.3am GMT | Book now for £29 »
Ben Newman has developed a distinct aesthetic over the years; a contemporary fusion of bold shapes, bright colours and playful characters which has been described as ‘bauhaus fuzzy felt.’ With over 15 years experience in the industry, Ben has produced work for a large range of clients, including the Tate Modern, New York Times, BBC Radio 4, Apple, Google and The New Yorker. His practice extends outside of commercial work into international exhibitions, paintings and three dimensional collaborations.
Ben will present a Masterclass on Illustrating for the Kids Market guiding you through the creative process of working in publishing, toys and games.
In this 90 minute session hosted by Inkygoodness Collective you will learn:
- How to develop your creative practice as an artist and illustrator
- Advice for cultivating and diversifying your income streams
- Tips and advice for reaching out to clients within the kids market
- Insight on the creative process involved in illustrating children’s books
- How to present your work to toy & games companies – and what they look for!
- Behind the scenes development for his best selling book series Professor Astro Cat; and toy designs for Djeco
& much more!
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Illustrating for Brands Masterclass with Livia Falcaru
Livia Falcaru is an illustrator and visual artist currently living and working in Bucharest, Romania. Livia’s work is above all influenced by her personal experiences as a woman living in these times. The Romanian artist often finds herself fascinated by daily life and the emotions we might all feel but never care to mention. Although her illustrations are immersed in cheerful colors, the subjects approached are usually an in-depth view of raw emotions and realities, that ultimately serve as a medium for real and honest communication.
Livia describes her work as constantly adapting to her growth process as an artist and human being. Her body of work merges both traditional and digital techniques.
Our Illustration for Brands Masterclass with Livia Falcaru will provide insight and advice on translating visual art into commercial illustration, and share her creative process, development and client work for brands such as Vans, Bon Appetit, Logitech and Fanta.
In this 90 minute session hosted by Inkygoodness Collective we will cover:
- Understanding the briefs and what a client is asking for
- Sketching concepts, presenting ideas and how to handle client feedback
- How illustrations can add character and feeling to a company’s brand
- Basic color psychology and how it influences your audience
- Storytelling as an illustrator – and why it’s crucial for commercial projects
- Effective ways to present your work to clients
- A deep dive into three branding illustration case studies – from brief to delivery
& much more!
Our Illustration for Brands Masterclass with Livia will provide insight and advice on translating visual art into commercial illustration, and share her creative process, development and client work for brands such as Vans, Bon Appetit, Logitech and Fanta.
Expect incredible takeaways to inspire and support your next steps as illustrators, with honest advice and insight on how to execute illustration with commercial clients in mind.
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Illustration Masterclass: Craft Your Portfolio with Kat Irannejad – 13th December @ 6pm GMT
Kat Irannejad is the Director of TOTALLY REPS – a boutique illustration and creative production agency based in Brooklyn, NYC. Having worked with the world’s most iconic brands, agencies, and publishers, TOTALLY grew out of the ethos that meaningful interactions are the way forward – and that bespoke visual art is the power behind the most engaging work in our industry. As an agency, TOTALLY is dedicated to nurturing and advocating diverse and brilliant artists while cultivating long-lasting client friendships.
Kat will be presenting Masterclass on how to Craft Your Portfolio, exploring the various ways you can present your work online; how to get picked up by an illustration agent and much more!
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We round off each session with a Q&A so you’ll leave each Masterclass session with clarity, inspiration and ideas to develop your illustration brand – and attract more clients & creative opportunities for your creative business this year.
All booked tickets grant access to the Masterclass for 90 days.
Special Offer! Illustration Masterclass Bundle £89 – save £27!
We’re also offering a brilliant offer to attend all four of our Maker Masterclasses at a special offer price of just £89, saving £27 versus buying each class separately.
Access six hours of training with leading illustrators Katie Scarlett, Ben Newman, Livia Falcaru & artist agent Kat Irannejad exploring key themes around how to find your niche, illustrating for the kids market, illustrating for brands and how to craft your portfolio.
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About your host
Lisa Hassell is a creative consultant, coach and founder of Inkygoodness, a global community focused on connecting, inspiring and developing artists and creative businesses. Launching in 2010 as a side project, Inkygoodness now has a global audience of 75k, made up of illustration and graphic design students, creative graduates, freelancers and young professionals.
Lisa runs regular portfolio crits, workshops, and online courses, and in 2021 launched ‘Make Your Mark’ a 10 week programme for artists and illustrators to accelerate their personal and professional development. Supported by a thriving online community, their first online membership: Inkygoodness Collective launched last year as a curated online community of artists and illustrators from across the globe.
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