This week’s task
- This week’s task is to create your 3rd portfolio piece - with a focus on making it “commercial”.
Unfortunately among some creative people, the term “commercial” has gained a negative connotation - associated with the concept of selling out or even selling yourself to the Devil.
It doesn’t need to be seen like that - the hope for all of us, is that our work is obviously picked up by an art director, a publisher or a paying client so that we make some money from doing something we love - that’s all that commercial means…being paid for something you love to do anyway.
As an aspiring illustrator or even one who is already being paid, it can sometimes be hard to visualise the kind of work we *really* want to be doing as being something that is commercially successful, so that’s what this week’s task is all about.
Focus your portfolio piece this week on something that is deliberately designed and created to be picked up by someone who will pay for it - and once you’ve created the piece (if you have the software and your Photoshop skills will allow), mock it up…
So that means:
- Mock up your piece as if it appears on the cover of Time magazine or…
- Mock up your piece as if it’s a real, published book cover with title and author details or…
- Mock up your piece as if it’s a page in a children’s book or…
- Mock up your piece as if it’s a greetings card or a pattern on a child’s piece of clothing.
The point of this is to visually see your work in a commercial setting - so you know (a) that it works and (b) what it will look like & how it might feel when it happens.
Have fun creating and don’t forget to add links this weeks finished illustrations in the comments so that everyone can see what you created.
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