You and your portfolio are ready …

> You are now ready to pick up the phone to make appointments and start showing your portfolio to would-be clients. An accepted ‘model career path’, although not one you need necessarily follow, is that new illustrators begin by doing editorial work. Publishing, design and advertising jobs tend to come after some exposure within this field. That said, there are plenty of cases where people are snapped up by advertising ...

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