When you’re first starting out on your path to becoming a professional illustrator, when projects are thin on the ground, or your business is struggling, it’s easy to just take whatever you’re offered…
Category: Advice
State of Illustration '19 Report
We are proud and super-excited to present the State of Illustration ’19 report! After many hours of number crunching and countless cups of coffee to keep us going, it’s finally been released into the wild.
Creative Crowdfunding
We’re going to talk about how crowdfunding is helping our members earn a living followed by introducing you to a … More
Illustrators’ Survey 2018
We’re happy to share with you the results of this year’s Annual Illustrators’ survey. We’ve previously done surveys in 2011/12 … More
Hiring a comic book artist FAQ
Getting a comic book from script to print can be a complicated undertaking, with lots of moving parts to consider. … More
Working with an illustrator
So you want to work with an illustrator, but you’re not sure how to proceed? This helpful video should put … More
Spring cleaning your HAI portfolio!
Spring is here (yay!), so what better time to log-in to your HAI profile and make sure everything is up-to-date? … More
The Seven Deadly Website Sins for Freelance Illustrators
This is a list of the things that illustrators sometimes do that they really shouldn’t – or in some cases that they don’t … More
Hello World 2.0: How to contact an illustrator
Most illustrators, if not all, display enough of their work online for a client to make an informed decision as … More
To agent, or not to agent: that is the question
Image credit: Jason Heglund Following a conversation about illustration agencies with one of our lovely members, we’ve decided to publish … More
