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Feeling stuck? Creative block be GONE!
24 april 2024 · 11 min
This episode is chock full of our very toppest of tips for overcoming creative block. Buckle in 🙂 Lees meer
If you’d like to boost your illustration work and dig in to finding your creative voice, you’re in luck!
Doors are NOW OPEN for our course, Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag. Just so you know, this the last time to join at the current price. We’d love to have you sailing with us!
You can learn more here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Want to get your illustrations published? Here are Good Ship’s top tips
23 april 2024 · 11 min
This episode is JUICY. Here’s a checklist of action items if you want to put it on your studio wall and get some more eyeballs on your work. Lees meer
Reach out to publishers directly by sending samples and requesting meetings to show your folio and get feedback
Send out batches of samples at a time
Follow up with publishers by sending new samples every 3 months
Research publisher websites and publications like The Writer and Artist Yearbook to find calls for submissions that match work
Ask other illustrators for recommendations on who provides constructive portfolio reviews (not all portfolio reviews are created equal!)
Consider sending thumbnail sketches and illustration samples in addition to dummy books for feedback from publishers
If you’d like to boost your illustration work and dig in to finding your creative voice, you’re in luck!
Doors are NOW OPEN for our course, Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag. Just so you know, this the last time to join at the current price. We’d love to have you sailing with us!
You can learn more here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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How to describe your illustration style
22 april 2024 · 19 min
In this episode we dig into some juicy questions about describing your own work (aaaargh!) marketing, authenticity, and using your past to find your creative voice. Lees meer
Doors are NOW OPEN for our course, Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag. Just so you know, this the last time to join at the current price. We’d love to have you sailing with us!
You can learn more here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Surviving Bologna Children's Book Fair with The Good Ship Illustration
29 maart 2024 · 31 min
Planning a visit to Bologna Children's Book Fair this year? You're in luck. Our Helen has made you this INCREDIBLE PDF document to accompany this podcast audio guide to the fair. Lees meer
What else is inside the downloadable guide?
A Good Ship Illustration lanyard to print out
if you'd like to fly your Good Ship Illustration flag and help fellow Good Ship pals spot you while you're wandering around the fair!Details on when and where we're holding our first ever Good Ship Illustration meet up
The must-haves you don't want to forget in your Bologna bag (blister plasters, anyone?)
If you're going to the fair, we'd LOVE to see you there. Keep an eye out for us!
Grab your free guide and lanyard here and read about the meet up dates etc.
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/bologna
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Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Picture book Q&A QUICK FIRE 🔥 | Picture book mini series episode #5
17 november 2023 · 26 min
Pssst, if you like this, you'll LOVE our course The Picture Book Course. Climb aboard now while you still can - the doors are closing in a few hours. BE QUICK! https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB Lees meer
In this episode we answer a zillion of your brilliant picture book questions. Here's a summary of the key takeaways:
Finding stories to illustrate
Publishers, and how they pair up writers and illustrators
Tips for working with authors
How picture book publishers work in general
Some live event illustration tips from Katie
TIP: When pitching ideas to publishers, don't submit a fully illustrated book. Instead, submit a couple of double-page spreads, and some character development sketches.
ANOTHER TIP: When you're just starting out in your illustration career, you can get your work under publishers' noses by creating a digital portfolio and using social media (eg Instagram). Make the most of hashtags and connect with fellow illustrators and publishers in the industry. You never know who's watching!
Read all about the Picture Book Course here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Self publishing...is it a scam!? + what dimensions should I make my picture book? | Picture Book mini series episode #4
16 november 2023 · 21 min
In this episode of the picture book mini series, we're answering some of your MOST JUICY questions all about: Lees meer
Self-publishing - is it a scam?
The correct dimensions for your picture book
Invoicing and contracts in the picture book industry.
It's all the nitty gritty stuff. We love it!
Doors are closing really soon. If you'd like to join The Picture Book Course, now's your time!
Here it is: thegoodshipillustration.com/PB
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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How to run AMAZIN' school visits with your picture book | | Picture Book mini series episode #3
15 november 2023 · 23 min
Did you know, the doors to our course The Picture Book Course are now open? Come on in! We'd love to have you sailing with us. Read all about it here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB Lees meer
What are the big secrets behind successful school visits and events? In this episode, Katie and Tania grill Helen on all the insider bits and VOILA.
We talked about
Setting boundaries when doing school visits
How to structure your time
The TOPPEST OF THE TOP TIPS to help children remember your name and connect with you as an author.
Being clear about your needs when doing author visits and book festivals.
Alternatives to in-person visits.
p.s. Tonight over on Instagram we're doing a live Q&A call. This is the best way to get your questions answered on the spot by Helen (Katie will be there too, and Tania is manning the comments/chat box thingie.)
See ya there! x
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Juggling *life* while also creating picture books | Picture Book mini series episode #2
14 november 2023 · 21 min
In this episide of The Good Ship Illustration, we share juggling skills. Whether you're juggling babies, mental health, or just... life stuff, hopefully some of these can help! Lees meer
EXCITING NEWS: The Picture Book Course is open right now! Click here to read all about it ---> https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB
And you can sign up for the Character Workshop here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/cw
See ya there! x
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Can you make a living as a picture book illustrator? | Picture Book mini series episode #1
13 november 2023 · 16 min
In this episode of The Good Ship Illustration podcast, we talk all about making a living as a children's book illustrator. Lees meer
EXCITING NEWS: the doors to The Picture Book Course are open right now!! Go go go: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB
We're running a character workshop on Zoom. You can sign up for it here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/cw (it's free!)
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Our live Q&A is happening on Instagram at 7pm (UK time) on Wednesday. We're @theGoodShipIllustration on Insta. See you there!
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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PANIIIIIC! (or don't...) 🚢 | Find Your Creative Voice Mini-Series #5
15 september 2023 · 10 min
The pressure's off; there are no fancy art materials here, and our golden rule is no panicking. Start where you are, use what you have. Be kind to yourself. Lees meer
Today we're wrapping up our 5-part adventure. Thank you SO MUCH for listening along. If you've joined the course, we'll see you in there!! We can't wait to see you discover your creative voice.
Also, Art Club is on this Friday if you fancy some stress-free drawing time. It's over on Instagram.
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WELCOME to the final part in our 5-part mini-series, all about finding your creative voice. This week we're dropping one episode a day, where we tackle that ol' chestnut: how to find your creative voice. We've answered questions and created actionable steps for each episode.
Want a fillable workbook? YOU'RE IN LUCK! We've made one for you to download here.
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook
p.s. The doors to our 8-week online course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag are now open. We'd love to have you sailing with us. Read all about it here.
Doors close for this live round on the 15th of September 2023 and we are STRICT. Don't miss the boat!
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Play, OR ELSE 🚢 | Find Your Creative Voice Mini-Series #4
14 september 2023 · 11 min
How do you get over the fear of starting a new illustration? In this installment of our mini-series we talk all about overcoming procrastination and fear of the blank page. Lees meer
WELCOME to our 5-part mini-series, all about finding your creative voice. This week we're dropping one episode a day, where we tackle that ol' chestnut: how to find your creative voice. We've answered questions, and created actionable steps for each episode.
Want a fillable workbook? YOU'RE IN LUCK! We've made one for you to download here.
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook
p.s. The doors to our 8-week online course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag are now open. We'd love to have you sailing with us. Read all about it here.
Doors close for this live round on the 15th of September 2023 and we are STRICT. Don't miss the boat!
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Finding Creative Confidence 🚢 | Find Your Creative Voice Mini-Series #3
13 september 2023 · 21 min
How do you stop the niggly voice 'my work isn't good enough' from interfering with your creative confidence? Lees meer
WELCOME to our 5-part mini-series, all about finding your creative voice. This week we're dropping one episode a day, where we tackle that ol' chestnut: how to find your creative voice. We've answered questions and created actionable steps for each episode.
Want a fillable workbook? YOU'RE IN LUCK! We've made one for you to download here.
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook
p.s. The doors to our 8-week online course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag are now open. We'd love to have you sailing with us. Read all about it here.
Doors close for this live round on the 15th of September 2023 and we are STRICT. Don't miss the boat!
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Draw draw draw! 🚢 | Find Your Creative Voice Mini-Series #2
12 september 2023 · 9 min
Draw draw draw, then draw some more. PLUS we answer the brilliant question: "...my schedule is not allowing me the time I would like. Can I really find my style if my time is limited? Lees meer
WELCOME to part 2 of our 5-part mini-series, all about finding your creative voice. This week we're dropping one episode a day, where we tackle that ol' chestnut: how to find your creative voice. We've answered questions and created actionable steps for each episode.
✨ Want a fillable workbook? YOU'RE IN LUCK! We've made one for you to download here.✨
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook
p.s. The doors to our 8-week online course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag are now open. We'd love to have you sailing with us. Read all about it here.
Doors close for this live round on the 15th of September 2023 and we are STRICT. Don't miss the boat!
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Bask in your weirdness! 🚢 | Find Your Creative Voice Mini-Series #1
11 september 2023 · 11 min
Bask in your weirdness. What to do if the voice that’s emerging isn’t the one you like? Lees meer
WELCOME to our 5-part mini-series, all about finding your creative voice. This week we're dropping one episode a day, where we tackle that ol' chestnut: how to find your creative voice. We've answered questions, and created actionable steps for each episode.
Want a fillable workbook? YOU'RE IN LUCK! We've made one for you to download here.
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook
p.s. The doors to our 8-week online course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag are now open. We'd love to have you sailing with us. Read all about it here.
Doors close for this live round on the 15th of September 2023 and we are STRICT. Don't miss the boat!
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Our most weird and wonderful illustration jobs ft. sausages
21 juni 2023 · 13 min
We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative career Lees meer
Here are 3 things you need to know:
At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.
There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.
We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!
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In this episode we talk about:
Katie somehow stumbling her way from local beer sketching jobs to Google HQ
How Helen (almost) became the face of sausages
Tania's magical jobs in Hong Kong (feat. Bryan Ferry)
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Substack for Illustrators! Message in a Bottle
21 juni 2023 · 20 min
We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative career Lees meer
Here are 3 things you need to know:
At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.
There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.
We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!
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In this episode we let Helen get REALLY excited about Substack. She shares all of her top tips to get you excited to start writing, sharing and hitting publish tooo.We're on Substack! Come and say hello
Helen's Substack, Pencil Pals
Katie's Substack, Katiedraws (and writes)
(Tania doesn't have one yet, but don't worry... we'll keep peer-pressuring her until she starts one too.)Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Art qualifications... do you need 'em? - Message in a Bottle
21 juni 2023 · 11 min
We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative career Lees meer
Here are 3 things you need to know:
At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.
There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.
We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!
In this episode, we talk about:
The (un)importance of qualifications in art
The importance of having a masters
Stamps of approval
Choosing yourself
Gatekeepers
Be a punk
Did you like this? You might love Art Club too! Come on over to Instagram and be our internet pal. We host pop-up art clubs every now and again and our entire back catalog is on there too.
We're @thegoodshipillustration
https://www.instagram.com/thegoodshipillustration/
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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HELP! I don't think I have a style - Message in a bottle
21 juni 2023 · 16 min
We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative career Lees meer
Here are 3 things you need to know:
At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.
There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.
We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!
Stuff we talk about in this episode:
Style is like the zodiac
How to find out who you are
Finding your uniqueness
Hiding away from social media.
Creating a stronger identity and finding your creative voice.
p.s. if you like this episode, you might love our course "Find Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag".
You can read all about it here.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Using kids as inspiration for picture book illustration - is it a good idea? - Message in a Bottle
6 mei 2023 · 20 min
Wahooo, another picture book podcast! Lees meer
The Picture Book Course
If you're listening to this and you're interested in making picture books, you've listened at a brilliant time...The Picture Book Course doors are now open!!
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!
It's an eight week course and the cover creating your own picture book. Making your best picture book work ever.
We'd love to have you on board :) Read all about the course here.
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For this episode we've got three brilliant questions sent for our Message in a Bottle series.
This episode's messages in bottles:
Is it a good idea to use your own children as inspiration for a picture book?
-from Katherine SteelDevelopment work: how do you tackle it?
-from Adam MingWhich way should your picture book character face?
-from SandyThanks for listening!
Lots o' love
-Good Shipp.s. If you're listening to this later, when the doors are closed, you can join the waiting list and we'd love to have your sailing with us.
p.p.s We are doing some extra special pop up Art Clubs this week on Friday! Come along and join in on Instagram. We're @thegoodshipillustration.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Picture Books, drawing and storytelling: Emma Carlisle chats to The Good Ship Illustration
3 oktober 2022 · 55 min
We had a brilliant chat with Good Ship pal, Emma Carlisle on aaall of the things: Lees meer
The importance of bad drawings
Tackling social media as an illustrator
Studying an MA in illustration
Finding out what you're interested in
PICTURE BOOKS!
Mental health and creativity
Drawing from life and filling sketchbooks
Getting discovered
...aaand lots more
Meet Emma and learn more about her work here https://www.emmacarlisle.com/
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DOORS ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW to our big juicy Picture Book Course!If you are ready to get your picture book made and out into the world, now's your time! But be quick - doors close on Friday 7th October 2022.
Read all about it and join here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB
We'd love to have you sailing with us!
x Helen Stephens, Tania Willis & Katie Chappell
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Figuring out where YOUR illustration work fits - Message in a Bottle
19 augustus 2022 · 32 min
In this episode we answer the questions: Lees meer
How do I know if I'm an illustrator or not?
How to navigate "The Gap" (see quote below!)
How to keep the magic and energy in your finished work
The Gap
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
― Ira Glass🚢🚢🚢
Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustrati…
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Getting started as an illustrator - Message in a Bottle
19 augustus 2022 · 38 min
In this episode we answer the questions: Lees meer
How do I get started as an illustrator (even if you're not a young thing fresh outta art school.)
How to get your first big break as an illustrator.
Do I need an illustration agent to be successful?
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Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Preppin' your illustration portfolio - Message in a Bottle
19 augustus 2022 · 25 min
In this episode we answer all of your portfolio questions: Lees meer
Do I need one!?
What to put in your illustration portfolio.
How to reach out to potential illustration clients.
Should I follow the current illustration trends in my portfolio?
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Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Nightmare clients, good snacks, illustrator fashion and lots more - Message in a Bottle
19 augustus 2022 · 51 min
In this quick fire interview-style episode we answer the questions: Lees meer
What was your most horrific client experience?
What's your favourite subject to draw?
Favourite snack + subject combo...
Most unusual client request?
Life drawing: the good, the bad and the ugly.
Have you ever gone against some advice and it worked out well?
What outfit makes you feel most illustrator-y?
PLUS
Tania talks aboutpitching work to clients
map work and living in Hong Kong
Katie talks about
Introvert working / knowing yourself and designing a career you love
The joys of SEO (search engine optimisation)
Helen talks about
Whether there's room for you in the picture book world
How to draw out and about #walktosee without being interrupted by well-meaning people
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Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Analogue vs. digital illustration - Message in a Bottle
19 augustus 2022 · 29 min
In this episode we answer the questions: Lees meer
Analogue vs digital drawing - how to deal with feeling torn between the two
How to store your artwork (ahhh that old chestnut)
Do I HAVE to work digitally to be a picture book illustrator nowadays?
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Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Goal setting for illustrators - Message in a Bottle
19 augustus 2022 · 28 min
In this episode we answer the questions: Lees meer
How do I set goals as an illustrator?
Am I allowed to illustrate existing book covers?
What makes a "good" illustration?
Contracts!? The business side of illustration and design.
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Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.
Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Creative Inspiration and Where to Find It
26 oktober 2020 · 21 min
Avoiding the comparison trap Lees meer
In this episode we answer the questions:
Is there room for me in the illustration industry?
How can I find time to create my work!?
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Want to be part of an online community, full of fellow creatives?
Build your illustration career and make your best creative work ever?
It's time to discover how good it feels to truly be yourself in your work!
Bask in your weirdness and follow your creative dreams - our course doors open on 30th October for FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG.
Find out more and join the waiting list: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Doors open on Friday 30th, and close on the 6th of November, OR when we reach capacity!
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p.s. See you at The Good Ship Art club. Friday 8pm UK time on Instagram. We'll open the doors to the course live.
We’re @thegoodshipillustration.Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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The Essential Drawing Materials Every Illustrator Needs
26 oktober 2020 · 20 min
Our top tips for choosing the best drawing materials.
(Don’t let materials trip you up - they're a distraction) Lees meerStart where you are, use what you have.
Fancy materials can freeze you up / feel like too much pressure
Your choice of drawing materials can help you blast through a pesky creative block. Rough and ready! Cheap! Easy to grab!
The free audio drawing guide we mention, ‘The Sketchbooker’s Friend’ is here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/sketchbookers-friend
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Want to be part of an online community, full of fellow creatives?
Build your illustration career and make your best creative work ever?
It's time to discover how good it feels to truly be yourself in your work!
Bask in your weirdness and follow your creative dreams - our course doors open on 30th October for FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG.
Find out more and join the waiting list: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Doors open on Friday 30th, and close on the 6th of November, OR when we reach capacity!
🚢🚢🚢
p.s. See you at The Good Ship Art club. Friday 8pm UK time on Instagram. We'll open the doors to the course live.
We’re @thegoodshipillustration.Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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What's Stopping You? Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Find Your Creative Voice.
26 oktober 2020 · 20 min
In this episode, we talk about imposter syndrome, authenticity, getting excited about your own work, and how to be consistent. Lees meer
Bonus: how to eat an elephant
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Want to be part of an online community, full of fellow creatives?
Build your illustration career and make your best creative work ever?
It's time to discover how good it feels to truly be yourself in your work!
Bask in your weirdness and follow your creative dreams - our course doors open on 30th October for FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG.
Find out more and join the waiting list: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Doors open on Friday 30th, and close on the 6th of November, OR when we reach capacity!
🚢🚢🚢
p.s. See you at The Good Ship Art club. Friday 8pm UK time on Instagram. We'll open the doors to the course live.
We’re @thegoodshipillustration.Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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Finding Your Creative Voice with The Good Ship Illustration
5 augustus 2020 · 39 min
This is the first episode of our podcast! Lees meer
Helen Stephens, Tania Willis, and Katie Chappell are the crew at The Good Ship illustration, and this episode is all about getting to know us.
Learn more about The Good Ship Illustration and how we each found our creative voices.
Grab a cuppa, listen while you draw, and let us know what you think. (Instagram is our favourite place to hang out. We're @thegoodshipillustration)
p.s. Our course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag is now open for enrollment!
Show Notes:
Finding your creative voice, standing out from the crowd, building career-longevity, and being yourself.
1. Helen's story
Taking a year out from picture book illustration to get back to her own creative voice.2. Tania's story
From fine art to illustration via Hong Kong. 80s corporate imagery, MA at the Royal College. The value of being in a creative community.3. Katie's story
Why getting fired from being an in-house graphic designer/illustrator was the best thing ever.Read more about us all here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/About-the-good-ship-illustration
Learn More About the FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG course.
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
(Doors close again on the 7th of August, 10pm UK time)Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙