Illustrator wanted and found
Are you looking for an illustrator for your project? Here you will find information on how to search and find illustrators. JNArt lists some good partners and gives examples of his own services.
Tips for finding the right illustrator:
Know your needs
If you don't know what the images will be used for, it is difficult to find the right one. Define the purpose of the illustrations before you start looking for an illustrator. If you find it difficult to define, you can contact a professional illustrator who will help you identify the purpose of the illustration.
Finding the right style and skills
Different illustrators have different styles and master different types of illustration. You can search on sites that feature many illustrators such as the Illustrator Centre, or you can hire a versatile illustrator such as JNArt to adapt the style to your needs.
Define the framework and write contracts
Find out what your budget is and what the end result will be, so you can be sure that you will get what you want. Communicate the scope of the assignment and how the images will be used.
Can you be sure to be satisfied?
Hiring a visual designer can be better or worse than the client's expectations. You can never be sure that you will be satisfied, but with a professional illustrator, the chances are higher that the framework is clearly defined and the illustrator can deliver as close to expectations as possible. Some illustrators have a clear script that they sell, so you can be sure that you will get something similar. In other cases, a high budget is set to give a lot of room to adjust the result in many steps. A final option is to hire an illustrator with a broad portfolio such as JNArt where, in consultation with the illustrator, you find or create a style that suits your project.
Find an illustrator
An illustrator is a person who creates illustrations. Illustrations are visualisations, mainly in the form of drawings, paintings, photographs and sketches, with the aim of highlighting information or constituting the information itself. The English word for illustrator comes from the Latin illustratio, which in turn comes from illustro, meaning to illuminate or irradiate.
What is included in the fee when I order an illustration?
The cost of illustrations is the creation and the rights of use. Illustrations are produced in several stages: idea, research, sketches, problem solving, adjustment, creation of original illustrations, adjustment of originals are some of the stages. The different steps take different amounts of time depending on the scope of the project and thus affect the price. How much the illustrator charges in hourly wages affects the price, it varies greatly but there are industry standards defined by the Swedish cartoonists' association. In simple terms, an established illustrator with documented experience of solving customers' needs will charge more than an inexperienced one, where the risks and variation in quality may be greater. The cost of the rights to use the image also varies depending on the area of use and exposure.
What are the requirements?
New requirements from clients are constantly emerging, partly due to trends and technological developments. This means that illustrators need to spend time keeping themselves up to date in different areas. Most illustrators earn their main income by creating images for different clients' needs, but there are also illustrators who create freely and then find buyers for their illustrations. An illustrator can also do unpaid work.
Where can I find an illustrator?
Co-operation partners
Here you will find illustrators with whom JNArt collaborates.
Isak Nygren
Isak Nygren works as an illustrator and artist, is educated at the Umeå Institute of Art and is now active in Gothenburg.
With good experience of working with customers, Isak takes on assignments both freely and based on the customer's wishes.
Isak's focus on assignments is: Illustrating for text, articles, stories/stories. Making covers for music albums or book covers. Making images for merch. Political satire. Medium is primarily ink and watercolour.
You are welcome to visit Isak's website for more pictures.
Want to read more about what it's like to hire JNArt as an illustrator?
JNArt is the right creator for many types of assignments. This applies to illustrations for almost all types of use. If the assignment does not fit, JNArt can give tips on other talented illustrators.
Editorial illustration
JNArt has helped previous clients with illustrations to interpret text in different ways. Educational material, information campaigns, illustrations for concepts, illustrations for books and magazines, images for the web and printed matter.
Graphic design and illustration
Logo, visual identity, layout, graphic elements, icons, JNArt creates different types of graphic design. Adaptations are made to already existing visual profile or we create a new one according to your wishes.
