But are the actual illustrators really as happy as they are in the advertisements? Is it really a new choice that everyone can try? If you have to hire an illustrator, can you make money? The answer is of course yes, but there are conditions, such as solid professional ability and excellent works. Like Victo Ngai, a famous illustrator, the price of a painting can reach six figures, but she can earn millions a year just by painting. I think many illustrators use her as a model.
But what we need to know is that the income of top employees in an industry cannot fully explain the overall wage level of this industry. First of all, an illustrator is a profession with professional skills, so there must be some thresholds, such as professional ability. Speaking of it, many art professionals will inevitably cause market competition and substitution here, so what's the play for ordinary people without basic skills? Judging from the materials compiled at this stage, it seems that there are no basic ordinary people. If you want to start this industry from scratch in a few days, the pass rate is not very high.
What about some people who have their own painting foundation? What is the prospect of this industry? It is not easy for art professionals to have a place in this industry. I must constantly improve my understanding and aesthetics to ensure that my paintings can meet the ever-changing sales market. No matter what kind of professional skills, if you want to make money as a career, in the final analysis, you must meet the needs of the market. Only when the sales market recognizes the use value of your work can you produce certain economic benefits. In other words, your paintings must meet people's aesthetic standards. Everyone likes to watch them and is impressed by them. Only in this way can we sell them.
Otherwise, even if the painting itself is satisfactory, it will be difficult to obtain any economic benefits and control the aesthetics of such items when the sales market does not accept it. Even the paintings of Van Gogh, a famous painter of past dynasties, were not recognized at any time in his life. With thousands of works, he only sold one painting before his death. However, after his death, his works swept the world and were once sold at a high price of more than10 million dollars.
It is not difficult to see that no matter what the income of an illustrator is, the whole process of becoming an illustrator is far from as easy as it seems in advertisements. This profession not only has a certain threshold, but also must constantly improve its aesthetics to match the current market demand. And this kind of thing can't be mastered in just three or four days.
Therefore, the course contents of these basic novice illustrators are everywhere on different service platforms, and most of them can be judged to be deceptive. In fact, many of these courses just want to use the topic discussion of "illustrator" to attract total traffic for themselves. Here, we will dig for you. Don't spend such silly money to finally get yourself out of the corner.
Is it really impossible for a novice illustrator with zero foundation to get started? I don't think we can generalize, after all, there are some examples of completion. Must be divided into specific situations, specific analysis.
Speaking of the more popular illustrators on the market now, most of them are CG illustrators. CG illustrator refers to a way to create by using some computer technology or hand-drawn board. Therefore, many of these fashion bloggers who shout the guise of "zero foundation" actually have a background in arts and crafts training, but they have no foundation in this respect. In this case, it is really guaranteed to spend a few days learning to master the use of board drawing software, and then you can get started and make money after you are proficient.
However, this is completely different from the zero foundation that most ordinary people imagine. If I hear that you are a zero-based layman, interested in this industry and want to enter this industry, my suggestion is to learn some basic professional skills of fine arts painting first, then polish your basic skills of fine arts painting, and then consider the economic benefits of your works.
In addition, because of the different types of requirements, the threshold for illustrators has indeed decreased a lot. Many requirements will no longer require illustrators to have professional drawing skills such as color, interior space and perspective, as long as they can show the information that bidders want to express. This also gives many novices who want to enter this industry a lot of confidence.
Indeed, many illustration styles now do not necessarily have too many arts and crafts methods. For example, the illustration style of graphic design, as long as simple colors and patterns match, you can make an illustration. This is also the main course content and orientation of many speed learning courses.
Learning is really easy, but until the process of making money gradually, it is another scenery. Having said that, it is necessary to prevent lightning strikes. Many illustrated English training classes often use a false advertisement. They publicize and plan according to the salary level of the great god in the application industry and the teaching content matching the difficulty coefficient of Xiaobai, and lure you to study and train in the remedial class. However, after spending a lot of examination fees and adding some special equipment, it is very likely that the profits earned in the end will not even go back.
These illustrators draw a list of commercial services with one action, which must be very professional, and Xiao Bai, who just started, can't afford to draw. However, Xiaobai's design style can be mastered according to several days' study and training, because there are more and more people studying illustration at present, and there is a situation of low difficulty coefficient and large supply.
Xiao Bai has been trying to draft a draft all day, which consumes a lot of time and energy. In the end, only ten dollars were paid, and some were only a few dollars. With a huge sales market, there is no professional monitoring and management means, and there will continue to be cheated manuscripts, which makes people angry and helpless. I have several good friends around me who try to get started with illustration. After a period of trading, they have been joking with me that cleaning up Aquarius is faster than drawing.
In the final analysis, this is that our investment in learning and training funds is not positively related to our income. There will be a story in Zhihu's response to the illustrator's income. Xiao Bai is a novice. He spent tens of thousands of yuan to study the content of illustration course, but he didn't find a job after studying in many training institutions. In the process of taking orders at home, I was cheated by a single boss and ran away. Finally, he only found a new employee to join a small company as Art editor, and was demoted to an intern by HR at that time, and finally got a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan.
Nevertheless, it is not enough to remain neutral, but at this stage, the bottom situation of all second occupations is like this. The influx of new employees has intensified the competition in the industry market. Therefore, as my good friend, a pure white without basic knowledge and work experience, it is difficult to compete with other painters for high-priced business orders.
Today, in the post-COVID-19 epidemic period, the experience of earning money by working is becoming more and more obvious, and the number of people in the second occupation is slowly increasing, which leads to more and more fierce market competition in the second occupation industry and more and more obvious levels of income.
Illustrator is one of the most common examples. Great efforts in the industry will bring millions of profits. Art candidates will constantly improve their aesthetic standards to adapt to the changes in the sales market. At the same time, there will be waves of new products. Will it be more and more objective to play back these advertising words originally mentioned in today's program after we recognize the current situation of this industry?
How to evaluate the illustrations and stripes of Blowing Plums? I answered this question in the next room ... copy it:
Zhihu has some views on this issue. Just a personal opinion.
I'm a chicken leg fan, the kind who is loyal to people. The evaluation may be unfair, but judging from the number of fans who blew on May 1st and the evaluation in the circle, this leg is a kind and lovely girl who loves life. She can draw and is so beautiful that she is not married. Historical plagiarism a few years ago is the only regret. But! ! ! What must be said is! ! ! ! ! It's not that Ji Tuizi doesn't know that plagiarism is illegal, but because she bought pirated resources on bad websites ... in the dark, she thought she bought them and then used them foolishly. Later, it was exposed to plagiarism, and then it was plagiarized twice. Because I don't know whether the material is fake or not, the Post Bar Forum had a good time. Later, ............. dared not use any materials. Distressed.
Sorry, it's a little off topic. However, the work really has nothing to evaluate, nor can it be said to be perfect, just depending on the number of fans. For many years, I have been doing what I like with enthusiasm. This is also a major reason for my successful career.
Lz, don't listen to people in Zhihu! ! ! They are all lonely people who pretend to be professional by keeping their hands clean. They are only a small number of people, with no malice. As for what Ibuki looks like, think about it ... All the people who swear and fight are amateurs who can't draw, and most insiders have a good evaluation of her. After all, the people and paintings of chicken legs are so pleasing.
Sorry, it seems that the topic is too big. .........., bow! Chicken legs are great! Satisfied, please adopt!
Naoko Takagi-Naoko Takagi, an illustrator who turned bitterness into sweetness, is the queen of Japanese picture books. She accidentally bought some second-hand books of idle fish, including two of her paintings. Her painting style is very strange. She painted herself in a very simple style. The stories are mostly based on her life experiences, humorous and lovely.
The first picture book she showed me was One's Little Prosperity 1, which told the story of her determination to become an illustrator and her struggle alone in Tokyo.
She showed her wandering life, which was warm and healing, giving people an upward positive energy. This book is the best gift for wandering or wandering people. Even if life is hard, living high will be rich.
Through the Long Live Festival, I learned some Japanese national customs. When you are immersed in the book, you seem to follow her to participate in the festival celebration, feel her happiness and experience the festive atmosphere. Life seems to be like this, with fireworks, simple and happy.
After reading her picture book, your mouth will rise unconsciously. It turns out that life can be so warm and beautiful.