How to make money by drawing illustrations

Sharing channels for making money by illustrations

1. Contributor of illustrations:

1) vision china/Station Cool Hailuo

These two platforms are relatively authoritative. Vision china needs to upload his works on the platform after signing the contract, and Zhan Kuhailuo can upload them directly. When uploading, you can choose exclusive or non-exclusive to see your own needs. Although the non-exclusive income is not too high, the same work can be sold continuously to make money, which is a good way to continue to earn income.

2) Other platform websites

such as Illustrator China, Rice Painter, Graffiti Kingdom, Painters' Union, Art Box, UI China, Qiantu.com, Petals and so on.

when uploading works on these platforms, it is best to pay more attention to the targeted uploading of commercial hotspots and upload them in series, which will double the effect.

2. Peripheral products

1) Self-owned intranet:

You can open your own shop here, so you need to have your own traffic. It can also be sold on behalf of the company, and the share of sales revenue will be much less, but the products can be sold through the traffic of the platform. Before this, I simply uploaded a few pictures, and the very simple pictures sold a few lists pleasantly, but because it was for sale, the income was not very high, but it was also a small channel for continuous income.

2) Taobao shop cooperation:

After you continue to increase your exposure and promote yourself, some Taobao shops will take the initiative to seek your cooperation. There are two ways for shops to cooperate:

You set the price

For example, a T-shirt shop has its own floor price, which will let you set the price. The money you earn is the price you set minus the floor price of the shop.

pricing (you decide) = store floor price+price difference (earning)

earning commission

For example, a decorative painting shop will give 5% ~ 11% of its monthly sales, which will be given at the specified time every month.

3) Open your own shop:

Taobao shop or micro shop. This requires you to bring your own traffic and have a certain popularity. Many people like your paintings very much, so you can open your own shop and sell some peripheral products made by your own illustrations. For example, T-shirts, notebooks, mobile phone cases, canvas bags, pillows and so on.

4) Publishing books:

Illustration books or picture books can continuously earn royalties.

5) Off-line large-scale illustration activities:

For example, illustration carnival, Singularity Art Festival, China International Illustrator Hundred People Exhibition and other activities. Here, you can constantly sell your own peripheral products, and you can also meet many illustrators in the same industry. Many merchants will come here to find illustrators, which will give you more possibilities and opportunities. Please click to enter a picture description

3. Customers are looking for you

This requires you to constantly publicize and promote yourself. Actively publishing works on different platforms, increasing contacts, and being active in each group will bring you greater opportunities. About how to let customers find you on their own initiative and how to promote themselves better, this part is a bit much, which will be explained in detail in the next article.

4. You look for customers

1) Illustration groups

Join as many WeChat groups related to illustrations as possible, and there will always be illustration-related needs, so take the initiative when you feel it is suitable for you. You can also publish more of your latest works to let more people know about you, so that when there is a suitable demand, you will probably be given priority.

2)QQ outsourcing group

There are many outsourcing groups of illustrations in QQ, and more attention will lead to more opportunities. Please click to enter a picture description

3) WeChat official account's contribution

Many WeChat official account will publish their content through illustrations. If you feel that the style matches you, you can take the initiative to contribute.

4) Magazine submission (drawing hearts, etc.)

5) Recruitment information submission

There are also many recruitment illustrators or part-time illustrators in major recruitment websites, especially picture books.

6) Major vertical painting websites

Illustrator Home, Graffiti Kingdom and other related websites often have a lot of illustration needs.

5. Teacher/teaching assistant

Teaching assistant: It can not only bring some income, but also bring huge network resources, and accelerate the growth with teachers.

teacher: you need to accumulate your own painting level and flow in the early stage. When you have accumulated to a certain extent, you can start to consider starting classes. Common ones are live courses (high income), recording and broadcasting courses (continuous income), and punching activities. Common platforms include cctalk, Qianchao, Netease Cloud Classroom, Tiger Class Network, Blue Pencil, etc.

6. Participate in competitions

Stand Cool, UI China, vision china and Graffiti Kingdom. These websites often publish many competitions related to illustrations. Can you really make money by studying illustration? Illustration may be just a skill for many babies who study drawing or illustration, but it is really cool for me to see this skill through illustration, so I summed up this answer ~ no nonsense, now get down to business, get dry goods ~ 1. Become a contracted designer on the illustration website and upload your designed works to the corresponding platform, and you can get some benefits while punching in, and even participate in some competitions held on the corresponding platform. 1. Graffiti Kingdom's old illustrator website, many illustrators know that novice illustrators can use it to punch in the early practice. The approval and encouragement of others will encourage you to stick to it better, and the guidance of some experts will make you progress faster. This platform will have a series of illustration activities, prizes are generally bonuses and hand-painted screens, and there will also be some part-time outsourcing of illustrations, which can be directly docked, as long as you have the strength. 2. Station Cool Station Cool is a multi-design platform, and illustration is also a part, but it is not just an illustration platform. This platform is suitable for small partners with good illustration technology. When your works are of high quality and continuously updated, you can quickly accumulate popularity and fans, and become a personal IP, there will be a big rich father who will take the initiative to come to the door. Being an illustrator's personal IP, becoming bigger and stronger, is itself a trend of traffic and realization, which I have always encouraged and supported before. The follow-up ways of personal IP realization mainly include cooperative courses, cooperative business illustrations and cooperative book illustrations. Author: Deer Seventeen Links: Source: Zhihu Copyright belongs to the author. Please contact the author for authorization for commercial reprinting, and please indicate the source for non-commercial reprinting. 3. Mi Painter 4. Half Yuan 5. vision china 6. Illustrator China 7. Qiantu. com 8. Petals sign up as an illustrator of an illustrator website, and they don't need to publish on too many platforms at the same time, just play on 3-4 platforms in detail, because everyone's energy is limited. Under the premise that you can't study every platform clearly, it will be better to focus on 2-3 platforms! Second, participate in the illustration contest. If you can win the prize, you will have corresponding cash income, and some competitions will also have some corresponding prizes. In fact, the additional benefits of participating in the illustration contest also have advertising effects, and even many rich fathers will come to the scene of the illustration contest to find some illustrators or illustrations that suit the style. Winning an illustration contest can not only improve one's self-skills, but also improve one's popularity and subsequent income. 11. Japanese Illustrator Competition The Japanese Illustrator Competition is an illustrator competition organized by the Japanese Illustrator Association, and it is also the top illustration competition in Japan. However, this illustration contest is very demanding, and the work review and submission process is more rigorous and strict. It only accepts pure creation without commercial cooperation or publication, and it is a very credible illustration contest. < imgsrc=""data-size="normal"data-rawwidth="1144"data-rawheight="1211"class="origin_imagezh-lightbox-thumb"width="1144"data-original=""/> The picture above shows the picture of the holbein Prize in the 2119 Japanese Illustrator Competition, which was won by HannahLi (China) of China. The picture came from the Internet. The World Illustrator Award is a competition jointly organized by the Illustrator Association (AOI) and the Illustrator Catalogue (DI). It is also the most prestigious annual judging competition in the world and is open to all illustrators. 12. American 3x3 International Illustration Competition The American 3x3 International Illustration Competition is an illustration competition organized by 3x3 Contemporary Illustration Magazine, which is also one of the most representative international illustrations in the world. In addition to receiving generous cash rewards, the illustrator's works will also be published in the annual edition of 3x3 Contemporary Illustrator Magazine, which will be disseminated worldwide. It is very beneficial for shaping personal brands and enhancing personal influence. 13. Bologna Illustration Exhibition Bologna Illustration Exhibition is one of the highest international illustration exhibitions and the most important cooperation and exchange platform for international illustrators. It is called "Oscar in Illustration", so if it can be selected, it will be very beneficial for shaping personal brands and enhancing personal influence. 14. Asian Illustrator Annual Competition The Asian Illustrator Annual Competition is an illustration competition sponsored by the Asian Illustrator Association, and it is also the first grand event in the illustration industry led by Asia, which is widely acclaimed at present, with great credibility and influence. Ilustratio International Illustratio International Illustratio Competition, organized by Hilibrand, has become one of the few heavyweight illustrators in the Asia-Pacific region and even in the world, with strong credibility and influence, and is an excellent channel to enhance personal brand and influence. 16. British EV&A Illustration Award EV&A Illustration Award is an illustration contest founded by Victoria and Albert Museum to award the best illustration works of the year, but requires the illustrator Bi Xi to live in the UK, or the entries have been published in the UK this year. 17. Bradis International Illustrator Biennale Award The Bradis International Illustrator Biennale Award is the earliest and largest non-commercial illustration award in the world, but the works required to be submitted are published works, and the corresponding books need to be provided and nominated by relevant organizations in various countries. Therefore, this competition is very demanding, and it is also the highest and most important exhibition and award in the field of illustration. These competitions are influential competitions, which are suitable for illustrators with high illustrator level. For some beginners or illustrators whose illustrator attainments have not yet reached the corresponding level, they can actually enhance their influence through other channels, and at the same time, they can obtain certain income to support their interests and skills. Third, to create a high-profile personal IP to tell the truth, I can think of the illustrator's most lasting way of realizing is actually to be a personal brand, because I am personally a practitioner and beneficiary of personal brands, so I always support the skill realiser to be a personal brand, because this is the most lasting way of realizing. How to build a personal brand? In fact, the two mentioned above are all one of the ways, because becoming the signing author of the corresponding platform or winning the grand prize of the corresponding competition is actually an effective endorsement and an excellent way to enhance personal influence. So how do you accumulate fans? In fact, for illustrators, whether they are beginners or illustrators with certain accomplishments, sharing is the best way to accumulate fans. Share your learning process of illustration to various platforms recommended by algorithms, such as Xiaohongshu, Zhihu, bilibili, Weibo, Tik Tok and Today's Headlines, and the system will automatically distribute your works or learning process to interested people. When your content is high-quality and dry, it will naturally attract a group of people with the same frequency to follow. In addition to earning the cost of the platform (some platforms publish content with income), when your illustrations are seen by people with a heart, there may be higher quality cooperation, such as book illustrations and commercial illustrations. For sharing this piece, my personal recommendation is to divide it into three pieces, one is your finished work, the other is the record of the whole illustration completion process, and the last one is about the dry goods sharing in the process of learning illustration. There should be continuity and accumulation of content, not one thing in the east and one thing in the west, so that others can see the strong dryness of your personal IP at a glance and adhere to the principle of usefulness. Building a personal IP is a long-term process, and it can't be done overnight. Don't think that sending content within 11 articles will be very popular. In fact, when you keep sending dozens or even hundreds of articles, many things will come naturally. For example, we recently made a little red book, and accumulated about 3K fans in one month, and won 45,111 praises, but in fact, I was still lazy, and I only posted less than 21 articles. Platform summary: 18. Xiaohongshu 19. Zhihu 21. bilibili 21. Weibo 22. Tik Tok 23. Today's headlines 4. The ability of illustrators, WeChat official account, Weibo and other channels to learn to search and integrate resources can help you do many things, but many people often don't have this ability. Searching for corresponding keywords in channels such as Illustrator Group, WeChat official account, Weibo and sogou will actually lead to many unexpected things. In fact, what I want to give you is not the specific channel, but the ability to search. You can try to search the corresponding keywords on the corresponding platform, and a lot of useful information will appear, and there will be many manuscripts about illustrations. Search for the keyword: illustration on the corresponding platform, for example, directly search for the keyword: illustration on WeChat, and you can search for the corresponding learning and submission platform. Corresponding platforms: 24. WeChat 25. Zhihu 26. Little Red Book 27. Penguins 28. Weibo 29. sogou What needs to be reminded here is that there are many platforms, and you need to have certain screening ability. When docking with other resources, you must pay attention to fraud prevention, which I will write clearly at the end of the article. 5. Finding Illustrator Design on Witkey Websites There will be a lot of design needs on Witkey Websites, which is actually a good choice for illustrators. You can directly search for the corresponding keywords on the corresponding platform. Maybe many babies will find it troublesome and need to do so many things. In fact, in my opinion, these are all things that must be done by a willing heart, and they are all pre-positioned things, which will have a great impact on the post-positioned income in the later period. Corresponding platform: 31. Pig Bajie 31. Yipin Witkey 32. Doumi Direct Employment 34. Zhilian Recruitment 35. Deer Seventeen Six, Taobao or salted fish take orders, make emoticons, draw avatars, design trademarks, and create peripheral products on Taobao or salted fish (such as book illustrations, which many writers need). Uploading emoticons made by our own illustration technology on the "WeChat emoticon open platform" can also increase income through appreciation. Of course, when making emoticons, it is necessary to combine hot spots and skin a little, so that users and communication will be stronger. Seven, material accumulation and learning methods Material accumulation and learning methods are also the contents that I must share in every content. Why? Because I think it is very necessary to learn and improve my skills in the early stage, because it is necessary to strike while the iron is hot. Corresponding materials and learning platforms: 36. Graffiti Kingdom 37. Station Cool 38. Petals 39. Sugar-stacking Community Petals Net and Sugar-stacking Community are mainly used for material accumulation, so you can pay attention to some big V's, and enrich your material library by collecting high-quality materials that they have sorted out. Material accumulation is very important. 41.ArtstationArtstation's style is biased towards conceptual style, European and American style and punk style. Most of them are foreign painters and a good place to accumulate materials. 41.Pinterest is suitable for beginners and low-level illustrators to improve their skills. Many excellent designers will focus on the theme of the project.