Monday, February 20, 2012

One of my best mate has a degree in illustration. He has recently finished his masters. He needs a job

One of my best mate has a degree in illustration. He has recently finished his masters. He needs a job.?
We all really believe in his work. I'd ideally like to help him start his own business up or just freelance. I've managed to get him some work doing some artist impressions pictures for a new developement my company is doing. Whats the best way of looking to start marketting etc.
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Any starting point, when you have all the finacila angles setup, would be advertising, product. Explaining in plain words what it is that you are selling thorough your advertisments. If it is only the Painting, of scketching type of a thing, then holding exhbitions in key places, even if you get a small corner. It be seen. Painting is not someing to be sold as word of mouth, it has to be seen and experienced as Art is the tradition of expression. Some may like it some may not. Good presentation (frames, light, colors of the walls etc.) is the only way people will look at it with interest. Art today is pretty much one of the good ways of investing money. Freelance is a good starting point, if you can.
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You succeed in the arts, on any level, by networking. That means, you pursue every venue as aggressively (but nicely) as possible. If your friend has an MFA he should definitely go for a teaching job. He should have samples to submit to publishers, but he should also exhibit. If he doesn't have a gallery now, (any gallery) he should trek around to libraries and anywhere that shows local artists with some pieces made for display. If he's into science fiction or comics he should do pieces he can rent space at conventions to show (most of the conventions I've been to had art shows and most of the pros in either field I've known used the art shows as much as they did submitting samples to publishers. Turning up your nose at any opportunity to get your work out is really a case of lost money. There is an old man I knew briefly in the seventies whose New York Gallery is pushing his work very aggressively -- and while he's a wildlife artist the bulk of his income always came from illustration. But obviously, he's also shown his work.
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Tell him to send resume or copy of school transcripts and desired salary, and examples of his work to: U2rArt-owner@yahoogroups.com

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