Learn how to Manage Your Business

So, you’ve got your freelance illustration business up and running. You’ve started advertising to your desired client base. Uh oh, now what do you do once you land that illustrating gig?

In this class you will learn:

  • What to ask a potential client when they are interested in your work

  • How to estimate your project so you can set an appropriate fee

  • How to negotiate if a client's offer is low

  • How to interact with a client and look like a professional

  • What to do before work begins

  • What to look for on a contract

  • What to look for once you get a job

  • How to present your work to your client

  • How to handle revisions

  • How to avoid "project creep"

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About the Instructor

Illustrator Extraodinare Lee White

Lee White is a children's book illustrator based in Colorado. He has been illustrating books for the past 20 years and has over 30 titles to his name. His latest book, This Pretty Planet, was released in November 2020. He also teaches all his painting secrets at SVSLearn.com and workshops around the country.

Who should take this course:

This class is part of a three part series, so the following SVS Learn courses could be helpful before completing this part of the series:

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction and Criteria for Taking a Job

    2. Before the Work Begins

    3. Doing the Job

    4. After the Work is Done

About this course

  • 4 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content
  • 4 Videos

Reviews

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A Huge Thanks!

Oliver Benavidez

A huge thank you to Lee for putting this large body of content together and sharing it with this community. All three volumes are gold. It was a relief to me...

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A huge thank you to Lee for putting this large body of content together and sharing it with this community. All three volumes are gold. It was a relief to me to that there was finally an answer to that age-old question of "What now?" after graduating from art school. This is one of the best if not the best primer for anyone wanting to pursue this endeavor professionally.

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Amazing all the series

Alex Diaz

Lee White is an amazing teacher and all of his classes are really worth the time. He is so thorough in all the themes he explains and is concise and clear. H...

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Lee White is an amazing teacher and all of his classes are really worth the time. He is so thorough in all the themes he explains and is concise and clear. Highly recommended!

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