2017 in review and goals for next year - life of an illustrator

December 26, 2017 Romica Spiegl

Hello,

in this video, I share a review of my year in the life of illustrator 2017, talk about what I have accomplished and what my goals are for next year for my career as an illustrator and my personal goals. I will talk about the classes I have taken during the year that really helped me to get a deeper understanding of children's book illustration and a portfolio building course both my Make Art That Sells. You can find a video review of my experience of the children's book course in the links below. Furthermore I joined the SCBWI or Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and I talk about the different competitions I have joined and my application at the bright agency. I really hope that sharing my journey can inspire those of you who would like to work in illustration and especially children's book illustration.

I wish you a wonderful new year and look forward to hearing from you.

Stay joyful,
Romica

Things I have mentioned

Videos

Dec Update with exciting News

Online Classes

MATS ICB - Make Art that Sells Illustrating Children's Books

MATS bootcamp - Make Art that Sells Bootcamp

Professional Organisations for Children's Book Illustrators

SCBWI - Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

LEARN with me

MY FREE 7-DAY GOUACHE E-MAIL COURSE for beginners

MY GOUACHE ONLINE CLASS
romicajones.com/classes

MY CHILDREN'S BOOK ASSIGNMENT CLASS - intermediate level
romicajones.com/classes

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Dec update: time for celebration, portfolio review, sending my book to a publisher, really good news, and Christmas cards

December 22, 2017 Romica Spiegl

Hello,

in this video, I share what happened in December. I finally submitted my draft for my thesis and feel like I can finally relax a bit. I will also share how my recent children's book portfolio review went, my recent big step of sending my dummy out to a publisher for the first time, some other good news, and you can finally have a look at the Christmas cards I illustrated featuring a cute hedgehog - better late than never ;)

Stay joyful,
Romica

LEARN with me

MY FREE 7-DAY GOUACHE E-MAIL COURSE for beginners

MY GOUACHE ONLINE CLASS
romicajones.com/classes

MY CHILDREN'S BOOK ASSIGNMENT CLASS - intermediate level
romicajones.com/classes

CONNECT with me

Nov update: mental health, book progress, thoughts on craft fair fail, and exciting opportunity

December 3, 2017 Romica Spiegl

Hello,

this video is long, mostly because I wanted to share some of the more difficult sides of getting out there with your art. I went to a craft fair to sell my new greeting cards which, due to many reasons, did not turn out so well. On the other hand I will share 4 things that went really well this month from improved mental health, over to almost completing my children's book project, an upcoming portfolio review, and an exciting opportunity for my online classes to do good :)

Sorry if I'm not as focused an look a bit sad in this video. It was all quite fresh at that time. I feel better now and already look ahead to new things coming up. I hope you are doing well and I look forward to seeing you in my next video.

Btw I will create a live video (or try to, I have never done it before) when the bundle goes live on the 6th Dec.

Stay joyful,
Romica