Episodes
In this last episode with Sarah Day, we discuss how you can start marketing your products on Instagram and your website to increase sales. We each go over our biggest failures to help you make money, not lose it.
Published 01/22/19
Today, we're back with Sarah Day on all the logistics that go into making products from your art. Where you get things printed? How do you fulfill and ship products to your customers? How can you actually set yourself up for success rather than losing money on making products?
Published 01/21/19
Introducing Sarah Day, illustrator and product queen. Learn how to take those first steps in figuring out what is going to make a good product that sells. That way you don't waste a bunch of money on something people don't even want.
Published 01/21/19
In this last episode with comic book artist Tatiana Gill we go over all the steps you need in order to make, print, and sell your first comic book.
Published 01/21/19
Revealed secrets of making money as a comic book artist through commissions, client work, and self-publishing. Watch Dina and Tatiana Gill comic book queen for the past 20 years, swap stories on how to make money from all the best gigs.
Published 11/14/18
Heads up, an impromptu three-part series on comic illustration coming your way! You asked, we delivered. Today we’ll be sitting down with Tatiana Gill, who has over twenty years of experience drawing comics for a living. So sit tight and let’s get schooled together.
Published 06/28/18
Is Art school beyond what your budget can afford, and the self-starter culture not for you? In this episode Dina and Illustrator Angi Pauly are looking at internships, apprenticeships, and mentorships for education; hence the term “ships”, because honestly who has the time to say all three!
Published 06/27/18
Is Art School really worth your while? Dina and Angi are back for round two in breaking down the pros and cons of Art School, and if it’s the only way to kickstart your career as an artist. If you think a traditional send off to college is the only option you’ve got, then give this episode a listen!
Published 06/26/18
“As an artist, I think knowledge enriches your experience and the content you create. Whether it’s language, history, culture, politics. I feel like I learn equally from everything.” It’s finally time for us to dive into a question that has been on many of your minds, what is the best way to learn illustration? This episode is the first of a three-part series on the best methods of picking up illustration. Do we all have to go to art school? What about the ships? Apprenticeships,...
Published 06/25/18
We welcome Samantha Lopez back for her third and final installment on how to be a more independent woman in the art industry, along with a special new guest, Kat Hubbs. Just to give you the low-down on what these ladies are all about, Samantha Lopez is an illustrator/graphic designer based out of Los Angeles, and Kat is a hand lettering artist/visual illustrator based out of Washington DC. Samantha being an in-house designer for Honey, as well as doing freelance gigs on the side, and Kat...
Published 06/24/18
Back this week is Samantha Lopez on why self-sufficiency in the workspace is as much a solo act as it is as having a community to back you up. In this episode, we’re going to get down to the nit and grit of how to find your people while moving up in the art industry.
Published 06/23/18
Introducing our next guest in a 3-part series on how women can be more independent in the art industry. We start off by talking about how to find your own opportunities with Illustrator Samantha Lopez. Samantha Lopez is an Illustrator born and raised in California that now lives in Los Angeles. She just started working full-time as a Designer at Honey while also doing freelance work on the side. Sam thinks the most important part of getting hired is about creating and sharing your work so...
Published 06/21/18
In this episode, we come back with Illustrator and Animator Irene Feleo on the topic of how to find your niche as an artist. This is the last episode in our 3-part series on finding your unique style so customers and clients can start to recognize your work.
Published 06/14/18
In this episode with Illustrator and Animator Irene Feleo, we talk about how to carve out time for your practice. We'll discover how to find that perfect work-life balance in a way that doesn't drive you totally insane.
Published 06/13/18
Holy Guacamole, it's here! The very first episode of Women of Illustration is ready for your eyeballs, and I’m so excited to share it with the world. Buckle up for this 40 min interview with NY Illustrator and Animator, Irene Feleo as we discuss the best ways to practice your craft as an artist. Irene is originally from Australia but moved to the states recently to work as an Animator at a production studio in New York called Spontaneous. She loves to use strong and bold hyper color palettes...
Published 06/07/18