The Good Ship Illustration

We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative careerHere are 3 things you need to know:At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!---------------------In this episode we talk about:Katie somehow stumbling her way from local beer sketching jobs to Google HQHow Helen (almost) became the face of sausagesTania's magical jobs in Hong Kong (feat. Bryan Ferry)Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative careerHere are 3 things you need to know:At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!In this episode, we talk about:The (un)importance of qualifications in artThe importance of having a masters Stamps of approvalChoosing yourselfGatekeepersBe a punkDid you like this? You might love Art Club too! Come on over to Instagram and be our internet pal. We host pop-up art clubs every now and again and our entire back catalog is on there too.We're @thegoodshipillustrationhttps://www.instagram.com/thegoodshipillustration/Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative careerHere are 3 things you need to know:At The Good Ship, our big mission is to help illustrators and image-makers navigate a creative career.There are 3 of us - Tania, Helen and Katie - and we are the Goldilocks (3 bears!) of illustration, covering 3 areas and eras of the industry.We believe your creative work should feel good, make you money, and leave you feeling confident to fly your freak flag!Stuff we talk about in this episode:Style is like the zodiacHow to find out who you areFinding your uniquenessHiding away from social media.Creating a stronger identity and finding your creative voice.p.s. if you like this episode, you might love our course "Find Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag".You can read all about it here.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

Wahooo, another picture book podcast! The Picture Book CourseIf you're listening to this and you're interested in making picture books, you've listened at a brilliant time...The Picture Book Course doors are now open!!  CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!It's an eight week course and the cover creating your own picture book. Making your best picture book work ever.We'd love to have you on board :) Read all about the course here.🚢 🚢 🚢 For this episode we've got three brilliant questions sent for our Message in a Bottle series.This episode's messages in bottles:Is it a good idea to use your own children as inspiration for a picture book?-from Katherine SteelDevelopment work: how do you tackle it?-from Adam MingWhich way should your picture book character face?-from SandyThanks for listening!Lots o' love-Good Shipp.s. If you're listening to this later, when the doors are closed, you can join the waiting list and we'd love to have your sailing with us. p.p.s We are doing some extra special pop up Art Clubs this week on Friday! Come along and join in on Instagram. We're @thegoodshipillustration.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

We had a brilliant chat with Good Ship pal, Emma Carlisle on aaall of the things:The importance of bad drawingsTackling social media as an illustratorStudying an MA in illustrationFinding out what you're interested inPICTURE BOOKS! Mental health and creativityDrawing from life and filling sketchbooksGetting discovered...aaand lots more Meet Emma and learn more about her work here https://www.emmacarlisle.com/p.s.DOORS ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW to our big juicy Picture Book Course! If you are ready to get your picture book made and out into the world, now's your time! But be quick - doors close on Friday 7th October 2022.Read all about it and join here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PBWe'd love to have you sailing with us!x Helen Stephens, Tania Willis & Katie ChappellCome and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

In this episode we answer the questions:How do I get started as an illustrator (even if you're not a young thing fresh outta art school.)How to get your first big break as an illustrator.Do I need an illustration agent to be successful?🚢🚢🚢Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...The Picture Book CourseFind out more about The Picture Book Course here! Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak FlagFind out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here! p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

In this episode we answer the questions:How do I set goals as an illustrator?Am I allowed to illustrate existing book covers?What makes a "good" illustration?Contracts!? The business side of illustration and design.🚢🚢🚢Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon... The Picture Book CourseFind out more about The Picture Book Course here!  Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak FlagFind out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here! p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

In this episode we answer the questions:How do I know if I'm an illustrator or not?How to navigate "The Gap" (see quote below!)How to keep the magic and energy in your finished workThe Gap “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”― Ira Glass🚢🚢🚢Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...The Picture Book CourseFind out more about The Picture Book Course here! Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak FlagFind out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here! p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

In this episode we answer the questions:Analogue vs digital drawing - how to deal with feeling torn between the twoHow to store your artwork (ahhh that old chestnut)Do I HAVE to work digitally to be a picture book illustrator nowadays?🚢🚢🚢Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...The Picture Book CourseFind out more about The Picture Book Course here! Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak FlagFind out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here! p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

In this episode we answer all of your portfolio questions:Do I need one!?What to put in your illustration portfolio.How to reach out to potential illustration clients.Should I follow the current illustration trends in my portfolio?🚢🚢🚢Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...The Picture Book CourseFind out more about The Picture Book Course here! Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak FlagFind out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here! p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙