Great episode, I'm glad someone is OK with talking about this globally taboo subject.

I had a situation a little while ago when I was contacted by an agent looking for an artworker on behalf a client. They saw some drawings of animals I created for an online portfolio/gallery and praised my ability, saying that I was perfect for what they were looking for. The client was a butchers business looking for images of animals, in a style matching their branding, to be reproduced in large format to apply to their delivery vans. I was very excited to have been picked out and contacted, the job was right up my street and I very much wanted to do it.

I offered a flat rate for the whole job, including region and period usage, with consideration for myself being an inexperienced artist. I figured having my artwork so publicly accessible was a bonus too. I was thrilled at the prospect of this opportunity.

I proposed £500 ($663 at that time) open to negotiation and the contact kept me waiting for 3 weeks (ignoring my follow up communications). They finally responded saying they accepted an offer from another artist due to budget constraints. I undervalued myself and my cheap offer was rejected for an even cheaper one. So hard to swallow!!

I later realised that it's important to keep going and keep trying, regardless of the missed opportunities and step backs.

Thanks for reading.

Hey guys, I'm new to the forums and have been following 3 Point Perspective since I discovered it a few weeks ago.

This episode is timed perfectly! There's a comicon coming up in Nottingham, UK, in the next few weeks
and I'm gonna' take myself and a notepad and do some research!

I did a few illustrators art fairs a while a go and found little success and kind of gave up after that. They were low key, indy art fairs in London, UK, that attracted crowds of around 5,000 each day. To give and idea of how badly it went; I paid an £75 (around $100) exhibitor's fee for each fair and spent approximately £200 on stock. Including the gear and travel, I invested around £500 in total for the two fairs, and came away with about £10, in total, not profit.

I have since realised that this is a prime example of poor planning and preparation. I didn't really have a particular style or brand to speak of so was trying to flog cheap, poor quality prints of bad artwork that I non nonchalantly rustled up in the lead up to the event. I also didn't research the market and found my work to be enormously miss placed. It was an expensive lesson!

There are some absolute gems in this particular episode and Will has a brilliant grasp of the challenges faced by those who are just starting out. He asks some perfectly on point questions and is mindful of the realities of those who are trying to make it.

Anyway, I've been meaning to drop in on the forums to thank Jake, Will and Lee for doing 3PP, I have found it to be tremendously inspiring. I will be following SVS learn avidly going forward and hope to drop in on some of the courses as and when my bank balance allows for it. Thank you, gentlemen, I have found a new drive and motivation in achieving my aspirations as a book illustrator and I look forward to getting involved and learning from the community here.