Freelance Life - My Thoughts About Freelancing and A Few Tips

Today I'd like to share my freelance story with you all. Ever since I graduated from college, I've always had some type of creative job. I did graphic design work and illustration for a variety of companies and organizations before deciding to go it alone this March (2015). I'll be honest, I was scared out of my mind. I only had a few local clients, I wasn't being represented by an agency yet, I didn't have much of a following yet on social media and I have a young family to take care of. All I knew is that I really wanted to make a living producing images and art that brought joy to others.

art, freelance, illustration, lifeKat UnoDecember 5, 2015freelance_life, illustration

Freelance Life - Personal Work Vs. Paid Work

Sorry for the inconsistency of my blog posting recently. I've actually been pretty busy with client work (which you can never really complain about). Working on paid work is great but has presented me with a conumdrum. I enjoy sharing my work via my blog and social media accounts, but with paid work you usually have to sign a confidentiality agreement (thus no real posts about such work).

art, design, freelance, Hand drawn, illustration, lifeKat UnoNovember 6, 2015art, freelance_life, illustration, my_shop, wip

WIP Wednesday

Today is a quick post of a new portfolio piece I'm working on. I wanted to do something a little different, more fanciful than my last portfolio piece. Here is an initial rough sketch of my idea.

I wanted to do a piece that is more geared towards boys. I love creating fun characters so I had fun designing these scurvy sea dogs!

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, design, dogs, illustration, life, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 7, 2015art, childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Ok, sorry, technically it's Thursday but this is still a WIP post. I had been asked by my agent to create a new piece for my portfolio and the deadline was tight. I had a few other sketches for development but I felt that this scene was something I could complete in a couple days.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, illustration, life, Photoshop, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 1, 2015childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

Little Dipper Kickstarter fully funded!

art, design, illustration, life, vectorKat UnoSeptember 20, 2015cute, illustration, illustrator, pattern

Tools of the Trade - Notebooks and pens

Although I work mainly digitally these days (for convenience and speed) I still enjoy sketching out my ideas in good old pen/pencil and paper. Even though I don't create final works of art using these tools, I am really picky about the quality and usabilityof the supplies that I buy and use.