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How do you feel good as an illustrator?

Different approaches from illoguild illustrators

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Feb 13, 2023
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Hi!

If you are new to the illoguild newsletter - welcome! It’s great to have you here!

We are an international group of children’s book illustrators, who learn and grow together. Each month we answer an illustration question, that we find both important and meaningful.

This month we share our thoughts on:

How do you feel good as an illustrator?

As an illustrator, creative person and human being we all face mental health challenges from time to time - like feeling like our art is not ‘good enough’, handling a rejection from a publisher or even an existential crisis.

Let’s see what the illoguilders have to say on this topic…

Illustration by Katie stack

Adam Ming talks about the illustration journey from doubt to delight and accomplishment.

Adam's Notes
"Your Illustration Journey: From Doubt to Delight and Accomplishment"
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams Hello Tasters, Are you feeling like your work isn’t ‘good enough’? Do you find yourself comparing yo…
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4 months ago · 1 like · 1 comment · Adam Ming

Jen Gubicza discusses feeling good and how to keep going in the face of rejection.

Rhymes with Pizza
Monthly Bonus: How to feel good as an artist
I’m a member of the international group of picture book illustrators called Illoguild. Each month, we each answer a question here on Substack. For February, that question is: “How do you feel good as an artist?” I’ve added, “and keep going in the face of rejection…
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4 months ago · 4 likes · Jen Gubicza

Damjana Loddelina covers dealing with self- doubt as an artist.

The Lemon Tart Bandit
On being good (enough)
Each month, members of the international group of picture book illustrators called Illoguild answer a question here on Substack. February’s theme is: “How do you feel good as an artist?” In the link above my fellow artists talk in detail about dealing with rejections to submitted art, being undervalued as artists and the importance of finding a supportiv…
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4 months ago · 2 likes · Damjana Loddelina

Katie Stack shares her views on feeling bad about her art

Katie’s Newsletter
When I feel bad about my art...
Click “Listen to Post” to hear me read it. I record every Weekly Artists Newsletter just for you…
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4 months ago · 7 likes · Katie Stack

Carla Hoffenberg gives her top 10 tips to feel good as an illustrator.

Carla’s Crowd
How do you feel good as an illustrator/ creative?
Sometimes I find it hard to feel good about my creative work. The thoughts that go through my head are ‘My illustrations just aren’t good enough, so and so is way better than me, I will never make a living from this, what’s the point of all this hard work if no one buys my books…
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4 months ago · 3 likes · 4 comments · Carla Hoffenberg

Jennifer Jamieson shares how she keeps on going and celebrates along the way.

Jennifer’s Newsletter
We have lift off!
Today is a great day because Ghost of Mars, written by the amazing Stuart White, is now published in Earth (Mars publication date tbc…). Buy it here.Thanks for reading Jennifer’s Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work…
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4 months ago · 7 likes · Jennifer Jamieson

Tammy shares how she combats feeling bad.

Tabbykat chats
How to feel good as an illustrator
How to feel good as an illustrator My first thought when I read the question of the month from Illoguild was..'when do I feel bad?' Thanks for reading Tabbykat chats! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. A lot of those negative emotions might stem from perceiving myself to not be making ‘enough progress’ in the areas of skillset vs…
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3 months ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Tammy Angelis

Brenda Harris shares what she’s learned from 40 trips around the sun.

On The Creative Road
40 Trips Around The Sun
My birthday happens to land on the very last day of December. So, I spend a lot of time in reflection during the holidays. Thinking about the year that’s past, the year to come, what I am thankful for, and what my goals are as I take another trip around the sun. I guess the whole world is doing the same thing, but mine is compounded by the added bonus o…
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3 months ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · Brenda Harris

And finally, a quote from Dolly Parton who just says it best:

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

Keep going friends, keep going.

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