I have an agent!

[Anna Lindsay]

(Sorry I've been a bit quiet on here recently) Thought I'd share the good news with you guys! I signed with Advocate art this month and my portfolio went live on their site this week. https://www.advocate-art.com/anna-bishop I still can't believe it!
I know from personal experience how easy it is to get disheartened with illustration. Hope this might provide a bit of motivation to anyone on here feeling that way. I graduated 3 years ago and beginning of this year I was feeling pretty demotivated with everything and felt like I hadn't got anywhere. But SVS and the forum have helped so much giving me a push to work on my portfolio and the confidence to put myself out there.
Thank you!!

[ajillustrates]

@Annabishop Congratulations!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Annabishop wooohoooo!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!! You deserve this!

[Anna Lindsay]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you Nyrryl! I noticed you are represented by them too, I hope you've had a good experience so far?

[Anna Lindsay]

@ajillustrates Thank you!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Annabishop hi! Yup, same agency!. The agents assigned to me are wonderful. I feel they really care about me. Unfortunately, I’ve been experiencing a dip in art jobs. Probably becuse of covid or Probably because my work is not that marketable. I’ve decided to work on my portfolio more. If my situaion still doesn’t change after a year, I think I’ll have to look for another agency.

Don’t be discourage by my experience tho. Maybe yours will be totally different from mine. And if you do choose to look for another agent, having been represented by Advocate would be a great addition to your CV.

You’re also probably going to receive educational books at first and that’ll be a great addition to your portfolio.

[NessIllustration]

@Annabishop Congratulations, that's so great!!

[NessIllustration]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz If it means anything, I've been experiencing the same at Astound. When covid hit I was in the middle of a book with my agency and I finished it in June, but since then my agent hasn't found me anything new (despite usually emailing me a couple times a month with inquiries). It could be due to the regular lull in the summer, could be due to the pandemic, I don't know! But I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one experiencing this

[braden H]

@Annabishop said in I have an agent!:

https://www.advocate-art.com/anna-bishop

Congrats fellow advocate art buddy! I there's at least three of us on here, now I think @Neha-Rawat is also represented by them.

Congraaaaaats!!

[Jeremy Ross]

Congratulations @Annabishop! Well deserved!

[Judy Elizabeth Wilson]

Congratulations @Annabishop !!! Great news and well done you!

[Coley]

@Annabishop congratulations . Thanks too for the pep talk because I've had some pretty low moments with my illustration career hopes recently 🥴
I loved your dragonfly piece, very cute
Congratulations again

[Chris W]

Congrats! Thanks for sharing the motivation.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@NessIllustration thank you.

[Neha Rawat]

Congratulations! This is definitely a milestone achievement and definitely a confidence booster!

I've been with Advocate Art since June of this year and have had some projects come my way. All have been short timelines and starting pay, but that is expected when you're new to the industry. The agents there are super nice and approachable. I've been fortunate to get some high paying projects on my own so I'm hoping to leverage that to get better jobs from the agency once my current work load is completed.

I would encourage you to still look for work on your own as well by emailing your portfolios to publishers and even submit to any callouts for artwork that the agency may send along.

Best of luck and wish you a great experience!

[j.sienkowski]

@Annabishop Thanks for sharing and congrats!!!

[eriberart]

This is awesome! Congrats

[LauraA]

Congratulations! Wow, you guys are getting to be quite a team!

@Annabishop said in I have an agent!:

https://www.advocate-art.com/anna-bishop

[xin li]

Big Congratulations :-). Go celebrate!!!

[Anna Lindsay]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you for your response Nyrryl! Sorry to hear that, I suppose it's hard to know for sure what's causing a dip in jobs but I'm sure it's not your brilliant work! I'm expecting to wait a little while before I'm offered anything through them. My main anxiety is that they don't find anything for me and I don't pass the 6 month trail period. I have no idea how often that happens, maybe I'm worrying over nothing