First book deal!

[JennyJones]

@nessillustration oh my goodness!!!! Merry early Christmas!! How wonderful! So excited for you.

[burvantill]

@nessillustration YAY!!! Well done!

[NessIllustration]

Thank you so much @juliepeelart @JennyJones and @burvantill ! I'm so happy, it really is Christmas come early!!

[TessaW]

Congratulations! That's amazing news.

[jaepereira]

So cool!!

[MissMushy]

Congrats! Wonderful news

[NessIllustration]

Thank you guys! I really needed this good news today too, clients are driving nuts this week!

[ScribblesByMike]

Congratulations! well done! cant wait to see what you do!

[NessIllustration]

Thank you Mike! I can't wait to show you guys too! I'm already impatient to see this book haha

[Sarah LuAnn]

Ooh wow, congrats! That is so so exciting!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

This is AMAZING!!! I just knew you’d get a job right away. It’s alright if they paid a bit low. You have to start somewhere, right? What’s important is that you’re going to get a book under your belt. That alone is a great calling card for your next project. I wish you the best!

[kaitlinmakes]

Congratulations! How exciting - and animals and colors, How fun is that!

[lenwen]

@nessillustration congrats! I am so happy for you! good luck for the project!

[natiwata]

Congrats!

[A Former User]

Congratulations, thats wonderful news! All first jobs with agencies are paid badly but i'm sure this is going to be the start of lots of great illustration work for you
Can't wait to see it!

[NessIllustration]

Thank you so much everyone

@nyrrylcadiz Exactly! I wasn't going to refuse this book no matter the pay hihi... I love the project and it's going to be amazing experience and give me new portfolio piece
If anyone is curious, I'm getting $1000 advance and 5% royalty. But the French Canadian market is small enough that I'm not sure if I can expect much in royalties!

@kaitlinmakes Super fun!! It's a perfect project for me hihi

@hannahmccaffery Funnily enough, this book isn't a job for the agency! At the same time I applied to agents, I also sent my portfolio around to editors by myself and that one contacted me back a few days after I got signed at Beehive haha... It's very good to keep in mind though, that first jobs with agents can be low!

[A Former User]

@nessillustration Oh wow even better then! Well done

[NelliA]

Congrats! So exciting

[Sarah LuAnn]

@nessillustration wow really? So, did you refer them to your agent or just take care of the deal yourself?

[Heather Boyd]

Nicely done! If you can share progress that be fabulous.