How to Work with Editorial Illustration Clients | Illustrating for Newspapers and Magazines

[@Gabriel-xo2kl]

I am not a good drawer but I am learning because I am a beginner. I want to be a journalist when I grow up and write articles…but I also want to put some funny or cute illustration at the end of the articles. Neutral illustration of course, I am not taking any sides. I already had ideas about the recurrent characters and some jokes I can make from news I saw in my country.

[@VS-hp9el]

I hope you also do a video on illustrating for children's books. :)

[@tjduprey]

Yes please. Video on chasing down payments please. Really enjoy this type of video from you.

[@MS-fr2dm]

Thank you Kendyll for sharing! And yes to video about invoice chasing 🙏☺️

[@LunaFranco-ge2rj]

Amazing and extremely helpful content! Thank you!

[@Bunnybeebee531]

Yes I would be interested to know how to get paid. And give advice how to survive when your waiting for your check. Do you think you can survive financially if you were by yourself. The reason I ask is I am by myself so how would I survive paying rent and bills. But any information would be helpful. I also like packaging projects too. I enjoy your illustration is very beautiful.🌷🌸

[@a3hindawi]

Excellent video. Thank you!

[@ambergreene5985]

This is an extremely helpful and informative video! Great content! Thank you for sharing this information and helping aspiring professional illustrators!

[@fashionartventures]

Oh I love "chasing invoices ". Please do a video on the topic

[@Pegisus2501]

This was so awesome! 🤩 Thanks a bunch for sharing your knowledge! 🥰👍🏽🎉

[@KendyllHillegas]

I am loving these supportive and encouraging comments, Peggy! Thank you so much. This is the whole reason I make videos, so knowing they help is so motivating for me.💗💗💗

[@erintaniguchi9028]

I would like a video on chasing invoices. Really great video series!

[@katjweiss]

this was so informative, insightful, in-depth, and amazing.

[@maritrolljenta]

thank you this was so helpful!

[@GaryMeacher]

Great video. Thank you.

[@glitterandglueforyou]

Amazing video, thank you! I love this series, please make more videos different types of clients & what to do if a client is slow to pay. Can you also show us an examples of what the sketches look like at each stage? I’ve always had a question about how neat & detailed an initial sketch should be and what size/resolution it should be.

[@kritikasingh7365]

YESS! i would love to know about invoice chasing. :)

[@AltoKeyMusic]

Glad to hear that you're getting lots of work from newspaper and magazine clients! :) interesting to know how these sorts of emails back and forth go

[@Kileryn]

Hey Kendyll, I just wanted to say that I was approached by a magazine last week for the first time ever and I felt much more confident in the client communication because I've just recently listened to your video. Even though things didn't go "by the book" (as they never do), it was a great experience, they seemed to be happy with the work I've done and I was pleased with how things went as well. So I just wanted to THANK YOU for doing this, for having this channel and for sharing the information about how things go within this realm. Looking forward to what comes next. All the best to you!

[@KendyllHillegas]

This is such great news! Congratulations to you on all your hard work and attracting your first editorial client💪🏻👏🏻. I am beyond thrilled that this video was helpful and made you feel more sure of yourself. That's exactly the reason I made it!💗💗💗 I'd love to share your comment on my instastories -- is that ok? I can keep it anon or I could link to your instagram.

[@Kileryn]

@@KendyllHillegas Thanks for your kind words - of course it was helpful! I've been listening to your channel on and off for awhile and I really like what you bring to the table. Your present your thoughts super organized but still in a very approachable way. I really appreciate it. Sure thing, I'm all for spreading the word about positive impact we bring to other's lives so feel free to put it on your story :) And I totally appreciate a shout-out as well ;) Although my insta is not perfectly in line with the work I was commissioned for, this is still the closest I have to it : @feleri_illustration

[@EstefaniaSantosIllustration]

I think it is a great idea for a new video Kendyll :) thank you for this one as well :)

[@smack109]

Hi Kendyll, I've been watching your videos for a while and I find lots of things that I helpful to me. I'm not a traditional illustrator like you but instead I create architectural illustrations completely on a computer using 3D software. I find many of the same things apply to my freelance business as well! Thanks for taking the time create videos like this. I'm looking forward to future videos. I also really like the overall look and style of your illustrations!

[@MadamGahan]

Bonjour Kendyll, merci pour la programmation de ces vidéos pendant votre congé de maternité. En espérant que tout se passe bien et que vous allez bien. 🎈

[@leofrine_noev]

This helped so much! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@KendyllHillegas]

I'm so glad!🙏🏻🤓💗

[@lorelailynxlorelailynxarts7678]

Thank you so much for the informational videos on the illustration business!

[@danikap2533]

This video was SO insightful! Thank you so much for making it! You're amazing :D

[@charlotteaakerman7711]

Thank you for such a detailed video. I’d like to hear or see how detailed the sketch phase is? I always think there is the sketches I use for me, that works for me but I don’t always know if someone else could entirely see where I’m going just because I can with not very clean sketches

[@lidewijdevries4444]

Really helpful video!! Thank you! And yes for the payment video 😃👍

[@delapuentepedro]

thank you so much!!

[@sarahfrances9376]

Really helpful video! Would love to see the video on how you chase payments as I'm currently at that stage with a client|!

[@KendyllHillegas]

Awesome! Thank you, Sarah! Good to know, and also sorry you're in that situation! Hope you get paid soon!

[@jbeoin]

This is such an incredibly helpful video, thank you so much for all your insights!

[@soundlikethis9868]

Thank you Kendyll

[@catherineh6288]

Thank you for sharing Kendyll - really useful and informative. Look forward to watching more... Thanks again :)

[@dayirami]

Love your work and videos! I’ve been an art director for magazines and agencies for the past 8 years but I’m building my illustration portfolio to hopefully freelance full time. It’s something I’ve always dreamed about but never gave myself time to work on. You’re an inspiration :)

[@KendyllHillegas]

Thank you, Dayana! That's so cool to hear. Would love to hear an AD's perspective on this too -- do you think there was anything else I should have included? I can always add to the Q&A video! :)

[@dayirami]

@@KendyllHillegas I think you did wonderful! Now I am in the process of putting together a portfolio so maybe touch base on that? Finding a style or a voice is def something I'm still exploring. Not sure if you have any videos on that, I'll def look, maybe I missed it if you did. Thanks again for your hard work on putting out great content for us :)

[@IvonneSpinoza]

Definitely do the invoices one! Love these videos ❤️

[@KendyllHillegas]

Awesome, thank you, Ivonne!

[@Wedow12]

I can’t thank you enough for this video! I Use Procreate for my illustrations and would be thrilled to have my work published in a magazine! That said, I was over the moon to hear I didn’t need to vectorize in Illustrator, just to submit the final as a JPEG or TIFF. But why not PNG if they are looking for a transparent background? Looking forward to more of these videos!

[@KendyllHillegas]

So happy to hear it was helpful, Christina! PNG is for digital applications only, so you'd use that format if you created work for an online magazine (with no print edition), or for social media, website, etc.

[@mikaelas]

Super!!! Love this video! Really informative and concise!

[@lavender0lilacs]

Thanks so much for sharing this info! I’m working on breaking into editorial and this is a huge help. I do have a question: is info like DPI usually specified in the brief, or is there an industry standard?

[@CoreyartusImagery]

Thank-you so much! This was really very very helpful!!

[@kladblaadje]

Thank you so much for this series! All you're saying in this video is really usefull🌹

[@KendyllHillegas]

That makes me so happy to hear, thank you! 🙏

[@Kileryn]

I loved this video - I'd definitely be up for hearing more :)

[@pininkie]

So helpful thank you! I look forward to the packaging one. Hope your new baba is doing well.

[@KendyllHillegas]

Fantastic, thank you!! Baby and I are both well. She's a sweetheart and I can't wait to introduce her to you all in a few weeks!💕

[@celia.m]

this was so helpful.thank you

[@kathrynbrown5749]

This is so helpful. Just one thing, after you agree to project and timeline etc, is that when you send an email to say here's my contract or can I have your contract? It seems to be skipped a lot when I work with clients and I just want to make sure I am doing things right. Love your videos, so helpful x

[@KendyllHillegas]

That's so great, thank you, Kathryn! I'll go into your question in more depth in the Q&A, but the simple answer is yes, that's when you sign contracts. I find it's helpful to raise it from the beginning as well (i.e. "after we agree to terms, timeline and pricing, I'll forward a simple contract for you to sign, and would be happy to review any necessary paperwork on your end as well"). That way the introduction of a formal contract doesn't surprise them or slow things down.

[@kathrynbrown5749]

Thankyou Kendyll 👍🙂

[@imagicarolina]

Amazing ❤️💓

[@Superdrawings89p]

Very very helpful video for me. You are my role model . Lots of Love and good wishes for you . I have a question about packaging design could you please let me know about that. The question is #after doing the illustrations of packaging design do you apply them on the package or what ? i am really confused about that .

[@KendyllHillegas]

Thank you so much, Tania! That's great to hear. And a wonderful question too -- will be sure to get into it in the Q&A.😃🙏🏻

[@Superdrawings89p]

@@KendyllHillegas Thank you so much dear. I am waiting for the Q&A video 🙂💕

[@ang.giselle2024]

Do you still use Pixelmator? I was just wondering because a friend had me do a logo, my 1st because I usually do children's illustrations. I sent her a PNG, and a person from FIVERR asked her if I had illustrator. I don't have illustrator. I only have photoshop, and my iPad with Procreate. Can't a logo be done in Procreate? Oh, so you only work with the e-mail, no contract is needed with the emails and no 50% upfront before working on the project? Thank you 😊 Oh there were no links down below?

[@sonjataljaardartist769]

Hi Kendyll Thank you so much for this great video and info! When you want to show them how the end result looks - what do you give them? You said that you only give them the actual files in Phase 4 after they approved it and is satisfied or do I confuse things here? Thank you for making this video's !

[@KendyllHillegas]

Thank you, Sonja!! Great question! I'll answer this in the Working with Clients Q&A video I have coming out soon!