Ask An Illustrator: An Artist Navigates the Publishing Business”

Now that you’re on your way to making a great portfolio, find out the next steps to your illustration career. Children’s book and magazine illustrator Pam Levy takes us on a tour of finding work as an illustrator. She will outline how to choose and approach publishers in the trade book, educational, and magazine markets, talk about what to do business-wise once you have a contract in hand, and discuss agents and lawyers. She will also help us understand the traditional ways jobs come from art directors, publishers and packagers, and how to make a submission package for a self-generated book project.

About our Presenter:

Pamela Levy illustrated Otto’s Rainy Day*, which was chosen as a ‘Kids’ Pick of the Lists’; The Easter Egg Escapade, which has been adapted into a feature length animation; and has received two Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Magazine Merit Awards. Some of her published credits include Here Comes Peter Cottontail,” the four-book series The Adventures of Hector Fuller, and Casebook of a Private Cat’s Eye. She is graduate of Vanderbilt University (Mathematics and Art History) and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Pam comes to us courtesy of the Graphic Artists Guild, a national organization promoting the rights of art professionals and providing business support and advice.

Pictured is Pam Levy’s illustration, the first page from a story called “Sarah’s Garden”, published by Houghton Mifflin text for their Summer Success Reading Magazine.