LibGuides: Business of Art & Design: Graphic design & Illustration

Starting a Graphic Design business

How to Be an Illustrator

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Illustration 101: streetwise tactics for surviving as a freelance illustrator

Start Your Own Graphic Design Business

Digital Art Technique Manual for Illustrators and Artists

Breaking into Freelance Illustration

Associations, Organizations and Guilds for Illustrators

Awards and Competitions

Association of Illustrators: World Illustration Awards
Caldecott Medal - Childrens Literature
Society of Illustrators Awards
V & A Illustration Awards

Online Resources for Graphic Designers

AIGA Designer Directory

Recent books

Artist's & Graphic Designers Market
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines by Artists Guild Graphic
The Design Process by Karl Aspelund
The Education of a Graphic Designer
The graphic designer’s business survival guide (E-Book)