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Anne Wilson


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What makes her Illustration?


http://www.illustrationfriday.com/interviews/annewilson.php


key questions


How do you market/promote your work?
I found my agents near the beginning of my career after graduating. They spend lots of time promoting me through online portfolios, mailers and meeting lots of clients. They represent me world wide in America Europe and the UK. Because they are doing most of the networking, this leaves me time to get on with the creative process. Even though they do take a percentage of each commission, I find having them represent me worth it as networking and searching out more clients takes up lots of time.


Describe your work setting. 
I now work in a little studio I had built at the bottom of my garden. It is lovely in the summer with the doors open looking back at my house and the plants. It is very peaceful unless I am playing loud music and a good place to escape and work. By walking to the bottom of my little garden I can separate myself from my life in the house and clear my head.



What has been inspiring you lately?
As you might guess, my baby daughter Ella has been inspiring me lately, and also as it is the beginning of summer here, the sunshine has been most inspiring – how British! It makes me think about travelling and hot places!



Any advice for others who are pursuing creative goals?
My advice to other illustrators is to make sure you enjoy your working process. There may be some jobs which you are not inspired so much by but if you keep personal work going and experiment with techniques to push your work further you shouldn’t feel stuck in a rut. Keep plugging away at networking and talking to clients you never know when the phone my ring next. Be as 
organised as you can with your contacts and client lists and above all be yourself and ‘can do’ with them!