We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative career. At The Good Ship Illustration, we are all about finding y...
The Confidence to Fly Your Freak Flag: A guide for illustrators and creatives
Here's your early present from Good Ship. Our previously-just-for-paying-students private VIP podcast episode all about building your creative confidence.We're celebrating that Find Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag is now open for enrollment all year round! Instant access. You asked, we listened.EVERYONE who joins during December 2024 & January 2025 will get one of our much-coveted Good Ship sticker badges. Mmmmm.We're also opening up a rare chance to win 1:1 mentoring with The Good Ship Illustration captains. There are 3 spots up for grabs! When you join, we'll email you all of the details. Click HERE for all of the course info and to climb aboard. We'd love to have you sailing with us.Anyways, what's this podcast episode about?From early career wobbles to trusting your creative voice, tackling imposter syndrome, and the confidence to charge what you're worth. Plus, loadsa tips to help you separate your self-worth from your creative work (they're not the same thing!)Got a question for us to tackle in a future podcast episode? Send it in - we’d love to hear from you!👉 Submit your questions hereTimestamps:00:21 Celebrating that Find Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag is now open for enrollment all year round! 03:00 Why you’re not a “wannabe” illustrator 05:15 Navigating client relationships 07:55 The power of asking clients what they love about your portfolio 10:38 Silencing negative self-talk and spotting unhelpful stories you tell yourself 12:12 Why it’s better to be an indie band than Top of the Pops (for illustrators) 13:13 The magic of “imperfections” and human marks in your work 15:17 Pricing confidence: why your value isn’t tied to your hours 16:18 Gamifying rejection and making it work for you 18:37 Forget the rules: how naivety can be your creative superpower 21:46 Avoiding comparison traps with a creative quarantine 22:35 Why having multiple versions of your work can unlock playfulness 25:34 Tips for breaking big, scary projects into manageable chunks 28:26 Time tricks for staying fresh and playful under pressure 30:00 Why getting older makes everything easierLinks & Resources:🎓 Find Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag Course 🎁 Enrol by January 2025 to grab your free badge and the opportunity for 1:1 mentoring. 📅 Join our Planning Party: 16th January 2025, 1:30 PM (UK time).Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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What should you tackle first!? Starting out as an illustrator.
When you’re starting your illustration career, there is so much advice out there, so in this episode, we're untangling the nice juicy question of “Where do I even start!?”We share a bit about how we've each learned to hop in and out of our business & creativity cars over the years. Plus, we'll dish out some wisdom nuggets on balancing creative bursts with the less exciting bits of building your freelance illustration career.Come and say hello, we're friendly! Have you got a question you'd like us to tackle on a future podcast episode? Please send it in!Click here to send in your podcast questions!Timestamps:00:31 Taming the overwhelm gremlin (aka Your To-Do List)03:25 Website? Social media? LinkedIn? 🤯04:48 Building a portfolio (without stressing yourself out)14:08 The juggle is real: business vs. creativity16:18 Sharing your work and being picky about itCome and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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What you workin' on, pal? A Good Ship Illustration chat.
Show NotesWhen we meet up, this is always one of the first things we ask each other. We'd ask you too if you were here! "What are you working on, then?" is the question that made us want to start The Good Ship Illustration all those yeeeeears ago - we realised how mega different our illustration careers are, even though we're all illustrators.Grab a cuppa - in this episode, Tania shares her big goal to create a personal map (including residencies, studios, and maybe a little bit of procrastination). Helen's talking about writing stories and why she never wants to write alone again. And Katie takes us through the ups and downs of scaling & right-sizing a creative business.Plus, we chat about the magic of saying "no".Nice. See you in there.Timestamps:00:19 Tania's maps10:44 What's Helen up to12:41 Writing with a pal22:46 Katie's nap goals26:17 You Are NOT a to-do list! (Good Ship permission to slow down)Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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The burnout life raft (for when you're drowning in to-dos)
Show NotesFeeling frazzled & running on illustration fumes? You're definitely not alone!In this episode, we wade on in to discuss the murky waters of burnout. Don't worry, we've got your life raft right here! We chat about what burnout actually IS, why it seems to be so common amongst illustrators & creatives, and most importantly, what you can do to nip it in the bud, or escape it if you're already knee-deep.So grab a cuppa, put your feet up, and recharge your batteries with us for a bit.Timestamps:00:38 Defining burnout 04:37 💰 What's money got to do with it anyway? 04:54 The Instagram hamster wheel and how to escape it 05:35 Virtual assistants = sanity savers 11:30 "Illustrator's boob" - yep, it's a thing! Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
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What do illustrators DO all day? Featuring keep-fit cuppas, & coworking 🤓
Are you as nosy as we are? Weyyyy, you're in the right place.In this episode, we talk about our daily routines as illustrators. What do we DO all day?We discuss morning routines, our creative processes (or lack thereof), and the importance of deciding when to eat dinner.When we said we'd love to hear about your day-in-the-life, we mean it! Come over to Instagram and say hello / tag us in your daily routine posts :) We're @thegoodshipillustration on there.Timestamps:00:18 Tell us about your day, then 01:46 Morning routines 04:02 Keep-fit cups of tea05:37 Daily work and to-do lists 07:57 Balancing work and toddler-wrangling14:32 Tania = the night owl Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙
We’re here to offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators and image-makers navigating a creative career. At The Good Ship Illustration, we are all about finding your creative voice, standing out from the crowd, building career-longevity, and being yourself. We're Helen Stephens, Katie Chappell and Tania Willis - 3 full-time bread-winning (mmm, bread) illustrators working in 3 separate niches of the illustration industry. Between us, we've clocked up over 70 years of experience and illustration wisdom, and we're here to share it!You’d love your creative work if only you could find more time to do it, make more money, and feel confident with what you make. We believe you DO have what it takes, illustration needn’t be scary, and we’re with you all the way, along with the rest of the crew in our online community.
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