Where is the Illustration market? who needs illustrator? Does self publishing works?

  Lets see whether chat gpt can help. Yes sure. it can. here it is

1. Publishing and media
2. Advertising and marketing
3. Entertainment
4. Education
5. Fashion
6. Product design and manufacturing
7. Architecture and interior design
8. Scientific and medical fields
9. Technology and software
10. Non profit and social causes

Filter out something that we can do in the beginning stages actually.

In publishing and media, you can do children's book illustration. (Note: I am not filtering or polishing these blog posts. I am writing it as raw as possible. That will help me to get some clarity. I hope that helps you too. thanks) What is the average income of a children's book illustrator

Beginners its around 20000 to 40000 per year. Experienced and renowned illustrator you will be bagging a 6 figure. Renowned illustrator will get royalty for their works. 3% to 6%. That is passive income. I mean your life is set then.

How do you get an opportunity to become a children's book illustrator?

1. Contact major publishing houses and editors
2. Self publish your book on amazon kdp

I have already self published my book on amazon kdp. Here it is. 

The question most self published author ask is "does it sell?"

No it doesn't.

Without proper marketing, without being in the book publishing business for more than 1 or 2 years, it doesn't sell. There is no magic. This is not a lottery ticket. You are competing with Penguin random house and HarperCollins. They will bury you alive and plant a rose on your coffin. Now you have understood your worthlessness let's proceed. 

But, But it is a business. If you time to invest and take it seriously you will see results some day. But that is for the future. lets focus about what that brings money now.

Freelancer.com is one good option. I don't have success in that platform. But  I am trying very hard. Most people in the self publishing business will come on that platform to hire illustrators. if you are lucky and your work is good. You will get hired. Another one is upwork. The easy one to get hired as an illustrator is Fiverr. 

See the 4400 results. that is your competition

This is my fiverr link. Hire me for a job. Or you can mail me. That is rohitofadoor@gmail.com. take a 20% commission each time you give me a job. Its easy money for you, less work and time efficient. 

That's it for today. See you tomorrow

If you are self publisher and wants to get your book published on amazon kdp please contact me. I can provide high quality illustrations within an affordable price. We can discuss how the way you want to do it. If you want to pump more books into the system with advanced ai tools which needs minor tweaking from the artist side or you want authentic children's book, I am flexible on both terms. Let us mutually benefit from each other. Please hire me on fiverr. or contact me via email. That is rohitofadoor@gmail.com. My rates are $25 / page for children's book. if you have more books it is flexible. if you want to use AI that will be more cheaper. It is easy and not too much time consuming. i can put some artistic touch in the end to make it connect it with the target audience. 

Ok. That's it for today.

See you tomorrow