Finally decided to self-publish... but need to find a good place for an illustrator!

[FirstLight]

I'd prefer to work with someone who is also just starting out and wants the recognition of a project...


It's a series (4 stories so far) for youth, no humans just animals and mostly forest and some desert scenes.
I definitely plan on marketing TF outta this and goign"on the road" for readings etc (when it possible to do that again), so I am NOT looking for "free work for exposure" I wanna make sure that my collaborator gets a cut.

Help me out folks, I dont know where to look... yes, I've seen some freelance job boards, and Im not sure if it ti feasable to pay on a project basis like that. I thought a percentage of royalties was how it worked...

[Guilded Lilly]

1. No illustrator knowledge, just a big yahoooo for you. This is super.

[FirstLight]

2. It is a long time coming ...

but I decided to use this confinement to try and FINISH something for once!

It's easy to do Amazon (supposedly, havent gotten to formatting yet!)and print-on demand and they just take the royalties out... small percentage.

I already know what direction I wanna market and how to start...that's a whole nother level of crazy!

[Budi]

3. K & R & wishes for much success

[Karadeniz]

4. Best of luck!!!!

[GPV]

5. I belong to a few illustrator Facebook groups. People post their pitches in the groups.

Good luck!

[FirstLight]

7. coolio...

if you could PM me some search ideas I can look for them

[GPV]

8. There are tons. Here's a couple I belong to. I didn't include the kids books groups in this post.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/805607743109092/?ref=share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/illustrationpost/?ref=share

[GPV]

9. Here are the kids books groups. Some of them do not allow soliciting. Read carefully

https://www.facebook.com/groups/319221818420636/?ref=share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/312032178944862/?ref=share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1836452183243396/?ref=share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/420974967922612/?ref=share

[FirstLight]

10. right on!

Thanks so much for some direction, it's a vast ocean out there!

[GPV]

11. Np!

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Congratulations and good luck to you!!