{"id":488,"date":"2019-08-12T13:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/shapesandletters\/?p=488"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:31:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:31:06","slug":"guardian-art-director-guide-to-getting-editorial-commissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"Guardian art director guide to getting editorial commissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lectureinprogress.com\/journal\/chris-clarke-on-commissioning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/shapesandletters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-14.49.19-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you\u2019re starting out as a freelancer, landing those first few commissions can be a real balancing act. Not only will you be locating the right contacts and working out how to appeal to them, but once you\u2019ve landed a job, there\u2019s a whole world of process and contract know-how to master. Over the coming weeks, we\u2019ll be sharing guides to being commissioned \u2013 including opinions from every corner of the process. To get things started, Chris Clarke, The Guardian\u2019s global deputy creative director, is giving us the art director\u2019s view on finding the right commissioners, nailing a brief and laying the foundations for great working relationships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lectureinprogress.com\/journal\/chris-clarke-on-commissioning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lectureinprogress.com\/journal\/chris-clarke-on-commissioning\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth checking out Chris Clarke&#8217;s instagram feed as he often post great examples of editorial illustration he&#8217;s commissioned:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chrisclarkecc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chrisclarkecc\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you\u2019re starting out as a freelancer, landing those first few commissions can be a real balancing act. Not only will you be locating the right contacts and working out how to appeal to them, but once you\u2019ve landed a job, there\u2019s a whole world of process and contract know-how to master. Over the coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[21,34],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-links","tag-editorial","tag-illustration","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shapes-and-letters.surfacepressure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}