3 Month Mentorship

3 Month Mentorship

3 Month Mentorship

$600.00

Are you a budding illustrator dreaming of a career in children's picture books? Uncertain about the types of illustrations to include in your portfolio or how to find an agent? Looking for a professional guide to help you take the next step in your career?

Join me for three months of personalised mentoring to help you navigate the path to success. From portfolio building to publishing, I'll offer feedback and guidance to help you achieve your goals.

Aspiring to become a children's book illustrator can feel daunting, but with the right mentor, you can make significant progress. I bring a mix of motivation, advice, direction, coaching, support, feedback, inspiration, and training to help you achieve your goals. Let's work together to bring your artistic vision to life.

As a mentor, I am able to look over your body of work and identify your strengths as well as areas that need development. I am your motivation that gives you direction to achieving your dreams, while cheering you on and giving you personalized feedback along the way!

  • Three 1-hour calls

  • Personalized assignments

  • Feedback on your projects

  • You will receive a personalized Notion template with resources and a plan of action to help you achieve your goals

After checkout you will receive an email within 24 hours with a questionnaire to help us get started.

I highly recommend sending an email to denise@niseemade.com to see if this is something you are ready to do. I will answer any questions you have and we can talk about if this is the right fit for you.

With more than a decade of expertise in the publishing and illustration industry, I am eager to help you in realizing your creative goals! Let’s chat!

What is Included

  • Whether you’re interested in picture books, baby board books, chapter books or graphic novels, I will help you understand what publishers and agents are looking for and how to create a portfolio that reflects the types of books you want to create. You will receive weekly assignments and weekly video chats to discuss your work and get feedback on your progress.

  • We will continue to work together to finalize your portfolio and website to get it ready. During this time you will research agencies and publishers that would be a good fit for your goals.

  • Together we’ll craft together a portfolio and cover letter to start applying, and you will end your mentorship with a clear goal in mind and tools to help you succeed in the industry.

  • My approach to mentoring focuses on helping creatives discover their unique niche that will set them apart in the competitive children’s book market. Together we explore your interests and passions, allowing you to create a portfolio that will attract agents and publishers. As a mentor, I am able to look over your body of work and identify your strengths as well as areas that need development. I am your motivation that gives you direction to achieving your dreams, while cheering you on and giving you personalized feedback along the way!

OUTcomes

Explore your personal style

Figure out which types of children’s picture books resonate with you.

finding agents

Let’s find out who your dream agents are and make a plan on how to approach them.

Grow your portfolio

Under my guidance, create high-quality children’s artwork for your portfolio.

succeed in the industry

Together we will create a long term plan to help you continue to succeed in children’s picture books long after your mentorship.

develop your artistic skill

Together we will recognize your strengths and weaknesses, so that you can continue to build the skills you need to succeed.

play

And most important; develop a daily sketchbook habit to help generate continuous portfolio and picture book ideas!

Have questions?

If you have any questions about my services, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Send a message to denise@niseemade.com

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

You can cancel and receive a full refund within 5 days from the 1 -month or 3-month program. No refunds will be given to 1-on-1 coaching calls.

Who is this mentorship suitable for?

Any of my services are perfect for aspiring children’s book illustrators who want to advance quickly in their career and need guidance.

FAQ

  • A 3-month mentorship is built depending on the schedule of the mentee, but together we will create a schedule that works best for you. Typically we will plan three 1-hour zoom meeting sessions over the course of our time together. In those sessions we will go over your goals, give feedback on your work and will answer any industry related questions.

    Each week I provide 3 to-do’s:

    • A daily drawing prompt to help you develop a sketchbook habit

    • A worksheet with 3-4 questions to help you discover more about the work you want to create and reflecting on makes you - you

    • A weekly homework assignment

    I use a productivity app called Notion that houses the mentorship information, homework assignments and goals. The app let’s us communicate via real time; so whatever I type, the mentee will see it at the same time! I go through a few times a week, leaving feedback and updating for the next weeks assignments.

  • I believe that discovering the specific types of picture books you aspire to create and dedicating your efforts to building a portfolio that reflects your vision and showcases the types of things you love drawing, will serve as the perfect formula for a successful illustrator.

    I think it’s important for a picture book illustrator to be familiar with drawing characters; animal, human, anthropomorphic and to show emotion and interaction.

  • We work together to uncover all the things that they love! Leaning into what you love and building upon that is a strength that will make any of the work you create your style. Combining likes, techniques and a custom color palette has been the key to finding my style and I believe it will be your key as well.

  • Having to pay someone a fee can be very motivating factor! It’s important that you have the time to focus on a 3-month membership to really benefit from this opportunity. I also set weekly deadlines and the video call meetings are great motivation to receive feedback as well!

  • I received straightforward honest feedback at the start of my career and while it made me cry, it actually motivated me to get my act together and work really hard. If I didn’t receive this harsh critique on a picture book I was working on, I don’t think I would have become the illustrator that I am today. I always take that to heart and let my mentees know that I am going to give my honest* feedback with their work. It’s important to remember that it’s just one persons opinion, but having fresh eyes on your work can be just the thing to remind you what your strengths and weaknesses are.

    *I promise I won’t make you cry!

  • Make sure this is something you really want to do and that you have the time to focus on it. It’s a lot of work, but such an amazing opportunity to gain insight about yourself, your work and the industry. You will also gain a new friend and someone who will be cheering for you throughout your career.