Grace 🎇 Illustrator & Author @gracezhuart.com · 11/12/2025Once you have a list, research who worked on them—the companies, art directors, artists, etc. gently stalk their website/social media for contact forms, artist calls, upcoming releases, and the like. 1100 0
Grace 🎇 Illustrator & Author @gracezhuart.com · 11/12/2025For example, if I want to do book covers I would go to the bookstore, pull out 20 popular books in the genre I’m interested in, note down the art director/designer/publishing imprint and look them up online. I also follow authors on Threads to see when they post open calls looking for artwork. 190 0
Grace 🎇 Illustrator & Author @gracezhuart.com · 11/12/2025Another good way of researching is the reverse – look up award-winning artists and see what clients they’ve worked with (Hugo, Nebula, IBA, Beautiful Bizarre, Society of Illustrators to name a few) 1100 0
