Illustration: it's more than just a drawing.
Copyright, contracts and more As an artist it can be pretty hard to make an income, so when I thought about illustration as a possible revenue stream - particularly with my background in drawing - I thought "Bam! Simple!". Turns out, though, there's a bit more to illustration than just creating a picture. My partner had been telling me this for a while, but my stubbornness said "No, it's fine if I charge the same hourly rate for illustration as I do for design!". He persisted