In 1991 The Alternative Pick was founded to provide creative professionals with a vehicle to find the freshest illustrators, photographers and designers in the commercial art industry. The site allows artists to directly access their portion of the site to update images and information at any time and as often as they would like. Visitors to the site can keep track of their favorites using my*altpick and are notified by e mail any time an image is updated. Keywording makes it easy to find specific talent. This is an invaluable resource for editors, art directors, designers and buyers.
Since its 1996 inception, theispot.com's goal has been to build an online hub for illustrators where they can market their work cost effectively for both direct assignments and rights-managed stock usage.
Workbook is dedicated to providing the creative community premium sourcebooks, and a website with comprehensive features and resources for finding top talent and services. Workbook is also committed to providing the most leading and adaptable marketing tools available to photographers, illustrators, letterers and designers who are serious about reaching the most active and important art buyers in their fields.
Use the Data and Reports Search (under Advanced Search at the top) to search companies. You'll get the best results for publicly traded companies.
For private companies, use Advanced Search and search for the company name. Use the Source Type at the right to review information from Trade Journals and Newspapers.
Subscription includes access to ABI/Inform Complete [scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global and trade news]; Design and Applied Arts Index [Journal articles on practice, theory and history of design, craft, advertising]; Hoover's Company Profiles, and other scholarly and news article resources
The following print resources (books and periodicals) are available at the Goldstein Library and may have useful advice for starting your illustration career, locating publishers for illustration or answering other career questions.
