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Member only guide to the Australian book industry.
An illustration portfolio is vital for representing who you are as an artist and is a key way of putting your work in front of art directors, publishers, or people commissioning artists/illustrators.
Working with an experienced illustrator, a portfolio mentorship can help you determine how to:
Mentors can also advise on practical elements such as:
Please note: This mentorship does not provide detailed edit notes or offer introductions or recommendations/referrals to publishers or agents.
If you have any questions about our Mentorship Program, please email [email protected].
If you’re unsure, please email [email protected] for advice.
You will be asked to list the 3 mentors you would most like to work with, in order of preference, in your booking form. You can learn more about our illustration mentors in the mentor register below.
If you need help identifying suitable mentors, please email [email protected] prior to placing your booking.
For a portfolio mentorship, you will be asked to submit your portfolio with a maximum of 20 images. If your file size is too large to upload, you can share a link instead.
The ASA member fee for a portfolio mentorship is $365 (GST inclusive).
Please note that we ask for upfront payment for all our mentorships. This is to ensure our mentors are paid promptly for their work.
You should receive an automated email confirmation from [email protected], as well as an email receipt from our payment platform, Stripe. Please check your spam/junk folder if you don’t receive these emails after submitting your booking.
ASA staff will attend to your booking within 2-3 business days. We will contact your preferred mentors (in order of preference) and notify you as soon as we have a mentor confirmed or more information on their availability for your consideration. You will receive email updates about your booking from [email protected].
Once a mentor and time frame is confirmed for your booking, your mentor will be in direct contact to get the mentorship underway.
