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The Professional Association of Illustrators of Catalonia
Giz 03
July 2008: Illustration in the digital era This issue of the GIZ magazine is monothematic and deals with issues related to illustration and new technologies and new supports or channels.
FRONT COVER Illustration by Miguel Brieva
00 EDITORIAL “Dies Veloços” (Fast days). Illustrations by Pau Masiques.
01 FEATURE ARTICLE “La il·lustració a l’era digital” (Illustration in the digital era). Text by Ramón Vendrell. Illustrations by Mirjana Farkas, Martin Tognola & IGNOT.
02 DEBATE “Un canvi irreversible” (An Irreversible Change). Text, Editing & Illustration by Arnal Ballester.
03 PROFILE ‘Montse Bernal, “Voyeur” dels rostres des del bressol’ (Montse Bernal, “Voyeur” of faces from the cot). Text by Ramón Vendrell. Illustration by Montse Bernal.
04 APIC ‘Consells pràctics per dibuixar un bloc’ (Practical advice to draw a bloc). Text by Rafael Arjona. Illustration by Rafael Arjona.
05 TOP MANTA ‘Drets privats, béns públics’ (Private rights, public goods). Text & illustration by Perico Pastor.
00 EDITORIAL “Dies Veloços” (Fast days). Illustrations by Pau Masiques.
01 FEATURE ARTICLE “La il·lustració a l’era digital” (Illustration in the digital era). Text by Ramón Vendrell. Illustrations by Mirjana Farkas, Martin Tognola & IGNOT.
02 DEBATE “Un canvi irreversible” (An Irreversible Change). Text, Editing & Illustration by Arnal Ballester.
03 PROFILE ‘Montse Bernal, “Voyeur” dels rostres des del bressol’ (Montse Bernal, “Voyeur” of faces from the cot). Text by Ramón Vendrell. Illustration by Montse Bernal.
04 APIC ‘Consells pràctics per dibuixar un bloc’ (Practical advice to draw a bloc). Text by Rafael Arjona. Illustration by Rafael Arjona.
05 TOP MANTA ‘Drets privats, béns públics’ (Private rights, public goods). Text & illustration by Perico Pastor.
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GIZ 02
November 2007 This issue of the GIZ magazine focuses on the need to sell one’s work and includes a debate on how to sell abroad.
FRONT COVER Illustration by Juanjo Sáez.
00 EDITORIAL Illustration by Miguel Gallardo.
01 FEATURE ARTICLE ‘La il·lustració necessita vendre's’ (Illustrations needs to be sold). Text by Maria Palau. Illustration by Mariona Cabassa and Ed.
02 DEBATE ‘Vendre a l'estranger: una maleta i una carpeta, o un agent?’ (Selling abroad: a suitcase and folder, or an agent?) Text by Jaume Vidal. Illustration by Pepa Reverter.
03 PROFILE ‘Hanoch Piven: un il·lustrador que juga fort’ (Hanoch Piven: an excelling illustrator). Text by Maria Palau. Illustration by Hanoch Piven.
04 APIC ‘Premis Junceda: els nous camins de la il·lustració’ (Junceda awards: the new ways of illustration). Text, Editing & Illustration by Alex Fito, Pere Joan & Max.
05 TOP MANTA ‘Els quatre punts cardinals són tres: el nord i el sud’ (The four cardinal points are three: the north and the south). Text & Illustration by Horacio Altuna.
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GIZ 01
Collectable illustrations.
Issue dealing with the rights of illustrators.
”Bad books engender bad habits, and bad habits engender good books” René Descartes.
Issue dealing with the rights of illustrators.
”Bad books engender bad habits, and bad habits engender good books” René Descartes.
> If you have ever gone through professional experiences where you wished the ground would open up and swallow you (‘Com fets per algú que no sap dibuixar’ “like done by someone who can’t draw”, page 10), and you don’t wish this experience to anyone.
> If you are worried your work won’t be properly referenced in the media (‘Il·lustres o treballes?’ “Do you illustrate or do you work?”, page 11).
> If you want to know all the latest trends (‘Junceda’ Awards, page 2).
> If you are interested in exchanging life experiences with other professionals working in the same area (‘Apunts de camp digitals’ “Digital field annotations”, page 4).
> If you want to know what the advantages and inconveniences of working through a representative who deals with negotiations and paperwork in exchange for a percentage of your earnings (‘M'ho vens to o m´ho venc jo?’ “Will you sell it for me, or shall I sell it myself?”, page 12).
> If other illustrators have been good company or inspired you during life (‘Mai podré odiar André Francois’ “I shall never be able to hate André François”, page 14) and you would like to contribute to their acknowledgement.
> Or if, in general, you want illustration to be acknowledged for what it is: a professional work (Top Manta ‘Il·lustrat’ “Illustrated”, page 6).
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GIZ 0
"Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ‘and what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversation?’.
> If you are thankful that an association you belong to makes sure that illustration awards have, insofar as possible, a fair jury (In relation to the selection works, page 10).
> If you are uneasy about ethical limits (‘Que ho sigui però sense ser-ho’ “let it be so, but not being so”, page 7) you must impose to your clients’ demands.
> If you want to know what the most interesting things that are being prepared (‘Projecte Garabattagge’ “Garabattagge Project”, page 8) in the field of illustration are.
> If you are interested by anecdotes stressing the enormous projection of illustrators’ work in society (‘Morir d'èxit’ ”Die from too much success”, page 9).
> If you feel curious to know other fully fledged authors or beginners, but all of them alive and kicking (‘Steadman’ “Steadman”, page 3, ‘Pies de autor’ “Authors footnotes”, page 16), their professional paths, experiences and their way of living the profession.
> If you want to have real information (‘Top manta il·lustrat’ “Illustrated Top Manta”, page 13) on what the rates are, what they should be and the economic benefits that are really obtained from your work.
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ILLUSTRATORS AND THE LAW
LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROFESSION
2006 Edition
A useful and essential tool for illustrators to carry out their work properly. In this publication there is a compilation of the legal and fiscal framework of the pro
2006 Edition
A useful and essential tool for illustrators to carry out their work properly. In this publication there is a compilation of the legal and fiscal framework of the pro
Introduction
> Commissioning a work to be edited and assignment of rights for the editing of books.
> Illustrators and the administrations
> Different samples of contracts and invoices
> Legal and tax-related questions and answers
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THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION IN SPAIN
Among the goals of the Federation of Professional Illustrators’ Associations (FADIP), it is especially important to promote, dignify and disseminate the important contribution of graphic illustration to the cultural world, toget
Index Study on the economic weight of illustration in the cultural sector:
-The professional sector of graphic illustration in Spain.
-The professional work of illustration in Spain
-Commercialization of graphic illustration in Spain
-The economic situation of illustrators
-Perception and valuation of the economic situation
-Results of the qualitative interviews
You may download it at www.fadip.org
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A DEAL IS A CONTRACT: SMALL GUIDE ON CONTRACTING FOR THE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF ILLUSTRATION
A publication specifying the types of contracting in the different fields of illustration.
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