Thanks! And yes I do do this already, it’s just a bit of a joke, not meant to sound quite so serious that I actually spend time wearing clients down in order to do more illustration work :O)

Shame that you say on your site that at in your role at 10Yetis (http://www.10yetis.co.uk/) you have to convince clients to take on illustration work. Don’t you just design for them and include something illustrative in the design if you feel it suits the project?

I’m commissioned to design for clients… and I charge a set price for design concepts which they are advised of before I start, and often I include illustration within any concepts provided if I think appropriate for the project at hand.

I don’t ask before I start if they want illustration, and persuasion never needs to come into it, I just show them the design concept and they can decide for themselves. I’ve never had anyone say “Hey, strip that illustration out”

Then the more illustrative samples you have in your portfolio, the more potential clients can see how effective this is, and then many of them start specifically asking for illustration to be included in their project.

It’s a radical change and you’re the third person to contact me specifically and say they like it, so the response so far has been favourable. Though saying that I can’t imagine anyone going out of their way to contact me to say “Your new site design is vile” :-/