Peter Beach has been working as a freelance illustrator for over 25 years. His work is top-notch and he's served some of the top clients in the biz. Recently Peter started a blog devoted to sharing his experience and advice with other illustrators. He wrote the following to me in an email: I've been freelancing full time illustration for a long...
Need to waste some time on the internet? I'm here to serve. With the economy on the skids people are thinking a lot more about money, and tax time is approaching fast. So even though this is an art blog several of the items below relate to money and finances. Hey, why not? The Credit Crisis Visualized — This brief 11-minute animated...
In case you've been living in a cave, Facebook has officially exploded onto the internet scene and is now THE social networking site for, well, anyone with a pulse. I've been on Facebook for a while now, using it both personally and professionally. While I enjoy catching up with friends and keeping tabs on a few other artists, I'm still...
Two days ago I posed a curious question: Are the offspring of artistic men more likely to be boys or girls? Most of the artists I know who are parents (myself included) have all girls or mostly girls, and that seemed a little odd to me. So far thirty of you have taken my informal survey. The results are below. Assuming...
This is kind of interesting and maybe a little weird. I'm a freelance illustrator and I've got two daughters, no sons. Once a month I meet with some other local illustrators for lunch, and if you add up all of our kids the daughters far outnumber the sons. A few weeks ago I was at a chapter meeting of the National Cartoonists...
The economy has officially slumped and creative industries are feeling the downward pull just like everyone else. More than a few in-house art departments have seen budget cuts and layoffs. On the plus side, some freelancers may benefit because a creative department with a reduced staff is more likely to hire freelancers to help bear the load. On the minus...
