While cleaning out my files I came across a good book on freelancing that I forgot I even owned (out of sight, out of mind). The Streetwise Guide to Freelancing by Theo Stephan Williams has a lot of good nuggets, much of it organized into nice little sidebars. Unfortunately the book is out of print, but you can get used...
I've been cleaning out my files and I came across a handout from a presentation I gave to some art students about seven years ago. It's pretty basic stuff aimed primarily at beginners, but I've got blog readers at all levels from students to seasoned professionals so I'm sure some of you will find this helpful. Here's what I wrote: 1....
I've just come off of a long, crazy stretch of freelance projects, so today was the first time in a long time I was able to kick back and enjoy noodling around in the ol' sketchbook. The top sketches are warm-up doodles and the bottom three are sketches from magazine photos. Ideally I'd like to spend at least a half hour...
A few months ago I took a character design class online through Schoolism.com. The instructor was Stephen Silver, one of the top character designers working in animation today. Stephen's video lectures were very inspirational and full of meaty content. I probably learned more from Stephen than I did from some of my professors when I was in art school. If...
If you've attended a comic book convention in the last few years, you may have noticed the "sketchbook craze" spreading through the art world. Comic book and animation artists will assemble dozens of personal sketches, have them made into booklets at Kinko's, and sell them at conventions and other events. I've been to Comic-Con twice in the last five years...
Recently I stumbled upon this excellent article from Bootstrapper (a good blog for the self-employed, entrepreneurs, and other do-it-yourselfers): Rookie Mistakes: 15 Blunders New Freelancers Make And How To Avoid Them For more info on freelancing, don't forget to check out other posts listed under "The Business of Freelancing" Category over to the left, and of course my Recommended Resources page on...
