Fanboy Radio is a weekly radio show/podcast devoted to comic books. I don't really read comic books anymore, but the industry has some amazing artists whose work I enjoy following. Fanboy Radio interviews a lot of them, and it can be inspirational to hear the various creators talk about the industry and their work. A few months ago Fanboy Radio did...
My friend and fellow illustrator Paul Fricke recently sent me a great link: Advice for building a career as a freelance artist and/or paid cartoonist by Dave Roman Dave Roman has been working at Nickelodeon Magazine for the last nine years. He is also a frequent lecturer at the School of Visual Arts. This article summarizes his advice for art students just...
I finally received my copy of the Pizza Math game with the packaging that I illustrated. It's actually a clever concept: It's similar to a deck of cards, but instead of rectangles the cards are shaped like triangle pizza slices and instead of suits you have a variety of pizza toppings (i.e. diamonds become pepporoni's, clubs become sausages bits, etc.)....
To warm up each morning I've been trying to fill a page a day in my sketchbook. However, I've been so swamped with freelance work that I've only been averaging about a page a week. Better than nothing, I guess. Here's a few heads I drew the other day from some old photos....
Looks like I've made my mistake for the month. Feels good to have that out of the way. A couple of weeks ago I started writing a blog post comparing the costs and benefits of various online advertising methods available to freelance artists. The article is still a rough draft, very much in progress. Unfortunately, due to my clumsy thumbs the...
As a beginning freelancer I really struggled with this question. When I bid out a project, how much is too much (or too little)? Do I bill per hour or take on the project for a flat rate? I don't want to under-sell myself, but I also don't want to lose the job because I'm too expensive. I also want...
