One of my first clients as a freelancer was a company that specializes in clip art for Churches (i.e. bulletins, newsletters, etc.) I worked for them for a couple of years. It was reassuring to have a client who gave me steady work every month. Then I started reading about how clip art is bad for freelancers. Because clip art...
Today's word over at IllustrationFriday.com is "Captain". It's been a long time since I was able to take part, so I'm going to throw this against the wall and see if it sticks. Here's some early concept sketches I did for a publisher a while back. The project eventually evolved into something else and the character changed, so these sketches...
As I mentioned last week, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. Last week's lesson was on silhouettes. A strong character design will have a clear silhouette that is visually interesting, making the character instantly recognizable. To illustrate, I've taken Jafar from Aladdin and shaded him in. Notice how clearly everything reads: Our assignment was to...
Here's a tip for all you Mac users with .Mac accounts. Apple charges $99 per year for the service, but you can get it at Amazon.com for only $79. I just renewed my .Mac account through Amazon and it worked. Saved twenty bucks. Not a .Mac user? You might want to consider it. .Mac (pronounced "dot-mac") is 10GB of storage on...
CreativePro.com is a great resource for, well, creative pros. They've got some helpful articles, and a free email newsletter called "CreativeProse" that almost always has at least one item/article that interests me enough to read. (Which, unfortunately, is not always the case with email newsletters.) Check out a couple of recent articles from a regular feature titled The Art of...
Sad, sad news. From newsarama.com: The comics industry lost a luminary this weekend - Mike Wieringo passed away Sunday of a sudden heart attack. Details are still sketchy as of this time, but according to close sources, the acclaimed artist had chest pains at some point during the day and called 911, but the responders did not make it in time. Wieringo...
