Theres a very good article on the "postion:relative" blog titled "The Biggest Challenges Facing Independant Designers". Just substitute the words "freelance illustrators" instead of "independant designers", and it's a good summary of the stuff they don't tell you in art school when you are considering a freelance career. Not that I'm complaining. I abolutely love freelancing and...
I've made a last-minute decision to attend Comic-Con in San Diego July 20-23. I haven't been there since '03, and I miss it. I'm planning to do a lot of networking, as well as attending some great seminars. I'm especially looking forward to a panel discussion on "Designing Appealing Characters" that will include great talents such as...
This week's topic at Illustration Friday is "Aging". I love drawing old people. Here's a few samples from my sketchbook...
Back around 1995 while still in art school, I took a summer job drawing caricatures at a local amusement park. It was the first job where I actually got paid to draw, and it was a tremendous learning and growing experience for me. Sort of an art boot camp. I was very shy and insecure (and frankly not very...
Animator Keith Lango (VeggieTales, Disney, Robots) has an excellent series on his blog discussing the problems facing independent animators who want to market their work on the internet. Keith also has some good insights into what's wrong with the current system and what might be done to change things. "The Great White Hope of Indy Animators" is a must-read...
Glen Keane is one of the true modern masters of animation drawing. Artist Raul Andres has started a new blog collecting many of Keane's sketches into one place. Very inspiring stuff!...
