Since this is a holiday weekend, here’s a fun time waster: Somebody’s been keeping a record of the entire internet. Go to the Wayback Machine, type in the URL of any webpage, and see what it used to look like. Don’t ask me how it’s done, or why. I can’t imagine how much server space […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
(NOTE: There will be not blog post tomorrow. I’ll be spending the holiday with family and trying to catch up on some much needed sleep.) This sketch was done a year or two ago when my friends at DrawerGeeks decided we should each do an emergency turkey drawing. Draw a turkey–fast! Quick sketches only, no […]
Sour Apples
I’m a huge Apple fan. I love their products. I drink the Kool-Aid. I sometimes wander in to the Apple store just so I can drool. But lately the effects of the Kool-Aid are starting to wear off. My biggest beef is with Leopard, Apple’s new operating system. Leopard’s new features promised to bring a […]
Advice For Building A Career As An Illustrator Or Cartoonist
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 […]
How Much Should I Charge?
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 […]
Deadline Crunch
Another busy week of freelancing. I’ve fallen a bit behind on my character design work for 3-2-1 Penguins, and since we are wrapping up pre-production it’s crunch time, the worst time to fall behind. Besides Penguins I’m also working on an advertising mascot, an illustration for a software company, an illustration for a Spanish curriculum […]