#art inspo

Here’s a list of blog posts I’ve written for aspiring and professional illustrators. I hope you find them helpful!

Advice on freelance and professional illustration

• List of Online Art Schools
• Types of Illustration Careers
• How to Get Started on Twitter
• 3 Essentials for a Children’s Book Portfolio
• Do You Need to Learn Digital Painting?
• Track Your Time
• The Peppermint Monster Principle: Do They Have Money to Pay for Art?

Advice on self-publishing

• The Difference Between Traditional vs. Self-Publishing
• Authors: 10 Tips on How to Email an Illustrator
• 6 Tips for Aspiring Kickstarters
• The Costs of Running a Kickstarter

Encouragement and inspiration

• Successful Artists Remember their Critics, Trolls and Doubters
• Stop Beating Yourself Up
• Tips for Staying Motivated After Graduation
• Be Happy With Your Work

Drawing tutorials

• How to Paint Lifelike Skin Tones
• How to Keep Your Illustrations Fresh
• 5 Tips to Draw Faster Without Getting Sloppy

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Here’s another weird dream from earlier this week. Sometimes there’s an internal logic to this stuff and sometimes you just have a handful of weird ghosts keeping you company. Who knows, really.

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