Category Archives: freelance

Should You Advertise in Illustration Directories?

It’s no doubt that if you’ve been illustrating for any length of time, you’re probably familiar with Illustration Directories. Those highly polished books filled cover to cover with full page display ads of competing illustrators and art reps delivered to upwards of 18,000 art buyers, art directors, creative directors, print producers and other titles responsible…

Go Big or Go Home. Interview with Plein Air Performance Painter Dan Nelson.

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Want to make a big impact then make big art. Want to make a bigger impact then how about painting a 4 by 5 foot canvas on location in front of a crowd? Not big enough, then try an 8 by 10 foot canvas while wearing a tuxedo in front of an audience? This is…

From Face Painting to a Six Figure Income.

DENISE WARNER

The first step in growing your business to a six figure income is to recognize that what you’re doing is not just a job, it’s a business. Denise Warner recognized that while working a fair with a friend many years ago. Denise began painting faces with her mother back in 1984. They worked her way…

How Important is Social Networking? An Interview with George Coghill of Coghill cartooning

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It was 12:30 am the night before a very important deadline when I first met George Coghill. I was working late to make my deadline and I came upon a roadblock. I’m pretty good with Adobe Illustrator, in fact I am an instructor here in Raleigh, but I ran into some trouble that I knew…

Revealing the Hyper Creative Process.

Artist Ali Sabet

Branding design strategist Ali Sabet has created and helped sustain hundreds of brands over the past 10 years and has loved every minute of it. During that time Ali observed many of the patterns and methods he used to become so successful, something he calls the Hyper Creative method.

Christina Merkley – Graphics Facilitator

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In this interview Carlos and Bob speak with Graphics Facilitator Christina Merkley. If you’re not familiar with the term graphic facilitation, graphic recording or interactive graphics you should be. It is a huge and growing field that offers a host of opportunity for visual thinkers. This week’s guest Christina describes it this way,  “In a…