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Www.floobynooby.com/pdfs/Will_Eisner-Theory_of_Comics_and_Sequential_Art.pdf. Jonny Duddle. DesignTAXI - Creativity and Innovation Daily. Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They'd Teach In Art School at Marvelous Mustache Factory. I get a lot of emails from illustration students and young cartoonists. Sometimes they ask to interview me for a class assignment, sometimes they’re recent graduates looking for advice on how to transition from art student to professional illustrator/cartoonist. I get emails asking about how I promote my work, how to “break into” illustration or comics, how to find clients, how to gain a following on the internet, etc. I usually laugh a little as I read all these emails because I myself am still really struggling to make ends meet as a full time illustrator and cartoonist.

I’m still figuring out what works and what doesn’t. I understand the daunting feeling that comes with the end of college or the decision to leave a day job and take those first steps towards a career as an illustrator or cartoonist, having gone through it myself not that long ago. If you don’t enjoy drawing enough to want to do it every single day then you should probably find another line of work! Wow! Katiecandraw.com: katie can draw... a series of harry potter paintings.

- StumbleUpon. Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама. How To Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon - StumbleUpon. Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: “Brilliant and real and true.”

—Rosanne Cash“Filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work.” —Lifehacker.com“Immersing yourself in Steal Like An Artist is as fine an investment in the life of your mind as you can hope to make.” Read an excerpt below… Tags: steal like an artist. Abandoned Disney, Part 1. "QUANTUM SHOT" #726Link - article by Avi Abrams Abandoned Discovery Island & Other Fantastic Sites of Imagination As part of our Abandoned Places series, we featured many old amusement parks and former playgrounds that acquired that special haunting and quaint quality of decay through years of closure or sheer neglect. We covered abandoned theme parks in China, Japan and Korea... and we also touched on some dilapidated places of former amusement in America (see here) - but today we have something special for you.

(all photos courtesy Nomeus, the founder of Flurbex "The Home Of Florida's Urban Explorers") Our guest today is Nomeus, veteran urban explorer and expert on abandoned places in Florida, the founder of Flurbex "The Home Of Florida's Urban Explorers" site. His contribution to our popular article Abandoned Houses of Super Villains was Osama Bin Laden brother's enormous residence in Florida.

Abandoned Discovery Island, 1974-1999 Discovery Island beckons in the dark of night: Food Rocks! Ali Spagnola. Seriously. I’m not trying to mislead you. You email me a request for what I should paint youI paint one request a dayI mail that painting to the requester for FREE! (Not even a shipping charge)I post each daily painting and jokes about them to my blog and Tumblr. Help me keep this project going. Please donate! The premise: I want you to have my art. How to request: Email me at freepaintings@alispagnola.com to request a painting. When you email me, I add your request to the wait list.

If you really want to challenge me, try to request a subject that I haven’t painted yet. Skeptical? UPDATE: The wait list is now into the thousands. Or if you’d like to just go about this in the legit way and pay to commission an artwork, email me with the subject PAID COMMISSION REQUEST. Donating (and moving up on the wait list): I’d like to mention that I have a paypal donation link and I’d really appreciate your support. You can help keep me alive by donating even if you don’t request a painting.