I’m delighted to announce that my first picture book, and my first collaboration with Jackie French have both been given a shiny notable sticker by the industry’s premier body, the CBCA.
While the last you thing any one should ever illustrate for, it’s recognition, it’s still a lovely feeling to know that someone else other than me saw something in Eric’s story, something unique and special, worth sharing with the wider world.
Are artists under threat from generative artificial intelligence? Or is the ‘competition’ we see just misunderstood?
What happens to an idea if I’m too scared to draw it? If I don’t feel skilled enough? If I’m just not ready?
Should artists aspire for robotic-like accurate and consistency like those who are the best in their sport?
Who or what am I really looking for when I put our work out in the world? How do I know it’s any good?
The problem with digital art is that there’s always a piece of software between me and the work, but maybe that’s what makes it a craft?
