What it feels like to release a graphic short story of 100 hours of work under a pay what you can model.
Pay what you can
Category: Marketing
A point on the horizon
What if we only think we know what we want? What if what we actually want can only come from the chaos of our lives? How might we live differently?
Would you like insurance with that?
If the postal service loses an original piece of art in transit, will money make it better?
Crunchy or Smooth
When it comes to peanut butter, some people like crunchy and others like smooth – so how can that apply to the art we make?
Livelihood and humanhood
How is working for your livelihood different from working for your humanhood? And, will anyone pay for the latter?
Illustration doesn’t have to put food on the table
What if you didn’t have to rely on drawing to put food on the table?
Sing for your supper
Do I really need to dance in front of my canvas to get eyeballs on my work?
The value of originals
When I hold an original, an inner voice, “This is the only one of these in the world.” I don’t get that from a book. Is that OK?
A book illustrator’s portfolio: Images without words
One of the number one pieces of advice I give to emerging illustrators is to amplify your voice by using words and images in your portfolio.
Publishing is Marketing
Publishing used to be more about making the book. Now it’s more about selling it.