At what point does a picture book stop being art and become more about design?
Category: Marketing
Piracy as a positive
Making money from artistic work is difficult. In a recent survey by the Australian Society of Authors, creators make, on average, 11,000AUD from their creative work. That’s not much to live on. I’ve written before about where an artist’s income comes from, and why it’s probably possible and, at least for me, preferable, to balance… Continue reading Piracy as a positive
What problem are you solving?
To run a successful business, it needs to solve a problem. But, beyond style, what problems are illustrators solving for their clients?
Chances are, nobody cares
Whether you’re sharing your work, or hiding it, what lies at the heart of it is your ego and how important you think you are.
What’s it worth
The things we own, and the labour we practice so that we can own those things, can be measured across three fundamental domains of value: Use, Exchange, and Symbol/Sentiment. Value of use: is when we derive benefit from the use of an object. i.e. Hammers have high use value because they help us nail things… Continue reading What’s it worth
Watercolour is inconvenient
Maybe in a world that prioritises convenience, going the opposite way is worth something.
No one will see my private parts
Ensuring I’ve got a non-negotiable private playground for ideas, thoughts, and feelings is critical to make better work.
What are your chances of being discovered?
Is being discovered simpler than we think? All we need is to make the work, then tell people about it.
How does reputation reflect on you?
In what ways do our curated online selves make us who we are?
Lucky breaks are everywhere
Our intuition tells us that good luck is harder to find than bad luck, but what if luck was just about the way you looked at something?