Inspiration Roundup: My Favorite Illustrators

If you’ve known me for more than 5 minutes, then you probably already know that I am a huge… HUGE fan of comic/animation style illustration ... ! Michael Cho is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist and occasional writer, based in Toronto, Canada ... illustrations in The New Yorker. Dean Trippe is a freelance comics creator, best known [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 00:41:18

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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #71: Featuring Jen Corace

Happy Sunday, everyone! So, what do you do when there are tentacles in your hallway? Jules: We’re featuring the illustrations of artist and freelance illustrator Jen Corace this week ... Corace… uh… she’s awesome. Not very descriptive but whatcha gonna do? Maybe it’s her design background [more...]

Date: 2008-07-13 06:01:00

7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #83: Featuring Up-and-Coming Illustrator, Lauren Minco

Jules: Welcome to our weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) ... of the month, so it’s time to feature a new or student illustrator. Today we welcome Lauren Minco, an illustrator who balances teaching, freelance illustration, and showing her work in galleries. Here [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 06:01:03

Lealand Eve Boutique

Lealand Eve is an artist & illustrator who opened a shop in Sayville, NY, with her partner Nathan King called Lealand Eve Boutique (52 South Main Street). After graduating in 2002 from Pratt (Brooklyn) with a BFA in fashion, Leland took a liking to illustration and began a freelance illustration career. She has worked on several [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 11:00:00

Picture this: In search of the perfect character portrait

You’ve just created your dwarf cleric. His attributes are primed. His equipment is second-to-none. His background is detailed and intense ... (c) 2008 Jennifer Meyer Illustrations Beautiful work by a freelance illustrator. Source [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 17:20:31

GMAIL FUKD UP!

the weirdest thing happened today...or actually i should start with the backstory. i was in this cute second hand book store called blossoms and i saw this poster saying:freelance illustrators wanted for childrens book illustration email: tellmeastorie@gmail.com. and so obv [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 12:18:00

Interview - Neryl Walker

Bloom girls CD cover design for Melbourne band The Breadmakers Schurman fine papers Most Australian girls ( ... . I got a couple of freelance illustrations jobs, liked the work, built an illustration folio and here ... the packaging of Bloom cosmetics. But what you mightn't know is that Melbourne illustrator Neryl [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 21:00:00

Illustration Artists Showcase and Inspiration - Part 2

A mixed collection of talented illustration artists some using 3D programs, oil paints, Illustrator and Photoshop to produce there creations, ... a freelance career in both portrait and fashion illustration Like it says in her bio her art ... I have placed a piece of text about each illustrator where possible as well as slightly explaining [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 21:35:30

5 Freelance Lessons I Learned in 2008

Tomorrow’s the last day of 2008, and as I walked home today, I thought of the many things that happened to my career and my freelance work this year ... , a freelance illustrator and designer, who has a good reputation on Elance. His experience helped [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 09:15:36

BarackRock.org: “Nothing More Nothing New”

CLICK HERE: BarackRock.org started with one song “Daytime” by Jack Dolgen (Sam Champion/Maricopa) and a burning desire for change ... , a freelance illustrator currently residing in New York.  He illustrates books, magazines and ads [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 06:59:45

5 Complimentary Skills to Graphic Design

In today’s economy competition is rougher than ever and even before this economic down turn I had mentioned how competitive the field of graphic ... a better illustrator will allow you to create more creative designs, do freelance illustration work ... design was getting and how more and more job listings were looking for multi-talented designers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:44:44

Write Freelance for Coastal Woman Magazine

Coastal Woman Magazine, a publication with a focus primarily on Santa Barbara, welcomes submissions from freelance writers ... as an Illustrator of Children's Publications Freelancers: How Much is Enough? [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 20:58:00

Jan Feliks Kallwejt: Updates

No Comments »Illustration “Jan Feliks Kallwejt is freelance graphic designer and illustrator currently based in Warsaw. He co-operates with clients from several European countries and North America. For six years [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 22:04:29

Kareena Zerefos

No Comments »Illustration “Kareena Zerefos is an artist and freelance illustrator who lives and works in Sydney, Australia. With a background in graphic design, completing a Bachelor of Design at the College of Fine Arts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 05:43:32

Dontwakemeup

No Comments »Illustration “Having more than four years experience as a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and web designer, I am available for creative projects for everything from editorial illustration to publishing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 17:48:45

Interview with Jon MacNair

q) What is your name and what do you do? a)My name is Jon MacNair and I am an artist and freelance illustrator living in BaltimoreMaryland ... . When I’m not working on my own projects or doing freelance work, I can be found doing exhibition ... more seriously about art as a career in high school. As a senior, I was faced with the same decision as everyone [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 12:08:00

Kuratch

Seeing his works in detail, I thought it might be interesting to pick them up; these images are by Kuratch, a Hokkaido based artist with a background in design and an interest in SF, both of which come ... up in the earlier weapon girl galleries, so you may be familiar with those. As a freelance illustrator [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 12:49:41

Indie Designer Spotlight - Acrylicana

A list of things that would typically make cute themes for jewelry:Cake, yes.Fruit, definitely.Ice cream, yeah.Sushi, sure why not?Blue poo.....huh? ... mind and talent behind Acrylicana, is a freelance illustrator and designer currently based ... of that. The label is also the basis of her career as an illustrator and designer.Mary draws inspiration [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 21:13:00

How To Succeed As A Freelance Artist

Home » Publishing » How To Succeed As A Freelance ArtistHow To Succeed As A Freelance ArtistWelcome to Yaoi 911™! ... guides to making it as a freelance illustrator I’ve ever seen. Point by point, Roman covers portfolios ... (something that’s rare for me). I also find her success and experience as a freelance North American [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 19:50:46

I'm Done! and First Chapter

Late last night or early this morning depending on your perspective, I typed the last word in the Complete Idiots Guide to Business Law. Yahoo!!!!! ... : Don Locke is an illustrator and graphic artist for NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has worked as a freelance writer and illustrator for more than thirty years. He lives in Southern California [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 11:07:00

UP, AND UP AND COMING -- by guest Micah Heiselt

One of the best parts of living in New York is being able to associate regularly with extremely talented people.It is always a thrill when I meet somebody and later find out that they are a famous illustrator ... to freelance. He’s the kind of guy who makes professionals look bad while he’s still in school. He surely [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 10:30:00

Spotlight On ...

Ella of EllaParry!1. Tell us a little bit about who you are and your life up to this point in time ... I was able to pick up my first pencil as a child. I'm a Chinese born artist but because of the color ... . I have been here in London for 10 years. I am a freelance illustrator and graphic designer and have been mainly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 21:38:00

Kristin Oftedal

Thumbelina print I rarely come across illustrations that tug at the heartstrings, but this print by Kristin Oftedal, a freelance illustrator based in Norway, makes me tear up inside. I think it’s because I usually cry watching cartoons as opposed to watching movies with real people, because everyone knows [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 12:17:18

Even Shoeshine Business is Off in New York

One theory I derided earlier was the notion that that there are certain expenditures that do not get cut even when budgets are strained ... about the psychology of a city when its freelance illustrators and preschool teachers and computer programmers start cutting back, en masse, on their $7-a-day Starbucks habits. It’s another when those masters [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:28:30

Sunday Mailbag

Q: How do you handle artists that you hire/train or added to a multi-caricature artist private/corporate gig that try to steal your clients as they ... caricature artist agents, so I am familiar with the issue you are addressing. There are similar issues involved with using a rep when doing freelance illustration and even within the retail caricature [more...]

Date: 2008-07-27 16:12:29

Interview: Jami Noguchi

At some point earlier this year Dave and I were talking and he casually mentioned how he’d just spent most of his day going through every back issue ... to answer our questions! Tell us a little bit about yourself? Jami: I am the illustrator/co-creator of Erfworld, co-creator of Super Art Fight, freelance illustrator and blogger. CH: What did you [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 01:28:35

HELP WANTED: Graphic Designer

Hello, readers– COMMENTARY is in the market for a freelance graphic designer and illustrator who can produce web article illustrations as well as ... . Required skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, HTML, CSS, Flash. Please send resumes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 20:30:34

Fantasy Art - Alan Lathwell

© The artwork presented on this post is used with the permission of its author. All the artwork is copyrighted ... is an English artist who lives and works in London as a freelance illustrator. He has worked in a wide range ... : Who do you consider to have influenced your career so far? What are your main sources of inspiration?Alan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:16:00

Harry Harrison named Grand Master by SFWA

Harrison’s selection was announced by SFWA President Russell Davis after consulting with the Board of Directors and participating ... an established illustrator and freelance non-fiction writer, Harrison published his first science fiction ... stories. He also found the time to edit 35 anthologies over the span of his career. His active [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 01:08:01

Prepare to Get Laid Off

We all know the pros and cons of operating independently versus working for another company. No factor more clearly illustrates the difference than income stream; freelancers control their own financial destiny, but their corporately employed brethren are tethered to a regular paycheck. Being independent carries a built-in element of risk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:55:00

Plug Central

Catching up on my blog posts, here are a few notable items I wanted to share with ya: Royal Pingdom cites PC Weenies, Extra Life, GlitchTown and others in its 7 tech comics that will put a big smile on your face. What other comics made the cut? See for yourself! A new podcast geared towards freelance illustrators [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:33:21

The Lovely Anna Speaks

My husband Tom asked me to do him a favor. This is not unusual, most days, at least once, I get a request for a favor ... of me.” So… Hi! My name is The Lovely Anna, and I am the wife of a freelance illustrator (Insert Hi ... MAD job, and doesn’t have time to write any meaningful posts right now, so he asked: “Can you write [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 05:03:12

SpearTalks: Jesse Hora Dot Com

You know what we like? When the names of people we love (Jesse Hora) start winding up next to names of artists we worship ( ... as a freelance illustrator/designer. Through all the traveling and shenanigans of the past two years ... freelance illustrative designer originally from the great mitten state (MI in case you don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 21:29:12

bombo

Bombo! (AKA Maurizio Santucci) is a freelance illustrator. He also writes and illustrates short comic books.He also got an Etsy shop: Bomboland. Check his site or shop you'll find a lot of cool [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 17:55:00

Govinder Nazran News, Tributes following his death Dec 25th 2008

We continue to get many phone calls and emails regarding the tragic passing away of UK contemporary artist Govinder Nazran on Christmas Day 2008. ( ... as a freelance illustrator. Upon moving back to my home town of Saltaire in West Yorkshire, I took ... in the archives and found a snippet that charts, all be it briefly, his career from 1980, where [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:24:40

Illustrator Dan Mumford at Nike 1948

When it comes to Illustrator and Graphic Designer - Dan Mumford, i guess you could say that I (Aaron) have become rather fanatical about his work ... from the wall, we listened intently as Dan began to explain just how he got started in becoming a freelance illustrator, which you can find out more on by reading our interview. Dan Mumford Dan [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 17:54:03

IF Interview with Jenny Kostecki-Shaw!

Biography: On the day I was born, I came out looking both ways - My Travelin’ Eye I think my travelin’ eye (aka, my lazy, wandering eye) ... as a freelance illustrator and children’s book author. My other passion is traveling, which I do as often ... , I was in several group shows and did some freelance work [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 20:47:41

Things to Look Forward to in 2009

Right off the bat there’s a signing tomorrow, January 3, by writer J Torres at the Robinson’s Galleria branch of Comic Odyssey at 2pm. J Torres ( ... , freelance writer, illustrator, and graphic designer, among other things. **************** On January ... with J Torres is Elbert Or, artist on Lola: A Ghost Story who will be on hand to preview pages [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 01:27:40

Mumptown

link: http://www.mumptown.co.uk/Mumps are Ceri Jones and Oliver Smith we have recently graduated from liverpool john moores university with BA Hons, we specialize in freelance illustration, character design and graphic art. We have a fun attitude to design and our illustrations are easily applied to a range of creative areas such as book covers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:49:00

David Bray

David Bray is an illustrator born in dartford, in the seventies. He’s been freelancing since 1996, and has exhibited lots of times in Amsterdam. Check out his portfolio. freelance illustrator since 1996 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 09:11:04

National Caricaturist Network

There are two turning points in my professional life that I credit with pointing me (and kicking me) down the right path towards my eventual career, such as it is. The first was getting a job drawing ... eventually become prominent animators, comic book artists, children’s book illustrators and freelance [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 06:00:43

Nicholas Jackson

Hello, I am a freelance graphic artist and illustrator interested in progressive technologies with a root in historical art and design. Working from the northern parts of Minnesota, I has been pursuing a career in design for 3 years. I am currently looking for work so feel free to drop me a line. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:38:03

A Fabulous Melancholy: An Interview with Anne-Julie Aubry

(The Red Room) Earlier in the year I had hoped to feature an interview with Anne-Julie Aubry but periods of heavy work on both sides of the world ... in illustration. After spending time searching my own way, I became a freelance artist and illustrator [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 05:09:15

Tab Dump

Patrick McGoohan dies. Phooey. David of the Debate Link guest posts on Feministe ... completely. :-) There’s also good stuff in the comments, especially from Holly. Work Made For Hire, a new blog of business advice for freelance illustrators. Understanding and Misunderstanding Genuine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:21:12

Wanted: Art Director Who's Bullish on Ad Design

Here's your chance to move markets—or at least papers about markets, or, well, ads in papers about markets ... and manage illustration, photography, and freelance work; and work closely with advertising services ... all of the current mediabistro.com design/art/photo jobs. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 21:22:28

My 2 Cents to Aspiring Illustrators

I have been getting a lot of questions lately about "how do you become a freelance children's book illustrator." Specifically, college students tend to contact me regularly to interview me as a "professional artist in your field of interest" for their class projects [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:11:00

Aleks Sennwald

Aleks Sennwald 2 Comments »Illustration senvald.jpg Aleks Sennwald is a freelance illustrator. She has a fondness for: drawing, traveling, tea and his ds. written by Christopher | tags [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 13:27:29

Kashiwamochi Yomogi

SubscribeBlinklistBloglinesBlogmarksDiggdel.icio.usFacebookFurlGoogleMa ... he works exclusively as a freelance illustrator, apparently turning out no more than a few illustrations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-26 02:06:00

Book of the Month: Dr. Seuss and Mr. Geisel

In 1936, Ted Geisel wrote his first children’s story, called A Story That No One Can Beat ... . In my work as a freelance illustrator, trying to be creative every day, working to stay inspired ... to his New York apartment and decided to return to his career as a magazine humorist and cartoonist [more...]

Date: 2008-07-05 15:19:34

LOLcats R in Ur Gallery, Pimpin 4 Adult Literacy

The grammatically challenged felines known as LOLcats are clawing their way off computer screens and into the ... bands and Star Trek to soap operas. Goldin, a University of Washington undergrad and freelance illustrator, said her ultimate goal is to transform the internet phenomenon into a legitimate art [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 20:41:18

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