“It’s just pencil“, an often dismissive comment made about graphite. I love graphite drawings. Some are soft and run the full gamut from lightest light to deepest black, and yet others are hard-edged and can almost be mistaken for a pen and ink rendering. I no longer ink my cartoons or book illustrations. When scanned […]
DO YOUR RESEARCH, AND GET YOUR ART PUBLISHED! Plunk down a five pound exhaustive art portfolio on some art director’s desk and it will not be nearly as impressive as a few sheets of paper comprising a published article that features your artwork. When I was 20, I sent examples of my cartooning style to […]
WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WORNG … WRONG ! Recently I posted on Facebook a meme that read, “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.” When experienced artists confront difficulties, they either know that somehow they will get through it, or that it is just not worth the time or artistic juices […]