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Hi Guys, I've had to downsize because well - I'm just too busy with freelance work, www.svslearn.com responsibilities, my own personal projects, and my youtube channel to continue to update this blog regularly. If you want to know what I'm up to I'll be sharing everything on my youtube channel. Click here to check it out.

I've been thinking about this one for quite some time. The idea that Artist's in my opinion should embrace capitalism for reasons I list in the video.

I've read the articles and facebook posts by women on this issue...can I really be stupid enough to weigh in? Yup!

As we head back to school I thought I'd make a video for art students...here's my advice for getting the most out of your education.

I highly urge you to watch this video interview I recorded with Brad Holland a few days ago. We talk about new proposed legislation that revitalizes the failed "Orphan Works" bill.


After reaching 70 thousand views we wakened a few people who want to see this horrible legislation passed. Some of them wrote articles attacking the content of the video and now that's being passed around the internet to confuse artists.

Let me be very clear in responding to this attack article: http://graphicpolicy.com/2015/07/20/dont-believe-the-hyperbole-theres-no-orphan-works-law-before-congress/

I helped Brad back in the early 90's set up the first Icon conference in Santa Fe so it was natural for him to reach out to me to get the word out on this new proposed legislation. I told him I really didn't know anything about it but would love to interview him on my youtube channel. He told me not to worry - that if I got anything wrong he would correct me. I would in essence play the uneducated interviewer and he would be the expert that he is. In the video you'll notice that I speak about 1% of the time while Brad speaks about 99% of the time. I made statements like, "So, in this new bill..." and Brad corrected me saying, "well, it's not a bill yet..."

In the attack article written by "Brett" (doesn't give his last name) he only attacks the incorrect statements I made - that Brad corrected. In other words - he ignored all of the accurate information that Brad the expert gave - the entire content of the video - and attacked the guy asking questions and making a few inaccurate statements....that were corrected in the video by the expert.

There are forces at work that really want to push this through and they are willing to use any means necessary to confuse artists into doing nothing! Please send a letter to the copyright office either today or tomorrow as the deadline is on Thursday July 23rd.

All of the links you need to send letters or get more information are at the bottom of the video - in the description on youtube.

Do you think a children's book illustrator has any business selling prints at Comic Con? Do you think he will fail? Do you think he has no game plan? Do you think he can compete in the vast sea of nerddom? Do you think he won't recover the costs of production, entry, etc.? Do you think he will share his gross sales receipts with you in a future video? Tune in to have these and other silly questions answered about my upcoming run for President - I mean comic con artist! Disclaimer - the amount of honesty that will be divulged might be too intense for younger members of the viewing audience - viewer discretion advised!

Is competition a good thing among artists? I'd love to hear what you think?

I've decided to participate in the Salt Lake Comic Con coming up in September 2015. I had a lot of fun working on some fan art last year and caught the bug - I can't stop! As a children's book illustrator I never have ever really felt the appreciation from my audience. How many 5 year olds even understand what an illustrator is? Don't get me wrong - it's really fun to watch children enjoying my books or read letters from parents and teachers about how their class enjoyed my books. But what I'm talking about is a person to person connection. Instead of, "I'm buying this for my kid, class, grandchild, or nephew." I want to connect with the person that's buying for themselves - and I've really not experienced this in my career.

After having attended a few cons and talking with many of my friends who have sold at cons and reading articles about selling at cons - I think I know enough to get into trouble :)

I'll be recording my progress on my youtube channel and posting the videos here - stay tuned!

Here's my second print and you can see the rest of my work at http://society6.com/willterryart

Many illustrators are struggling with the decision to continue working traditionally when they know that so many are switching to digital art. In this video I talk about the pros and cons of both in terms of working as an illustrator.

In this video I give reasons why I think you should set a schedule of creating artwork each and every day...oh - and I have fun drawing this hedgehog while I'm at it.

Have you ever lied to yourself to make the path easier? Less difficult?...Has denial ever walked beside you bumping you away from success? I have - and I share the 3 biggest lies I used to tell myself  - the lies that I had to admit to in order to progress.

I've just started a new series of videos on my youtube channel called, "Can A Guy Get His Children's Book Published?" As a professional children's book illustrator working on other author's stories I wanted to document my journey to getting my own book published. I'm going to share the process from story to submitting my book proposal to an agent(s) and I'll share any successes or rejection letters I get as well. I may not be able to share everything exactly as it happens because when or if negotiations happen often you can't divulge any information until contracts are signed and agreements made.

In this video I discuss what I think is the best way to get a smoking fast computer at the lowest price possible. Macs are great - no doubt about it - but can a cheaper and faster PC do the trick?