By: Dudel,
on 11/20/2009
By: Valerie Walsh,
on 11/20/2009
I have created many music-related images for record labels, bands, The San Diego Chamber Orchestra and I even painted a music house. This image is for the music blog I am a member of called "Kings of Maybe."When our fearless leader Asperezas asked me to make a new header for the 1 year Anniversary, I knew I had to make a crown of buildings. Our group is small but good and they have turned me on to some great music that I LOVE! My new fave is Just Say Yes by Snow Patrol posted by flor. I am lucky to be part of this wonderful tribe and hope for many more years of good music and inspiring videos. This is our new honorary member and crown model :)
copyright 2009 valerie walsh
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By: k.h.whitaker,
on 11/20/2009
My grandson Myles, this is the first digital painting I ever did. He will be two on Thanksgiving day.
Finally, finally, finally! This has been sitting on my desk for weeks, and I just got it uploaded. After Linda's invitation to join WaWe (back in October - oy!) I'm "finally" jumping in!
I had in my mind the thought of the wonderful imagination of a child, and how fun it would be if those wild things were fun furry things that came in at night to play hide-and-seek with!
By: tweedlebop,
on 11/20/2009
By: craig wilson,
on 11/20/2009
I just won't have time to get this past the sketch stage in time for the Jumble. Maybe I'll get back to it for the blog. Great topic, even if it is a repeat!
www.money-shotz.blogspot.com
By: Mary Stebbins Taitt,
on 11/20/2009
By: mike r. baker,
on 11/20/2009
The new challenge is:
Feast!
Illustrate a feast! Up in the northern hemisphere, we have a lot of eating holidays this time of year. The U.S. has Thanksgiving on November 26 this year, Canada had Thanksgiving on October 12, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday December 11, Christmas is December 25, and many other religions celebrate the harvest of fall, the shortest day (Winter Solstice, December 21), and Yule celebrations. Of course, Christmas is also celebrated in the southern hemisphere on December 25 - must be really odd to sing about snow in Summer. Hindus celebrated Diwali (festival of lights) on October 17th. For Islam, the New Year is December 18 (not a feast day but a time for religious reflection). So let's celebrate!
A PRIZE!
For this challenge, the winner will receive an actual prize! I will mail a prize to the chosen winner (the winner will need to supply an address). The prize will be announced next week. You have 2 weeks so get busy, artists!
The "Chicken" and the "Werewolf" challenge is over. The new challenge is "Feast" and ends on December 7, 2009. Another new challenge, "Gratitude," ends on November 30, 2009.
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By: Manola,
on 11/20/2009
By: mike r. baker,
on 11/20/2009
M. S. Corley!
Congratulations to M. S. Corley. I chose M. S. Corley's "Werewolf" (Lycaon) as the winner for the Werewolf challenge. Why? Because it's AWESOME! M. S. Corley is a fantastic illustrator and designer. I've actually been a fan of his for sometime. Many of you may remember his incredible redesign for A Series of Unfortunate Events, made to look like classic Penguin Books. Check out his blog and enjoy!
By: mike r. baker,
on 11/20/2009
What is UP with our HOST???
I am back! I return, the prodigal son, sheepishly with hat in hand. I am so sorry for keeping you all waiting and in the dark about what was happening with me and Monday Artday. I was sick from radiation therapy and couldn't bear to approach the Internet. But I feel good now and I'm here to make amends.
Let's draw! I have a new challenge for you all today and winners for the Werewolf and Chicken challenges. I also want to thank all of you for your concern and especially Gunther for stepping up in my absence. You are all awesome.
This is Part 4 of the 4-Part series, How to Educate Your Clients, where we will examine the important role that education plays in your Freelance Illustration business. I’ll be releasing the future articles in the series over the next 4 days. If you’d like to follow along, simply bookmark this page, because I’ll be updating the links in the list below to direct you to those topics as I post them. If you prefer, you can follow updates via email or RSS.
Sharing Further Knowledge
Would you like to get referrals from your clients?
How about testimonials?
If this is something you would benefit from, then this article is for you, because it’s all about the difference between a satisfied client and an ecstatic client. The best way to make someone want to talk about their great experience of working with you is to go above and beyond to help them to succeed.
After all, they hired you to fulfill their needs.
To be honest, sometimes creating awesome Illustration work isn’t enough to evoke praise from your clients. This is because they hired you based on the quality of your portfolio, so they pretty much knew what to expect. Therefore, it’s a good idea to surprise and delight them by going the extra mile to help them in ways that they didn’t see coming.
Helping Your Clients Succeed
It’s probably obvious to most Illustrators that when a client succeeds with the help of the Illustration or Design that you created for them, it is good for your own business as well. Most of this shared success comes from exposure and more great work for your portfolio.
What is often overlooked is the concept of doing whatever you can to assist your client in other aspects of their project, such as printing, self-publishing, or promotion.
The benefit of this added service is that you are increasing the chances that the project will be executed in a way that presents your work in the most flattering light. Also, you are impressing the client with both your expertise and your generosity. These are the things that they will remember when sharing their experience with their friends or responding to a request for a referral.
How to Apply This to Your Next Project
The next time you finish your work on a project, ask if the client needs any recommendations for quality printing services, advice on self-publishing, or assistance in creating a blog to promote their new book or product. Chances are, they would love to hear anything you have to say, especially if this is a new venture for them.
I’m not suggesting that you spend a lot of time doing free work, but many Illustrators have already done this type of research for past clients or projects of our own. Therefore, sharing links or mentioning things to watch out for will probably be the easiest thing you’ve done for this client, and the payoff can be huge. Not to mention, they may even end up hiring you to create that blog design they need, or to provide consulting for their promotional efforts. If you let this chance go by without at least exploring the possibility, they may end up going elsewhere for these services.
Making Use of Your Knowledge
The best part about this approach is that you are making use of research that you’ve already done in the past. Why not make the most of it by educating your clients? Despite what some artists may tell you, there really are no industry secrets that will devalue your services if you share them. Instead, I propose that you increase your worth as a creative professional by providing any service that will benefit both you and your client in the long run.
Escapee has spoken.
Now it’s your turn to share.
Do you make the extra effort to help your clients succeed?
How do you share your knowledge?
I invite you to share your thoughts in the comments below.
Read more of How to Educate Your Clients.
Read More Escapee Speaks Business.
Who is this Escapee guy anyway?
By: Amy Schimler,
on 11/20/2009
By: Jessica Fortner,
on 11/20/2009
Here is the fourth sculpted illustration for the on-going “My Woodland, My Nightmare” series. It is titled “When Giants Meet”
Check out the sculpture.
Enjoy!
www.jessicaforter.com
By: Jennifer Tolman,
on 11/20/2009
By: Roberta Baird,
on 11/20/2009
Hippness is not a state of mind, It’s a fact of life!
-Cannonball Adderley
Pricing Your Work is Hard.
There’s a lot to think about, and it can be tricky to find the right balance between making your clients run the other way and working for less than you deserve.
I can’t tell you what to charge for a given project, but I can highlight some factors that you should consider when coming up with your next quote.
Keeping the following things in mind will help you to get as close as you can to a fair and reasonable rate that will sustain your freelance business:
Cost of Living
Obviously, you need to put your survival first, so do you best to figure out the bare minimum that you need to earn per month in order to keep up with your expenses.
Industry Standards
What is the going rate for the project at hand, what do your peers charge, and where do you fall within that range?
Complexity and Scope of Project
How difficult is the Illustration and how long will it take you to complete? (Try to pad this answer, as most Illustrators underestimate the number of hours involved.)
Number of Revisions
How many times will you be required to go back and forth with the client?
Usage
What is the intended purpose of the Illustration, and what value will it provide for the client?
Rights Transferred
Are you selling all rights to use the Illustration for anything, anywhere, or just for one specific purpose?
Your Experience / Reputation
How much can you charge based on the demand of your work, if any?
Perceived Difficulty of Client
Some Artists refer to this as the Pain-in-the-Butt Fee, and it can help you to tolerate an otherwise taxing relationship.
The Client’s Budget
What can your client afford, and how can you accomodate their needs?
The Takeaway
Obviously, the intention of this post is not to answer all of these questions for you, but rather to help you to know which questions to ask when coming up with a quote for your next project. There is plenty more here to talk about in future posts, so stay tuned.
Escapee has spoken.
Now it’s your turn to share.
How do you determine your rates?
Have you ever used the Pain-in-the-Butt charge?
I invite you to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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By: Corey Godbey,
on 11/20/2009
We've got two cats. One is sleek and gray and quick. The other is white and tan and dumb.
James, as the white and tan cat is called, likes to sit in any little box he can find. No matter where one is, he'll find it and sit in it. For hours.
I figure he must get something out of it. That, or he's just white and tan and dumb.
By: mike r. baker,
on 11/20/2009
Lisa Graves!
Congratulations to Lisa Graves. I chose Lisa's "Major" as the winner for the Chicken challenge. Lisa's incredible character design, smartly balanced composition, and clean coloring, makes this one super rooster! I love the epaulets.
Amazing work everyone! I am blown away at how you all stepped up to a "chicken" challenge and aced it! From realistic to silly, you are all awesome artists.
By: Laini Taylor,
on 11/20/2009
It's been an amazing week! I have so many thoughts and photos to organize, but I wanted to jump in here and apologize for the absence (I've tweeted a little, but forgot to say to check the sidebar for updates) and to follow up on that last post, wherein I was pinching myself with amazement that Arthur Levine was coordinating his tie to my hair for the National Book Awards ceremony!!! I mean, in what dreamland does that happen?
Apparently, in the same one that this happens . . .
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OH MY GOD!!!!! ARTHUR LEVINE DYED HIS BEARD PINK!!!!!!
hahahahahaha! How awesome is that????
Everything everything everything was completely amazing, and I WILL be back with more photos! In the meantime, huge congratulations to Phillip Hoose for his win, and to Claudette Colvin, who must be very gratified to have her tremendous story recognized in this way. And to my fellow nominees: it was so great to meet you all! And to the judges who selected my book for this honor -- Nancy Werlin, Coe Booth, Gene Yang, Carolyn Coman, and Kathi Appelt -- thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And now . . . back to playing catch-up (and in a few hours, getting H1N1 vaccines. Phleh.). If you've emailed me, please be patient. Though I was on the road with a new i-phone, I'm too spastic a one-thumb typer to have kept up with correspondence. I will get through the 500+ emails over the next couple of days :-)
And thank you so much for all the happy wishes. This has been an experience of a lifetime, and I love all of you here who were supporters of Lips Touch even before it had a shiny silver sticker on the cover. Mwah!
Oh, wait. Some linkies.
Winter Blog Blast Tour at Shelf Elf; interview with moi. Thanks, Kerry! I love your intro :-)
And Winter Blog Blast Tour interview with Jim at Seven Impossible Things; thank you Jules!
The Oregonian story on us from last Sunday. Thank you, Jeff Baker!
And the wonderful review of Lips Touch in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
By: Kyle,
on 11/20/2009
By: Sylvie Van Hulle,
on 11/20/2009
By: Manola,
on 11/20/2009
1Half-eaten oreo, 2Five Kids In Socks Fun Childhood Colorful Style, 3Honeybee bento, 4Tea cups, 5kawaii twist-ties, 6Atmosphere*,
7Audrey Hepburn 1952,
8smoking hot cup of coffee,
9Snowstorm out of the kitchen!,
10Black Or White…!!! :))),
11OREO, 12Sushi Cake II,
13.:Maiko:.,
14MGM 1932 Karen Morley,
15Gong Xi Fa Chai, 16Lonely Tea Time,
17*Chocolate ♥, 18A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. ,
19One should absorb the colour of life 4/52,
20the reader,
21Cafe Mocha,
22a read in the park, 23Takoyaki kids meal,
24fancy a spot of tea love?,
25Space traveller bento
Taggata e premiata da <a href="http://atelier-nananere.blogspot.com/">Nananère</a>, <ahref="http://amigurumiandpizza.blogspot.com/">Barbara</a> e da <a href="http://www.chiaraetmoi.com/">Chiara</a>, mi raccomando correte a dare un’occhiatina ai loro blog pieni pieni pieni di meraviglie!
Allora, vediamo un po’… accipicchia mi si sono confusi i tag… dunque devo confidarvi 7 cose che voi, cari lettori fedeli, non sapete… ok iniziamo:
1—i miei biscotti preferiti sono gli Oreo! gnam gnam (rigorosamente con latte freddissimo! se non è freddo di frigo io il latte non lo bevo!)
2—indosso calzini di cotone super ultra colorati tutto l’anno! Ma solo colorati eh! Abolita la tinta unita: troppo noiosa e troppo troppo triste!
3—adoro anzi no, vado pazza per i vecchi film romaticoni in bianco e nero e se ci scappa la lacrimuccia… e beh… quando ci vuole ci vuole!
4—mi piace cucinare anche se non ho mai tempo… ma la cosa peggiore è che so, a priori, che io non riuscirò mai e dico mai a preparare quei bellissimi manicaretti in perfetto stile giapponese, i bento: troppo difficile per una casinara come me trasformare un orribile wurstel in un dolcissimo mini polipo!
5—la stagione che preferisco è l’inverno: posso tirar fuori dall’armadio tutte le mie enormi sciarpe di lana, c’è il Natale, c’è un’atmosfera un po’ irreale e adoro leggere sotto il calduccio delle coperte mentre fuori imperversa la tempesta.. beh ok forse tempesta è dire troppo… facciamo allora una piccola pioggerellina o una nevicata ipnotizzante (con una tazza di cioccolata calda in mano poi raggiungiamo la perfezione!)
6—a proposito di libri… riuscirei a leggere dappertutto se solo ne avessi il tempo… ah come dite? l’ho già detto che non ho tempo? ^___^
7—parlo troppo velocemente e capita che a volte le persone facciano fatica a starmi dietro perché le parole mi esconocosìtutteappiccicate! ^_________^ e allora sono tutti lì che chiedono: “ma che hai detto!!???” Ma non lo faccio di proposito! ;)
ecco qua ora resta solo il questionario-scopri segreti:
In quale animale ti reincarneresti: un gatto (stile Tom di Tom and Jerry!) Tutto latte e cuscino… che pacchia!
Di chi o di che cosa non potresti fare a meno: della mia matita a mina morbida
Cosa apprezzi di più in una persona: la spontaneità… non sopporto l’artificiosità delle persone
Di che colore preferisci vestirti: assolutamente di nero! Soprattutto se sono di malumore!
Definisciti in tre parole: grande rompiballe cronica
Un viaggio che vorresti fare: Parigi! E guardare il mondo dalla torre Eiffel.
Citazione preferita: Il dolore infierisce proprio là dove si accorge che non è sopportato con fermezza. Poiché il ringhioso dolore ha meno forza di mordere l'uomo che lo irride e lo tratta con disprezzo. (W. Shakespear)
Cosa ti piacerebbe fare: bere una tazza di thè caldo perché oggi non ho ancora messo il bollitore a scaldare
Se non ti dedicassi a quello che fai cos’altro ti piacerebbe fare: lavorare in una fattoria australiana! ^____^
Qual è la tua stravaganza: voler lavorare in una fattoria australiana!
Beh per oggi direi che ho svelato fin troppo!
♥
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By: Sean Ashby,
on 11/20/2009
“Writing for children is as easy as describing the history of the Byzantium in three words.”—Mo Willems
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