December 31, 2009 – 9:47 am
Again, while on the subject of BUSINESS, you creative types out there may also find this Creative Business website informative. The Creative Business people have free forms that you can download as PDFs and print out to use for all sorts of the business aspects of your freelance life that probably make your head hurt. Many of them are good starting points for you to create your own materials from and some are good to use as is, such as the estimating worksheet, creative brief questionnaire and illustration questionnaire. Creative Business also has written several books on the subject of Creative Business running, and published a bunch of downloadable articles that they do charge nominal fees for. (Previously mentioned here).
December 31, 2009 – 9:15 am
I’m adding a new category to the Meatlog: Business. I love business. Every freelance illustrator, designer or cartoonist out there knows at least enough business stuff to get by, but can always stand to learn more. AND LOVE IT.
I read all kinds of cheesy, corporate-speak articles, magazines and books about business, organization and motivation. It is what it is, bros, I’ve shed my hang-ups and I’m feeling great. Now I can’t wait to read the latest issue of Entrepreneur to find out which franchise I should set up in my living room, Little Caesar’s or Subway?
Speaking of business, Alex Mathers illustrates stuff here (and the illustrations above), runs his own art blog here, and then writes this other blog called Red Lemon Club which focuses on online self-promotion for creative freelancer types. Some tips you might find handy.
December 30, 2009 – 7:13 am
Ryan Chapman reinforces our God-given right to dominate all land, air and sea creatures and harvest the bounty of the Earth and exploit it for our eating purposes with his theory that even sentient fruits with cute faces on them are edible and delicious. Check his blog, Flickr and portfolio.
December 30, 2009 – 6:59 am
Dieter Van der Ougstraete paints a lot of these little dudes on his portfolio and Flickr sites, and makes a zine called Horse DeLuxe which has its own blog over here.
December 30, 2009 – 1:59 am
Clients From Hell is a good read for your lunch break from graphic designing for clients from hell. It’s like reading the “Humor In A Uniform” jokes column in Reader’s Digest while sitting on your grandmother’s toilet. That’s not a perfect analogy. Also on Twitter.
December 29, 2009 – 7:29 am
I always tell students that they must sketch their ideas out before they jump onto the computer and begin farting around without direction. In artist Adam Batchelor’s case he of course already knows that and draws out his idea about the really big whale burger with the works before he sculpts it out of Super Sculpey. He also makes doughnuts and phallic dog worms to put through the doughnut holes over here.
Edit: And to clarify this post, Adam is not a student of mine, he is a student of life.
December 29, 2009 – 7:05 am
Alessandro Echevarria has a growing selection of drawings on his website that you can look at and sort of imagine the smell of deli meats very satisfyingly with because everything is sliced with a deli slicer and has a nice ham inside. Above are a few of his other drawings that feature cute critters that hug each other.
December 28, 2009 – 12:53 pm
Ray Frenden illustrates neat stuff and uploads many process shots of his work and thoughts on his progress. Website. Flickr.
December 28, 2009 – 12:36 pm
Lola Dupré uses scissors and glue to create the photographic collages on her blog and Flickr pages.
December 25, 2009 – 1:39 am
Holy crap the dudes at Cartoon Brew stumbled onto the mother lode of U.S. Government commissioned educational comics. You can go straight to the downloadable PDF collection here from University of Nebraska-Lincoln which has all sorts of books from many reputable and great artists. You’ve got your comics by Walt Kelly, your “undergrounds” put together by Dennis Kitchen, and then there is this one that looks like a weird melty off-brand issue of Cold Heat. Merry Christmas to ya.
I think the most important issue that this raises is: who is the current government comics purchaser, and how can I become their best friend?
