TODAY'S FEATURED POST
THE BLIND MUSE
No plan survives contact with the enemy. As much of a inarguably legitimate artform professional illustration is, it is one of the few that is also ruled by a ticking clock in a way that is in totally contradiction to the process of creating. It just is. You kind find out for yourself by blowing your deadlines and then watch the offers and jobs dry up in response as that poor legend starts to spread…
YESTERDAY’S POST
THE FIVE THINGS
February 16, 2024 - In the thirty years I knew and worked with Allen Spiegel, there were frankly all manner of tidbits and career advice learned. He gave that advice freely and generously to anyone that asked him and applied it in practice before the rest of us as proof of principle. I still employ them to this day, and while some may be obvious on reading, it's important to read them again and push these principles into your psyche. They have never led me astray and the benefits of them, even from seeds planted a decade ago, are present even at this very moment. Spiegel had points of advice that were as long as six of my arms strung together, but these are the five key ones I think are most regularly relevant. CHASE THE LONG ROAD…
PREVIOUS POSTS
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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It’s not too late!!!!
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Inspiration: FASHION
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Showing At The Society of Illustrators
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Experimentation
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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Dancing in the woods and other advice.
Monday, January 24, 2011
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