TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Restoration Angel Painting Process
Here's the full image of my Magic card illustration "Restoration Angel" for Innistrad Remastered, art directed by Jameela Wahlgren. It's 11 x 14 inches and done completely in acrylic, on a cradled Blick gessoboard (which I love for the smooth surface, compared to Ampersand's pebbly gessoboard). I took phone photos of this piece as I went, and I've combined them here to create a time lapse of the process. It was done mostly in a…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Conversations about Pricing
November 5, 2024 - This blog post is not titled “How to Price Your Art.” There are many articles of that kind on the internet, but they attempt to be prescriptive, yet applicable to all kinds of artists. They fail to explore the nuances relevant to already-working artists, instead catering to artists making pricing decisions for the first time. [caption id="attachment_78609" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Photo at IX Arts by Jacob Walker[/caption] IX Arts 2024 was last week, and it is a wonderful event for deep conversation. Focused on Imaginative Realism, it provided an opportunity to discuss pricing practices and opinions that were specific to our industry. Over the course of the week of IX, I spoke with (and occasionally sat down and interrogated) several Main Show artists and collectors. These discussions were entirely about the sale of traditional original artwork, as…
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Guest Blogger – BILL CARMAN
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Drawing Month: Part II
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Exercising with Criminals
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Some Common Sense
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Blackveil – Cover Art for a Novel
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