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The Illustrator’s Guide to Photography
If you've ever seen one of Howard Lyon's reference packs, you know he's a master of shooting reference photography. In this new video, Howard will show you how he achieves such incredible results, time and time again. Howards goes over his equipment, lighting methods, post-production tips, and even includes a brief Q&A with the model to get her feedback. Getting great reference is absolutely essential to creating realistic paintings, and this video will help you…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Freelance Finance: Budgeting
October 11, 2024 - After a slight break, I’m back with more Freelance Finance! To recap, in this series I write about very basic finance for beginners. As before, this is not so much financial advice, but an introduction to a bunch of concepts, that you should always adjust to fit your own needs. Previously I introduced the concept of "buckets"; where you split all incoming payments into groups based on your needs and goals. This post focuses on the Spending bucket, breaking your spending down into smaller categories to help track where your money goes. [caption id="attachment_78273" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Illustration from Tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1917 - Arthur Rackham[/caption] Tracking Your Monthly Spending In my last post, I discussed having a Surplus bucket, from which you pay yourself a "monthly wage". How much you pay depends on…
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