One of the fortunate things about being in lockdown and tied to my desk, I guess. I was so busy that I had little time to do Newsletters, update the site and even do any amount of good social media work. I have to improve on all this in 2021, so from next…
When I was a young child, my family moved to (what was then) the largest single housing estate in the UK. I was a little naive at the time, as I had not seen or knew much of the world, but later found out that it was an all white estate. I found this out the day…
Recently went through one of those ‘client’ moments, when the client gave little or incorrect information and it started me on the path of doing a commission that ended with them saying I was in the…
This will be a general discussion, but related to a recent client. That said, most of these issues do apply to many of the comments said and requested by many other clients. As you may be aware, I do some commissions on Fiverr Pro. One of the options you can provide…
After four months of slogging away on Patreon, and only 2 low-end patrons, I have realised I must review the way Patreon can attract patrons. It’s not simply a case of adding great content. More over, it is about how you deliver the content…
Recently I have been getting some interest in knowing the process in which I work. Mainly, how I get from the idea to the completed work. This is mainly via comments gathered from the Celebrity Sunday series. Many people don’t believe I do the whole caricature…
The process of drawing or illustrating a piece of art is a time consuming one. However, people are often asking me how do I do the paintings. In response to this, I try, on notable commissions and my Celebrity Sunday caricatures, do a speed render video…
During the last week in November I took part in the Facebook: Five Day Portrait Challenge by Paintable. Honestly I don’t think I need to do the course to improve my skills. After all I am a professional illustrator, but I thought it would be good to freshen up some ideas and try something…
I was recently at a. friend’s exhibition opening and stumbled into another creative friend. We talked a little about those creative matters, and he then came out with this statement that I had not considered. Some 4 years ago I decided to drop everything…
Working freelance is a very difficult and tiring profession at the best of times. Trying to juggles several projects at the same time, or having work intensive projects cutting into quality time is a very hard part to balance in the creative world.
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