One of my goals for 2009 was to get more freelance work as an illustrator and make moves towards my ultimate goal, draw for a living from home. It’s now June and I have yet to really get things started. My biggest problem is that I have a lot insecurities when it comes to my work and this fear seems to have sabotaged my progress. So I thought I’d get some advice. I headed on over to my local amazon and picked up How to be an Illustrator by Darrel Rees.

Read more »

Every once in a while, you may find yourself looking back at your body of work and thinking, “What the hell is all this garbage?” Well, I have personally come to such a time and it is why there haven’t been any updates for a while. After years of screwing around with the computer to make life easier, I’ve decided to get back to basics with traditional media.

Read more »

Exciting news! Monster Cutie reader David Reimer has a solo gallery show that opens June 5th at the Flying Monkey Arts Center in Huntsville, AL. The show is called “Mechanical Victorian Dopplegangers” and showcases Dave’s amazingly cute robot illustrations.
Read more »

This series of eight video clips is from an episode of “Comic Book Greats” which must have been a video series back in the early 90’s. Stan Lee interviews Jim Lee who at the time drew the highest selling issue in comic book history, X-Men #1 which sold 8.2 million copies in 1992. Two comic book legends together just hanging out and talking comics. It doesn’t get much better than this!
Read more »

Entering your work into juried competitions is one of the best ways to connect with potential clients.  Communication Arts is one of the most recognized names in visual communication publications and hosts five such competitions.  Getting your work into one of the five Communication Arts Annuals can kick your career into high gear.  Are you ready?

Read more »

To advertise its new hybrid car, the Insight, Honda commissioned advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy to create an ad campaign centering on the belief that everyone “wants to be good.” For this first spot, “Shine,” Weiden + Kennedy’s Amsterdam created a grid of Hondas and used their headlights as pixels to create a sort of giant LED screen. By turning the lights on and off, they created an animation that speaks to what Honda believes is our inherent desire to be good.

Read more »