In the field of webcomics, which I have some slight experience with, everyone wants to be Penny Arcade.  The two dudes on a couch bitching about games has become a rather crowded genre of webcomics.  And while most have their eyes on Penny Arcade’s success, few of them understand what it means to run a [...]

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 [...]

As artists, it’s fairly easy to get into self deprecating funks. By nature, we’re dreamers. We have lofty ideas of what we want to do and where we want to be with are careers. But rarely do we have an actual game plan for getting there. That’s where rock climbing comes in.

One of the many side projects I’m involved with is Super Art Fight, a live art battle show. Thus far, we’ve been doing it as a hobby, performing to various conventions and venues, tweaking the format, building an audience. After a year of kicking around and just making it up as we go along, we’ve [...]

Given the current economic status of the global economy, choosing to be a professional freelance illustrator might seem like a risky, if not far-fetched, decision. However, Richard Solomon, an artist representative with over twenty-five years of experience, has some words of encouragement for eager illustrators.

If you’re going to draw for a living, drawing faster will certainly make things easier. If you can draw faster you can draw more. Drawing more means you can work more. Working more equals more money. Draw faster, earn more money. Can it be so simple? Let’s find out.