Good news: You’re getting lots of work. But I can know it’s very stressful. I’ve been there when I was a full-time artist with tons of projects, and here are my tips on time management: 1. Write each item on a small sticky piece of paper (post-it notes). An item to write down might be: sketch animals for bag get ideas for pattern scan in all line drawings color in patterns etc.
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Adolie Day’s step by step illustration process
Adolie Day’s step by step illustration process Adolie Day was previously represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. In this blog post, she explains her step by step illustration process for creating a character for the front cover of a journal. Adolie writes: “Hi Lilla! Here (finally) is an overview of my work process for creating a character, I hope it will answer some questions. For the first step I draw with anim pencil in blue. I then turned to the light table to improve it, make it more readable, clean, adjust my line and add details sharper. I then add some values in blue ink. I scan and begin working on Illustrator forms (the tablet). I draw some bodies, details, printed, peas … and import them into Photoshop. Sometimes (not here) I scan funds in watercolor, fabric, I import photos to bring the material. For the rest I’m working on Photoshop, with
Love your customer …
Some of Lilla’s pottery projects. This is an extract from a wonderful blog that I enjoyed a great deal, by Whitney Smith, a potter from Oakland, California. Love your customer, even when you don’t Whitney writes: “I worked a few jobs in high school that required constant interaction with the public, and I learned — as did my supervisors — that customer service was not my forte. People would get on my nerves with their foolish expectation that I should serve them quickly and politely. I would shake with indignation if a customer gave me attitude. Of course I was young and untrained, and I had little idea what the word “customer service” meant, only that it sounded like somebody else’s job. I thought being an artist and escaping into my studio every day was a great way to avoid having too many encounters with the general public. I
Trina Dalziel: 4 good things and 4 not so good things about being an illustrator
Trina Dalziel shares her thoughts Illustrator Trina Dalziel shares her thoughts on what’s good and not so good about being an illustrator. Read on to find out what she thinks – do you agree? Art by Trina Dalziel for Illustrating Children’s Books . Good Things 1. I get to draw and make things and paint and design and do all the same things I’ve loved doing since I was a child. I can work from home or a studio. I can start and stop work when I choose each day. I can have a weekend in the middle of the week if it suits me better. 2. At the ideas stage of a project I can take my sketchbook to a cafe and make plans there. I can work in my garden. I can go and visit my family and take my work with me. 3. When I’m doing the