Sat.Jun 01, 2019

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Illustration Is Not a Hobby

Diana Toledano Illustration & Education

Illustration is NOT a hobby, it’s a job. We live in an extremely visual culture , and illustration is an important industry. Without us books, wine labels, clothes, posters, kitchen towels, etc. would be blank. We might enjoy our job, we might be passionate about it, but still. we need to make a living from it. That we have fun doesn’t mean we don’t deserve getting paid.

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Free Wallpaper for June 2019

Six Leaf Design

As a kid did you ever color a rainbow, then color black over it and scratch off your design? That’s what the juicy pattern for the free June wallpaper makes me think of! Grab this colorful beeb and splash it on all your different sized screens using the links below. Please share and enjoy! Download the size you need here: Desktop Size , Mobile Size or No Calendar Version.

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THE VIRTUES OF DUMB DRAWING

Illustration Art

Young artists are impatient to find a distinctive voice or style. They distort what they see, not out of any expressive need but rather to develop a trademark "brand." To accomplish this they often try borrowing eccentricities from mature artists. Unfortunately, unearned and imitative styles often look inauthentic and unpersuasive. The comic book artists in the golden age were not concerned with developing a personal style, they were concerned with drawing so they didn't starve.

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