Freelancing
August 16th, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
Nobody like this guy, but…. Some time ago I wrote a blog post about the importance of meeting deadlines as a freelancer. Just the other day my pal freelance writer extraordinaire Mark Evanier posted some excellent advice about deadlines and how not taking them seriously is extremely detrimental to one’s freelance career. Go read that post by Mark. I’ll wait….. I could not agree more. Deadlines are not always absolute, and many art directors (read: SMART) build in room for late delivery of work. However some do not, and every job is unique. The bottom line is that failure to deliver your work at the… READ MORE
August 12th, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68BEuofLl7A[/youtube] This is a teaser trailer for “I Want Your Money”, a politically conservative film by Ray Griggs that I did a whole bunch of animation character design for. You’ll see a few seconds of some of the animated segments. Unfortunately Ray had a lot of trouble with the animation companies that did the CGI and frankly the final results leave a lot to be desired. I think the modeling and basic characters look fine, but the talking animation part is rough. Here’s one of the segments in full: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBXQhs6kwYc[/youtube] Just an added note- I have nothing to do with the message of this film…… READ MORE
August 10th, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
I do a few illustrations a year for Penthouse, which I have no qualms about doing so long as I am not asked to do anything pornographic. This is something they understand and only give me a call when they need a humorous illustration for an article that isn’t too “blue”. They are really great to work with. The September issue has a full page illustration I did for a humorous article about why guys have “sex on the brain” i.e. it’s all some guys think about. Initially the art director wanted me to do an image of a guy with his brain coming out… READ MORE
July 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
Click for a closer look… From the Freelance Files: When doing freelance work for a lot of different clients it is inevitable you’ll have one of those “Huh? Really??” moments every once and awhile when something unexpected happens on a job. One of those happened to me last week after I finished the artwork for a movie poster for a political documentary film by director Ray Griggs who did the “Super Capers” film I worked on. I had done a considerable amount of artwork for the movie itself, which amid interviews of politicians and others has three CGI animated segments that I did all the… READ MORE
May 8th, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
I’ve been advertising on and off in Serbin Communication’s Directory of Illustration for about 15 years now, and while the results aren’t exactly staggering I usually get enough new jobs from my ad to pay for it. The real value of it comes from not picking up new jobs per se but new clients from whom I get ongoing work. I still believe the best way to market yourself as a freelancer is a combination of an internet presence, direct mailing and ads like this that get distributed to tens of thousands of buyers of illustration. The toughest part for me is always putting the… READ MORE
March 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
…you’re getting too old to pull multiple all nighters you find yourself staring at two deadlines, one a last minute rush job for your best client and an unusual family issue tossed in the mix and all of a sudden it’s Tuesday and you haven’t slept since you woke up on Sunday morning. Ah, well. Plenty of sleep tonight… maybe right now actually. In the meantime here is a rare real painting I did last week for an equally rare non-publication job. This is an executive who was a big MAD fan as a kid, commissioned as a gift (at the last minute, ‘natch). Very… READ MORE
March 1st, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
Blechhh….. READ MORE
February 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Freelancing
… with a sudden number of quick deadline jobs. One is using real, live paint! I’ll try and do some scans of various steps on that one just for fun… I don’t often get to haul out the brushes and paints these days. Here is my latest Marlin Co. workplace poster job, I posted the pencil roughs a few days ago: Click for a closer look… Here’s the caption/text that will appear under it: Living a healthy life so that you’ll stay at your peak years from now? Please keep yourself in gear with a healthy diet and as much exercise as your doctor allows.… READ MORE
