Ask Mr. Artist Guy: Why Have A Blog?

Designer/illustrator Clay Cantrell writes:
“How important do you feel a blog is as a part of an overall business model for a freelance visual artist? Does it make good business sense, or do you think that only other artists read them, as opposed to potential or current clients?”
This is an excellent question, one I’ve been thinking [...]

Ask Mr. Artist Guy: Updated Review of Cintiq 12wx

Since I started the “As Mr. Artist Guy” feature a couple of weeks ago, two people have written me asking for a follow-up review of the new portable “sketchbook” Cintiq 12wx. I wrote my first review after having played around with the Cintiq for only a day or two. Overall I’m still very happy with [...]

Ask Mr. Artist Guy: Should I Buy A Laptop Or Dekstop Computer?

Illustrator Doug Jones writes:
I have always had a tower type computer but now I am wondering if maybe I should go for a MacBook Pro as my main computer. Is there any reason to have the large tower type computers anymore?
A great question. I had to do a little research to answer this one. [...]

Ask Mr. Artist Guy

Announcing a new feature coming to Cedric’s Blog-O-Rama!: “Ask Mr. Artist Guy”
I love writing this blog, but sometimes it’s a challenge to come up with fresh and interesting topics to write about five times a week, every week, all year.
My friend and fellow illustrator/blogger Tom Richmond actually blogs more frequently than I do (I [...]

Should A Freelancer Ever Negotiate His Rates?

After reading my recent two-part post entitled “How To Bid Out A Project” (Part 1 and Part 2), artist Mike Dashow emailed me with a question. He writes:
I really enjoyed your blog post on bidding out a project….Once you have spoken with a client about needs, time-line, rights for image reuse, etcetera, you [...]