Apologies

I want to apologize for not posting much lately. Over the last few weeks things have been busier than usual around here which is saying a lot. I’ve been juggling not one but three animation projects plus a good amount of regular freelance illustration work. For one project I hired a team of very talented [...]

Conference Recap Coming Soon

I had a blast last week at the Creative Freelancer Conference in San Diego. My head is still spinning from all the great tips, tricks, and inspiring info that was served up. Can’t wait to post about it here. I’ve been swamped with all the emails and client work that piled up while I was [...]

Pray For The Hodge Family

I wanted to pass on some sad and tragic news for those of you who are fans of VeggieTales. Longtime Veggie writer/director Tim Hodge has recently been hit with two crushing blows. This past weekend Tim’s 17-year old son was in a serious car accident and is currently in a coma. If that weren’t bad [...]

NCS Chapter Picnic

For the last several years I’ve enjoyed being a member of the National Cartoonists Society. Our chapter (the North Central Chapter) covers several midwestern states but we manage to get together three or four times a year and I always have a great time. I spend so much time alone in my freelancing cave that [...]

Why You Might Need A Mascot

A mascot can be powerful.
If you run a small business, work at an ad agency, or design product packaging, I would encourage you to think about the benefits of  having a mascot to represent the product or service you are selling. A while back I wrote a post summarizing some of the benefits a mascot [...]

Report From The Hollywood Reuben Awards Weekend

My wife and I spent Memorial Day weekend in Hollywood where we visited a couple of clients, did some vacationing, and attended the 2009 National Catoonists Society Reuben Awards Weekend. I love Los Angeles and this was one of the most enjoyable trips I’ve taken in quite a while. I’ve got a bunch of photos [...]

Off To Hollywood

Tomorrow morning my wife and I are flying west to spend a few days in the Los Angeles area.
Thursday I’ll be meeting with clients throughout the day, then capping off the evening by dropping in at Priscilla’s Coffee in Burbank for the weekly Sketch Night. I’m really looking forward to that!
Friday through Sunday I’ll be [...]

Can A Shy Person Make It In The Arts?

A blog post by animator J. Randy Hayes. I can totally relate to this.

DrawingBoard.org Needs Your Help

I’m sure more than a few of my blog readers have browsed or even participated in DrawingBoard.org.
The link in the previous sentence may not work because the site is down, which is why I’m writing this post. DrawingBoard.org is in trouble.
For those who don’t know, for years DrawingBoard.org has been a fun hangout spot for [...]

This and That

Here’s another round of interesting links that you might find interesting if they are things you are interested in:
Google’s New “Profile” Feature — John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing, blogs about a new Google feature that allows a short profile of you to show up on Page 1 when other people google your name. [...]