“Art is a system. I think as you mature, it’s natural that if you start to pay attention to business, you’ll start to approach that systematically as well.” – Sean Hodge Conducting creative business on the Internet is a relentless test of endurance. The fight for attention in this crowded, noisy market is exhausting and often discouraging. […]
[Transcript] Troubleshooting Your Freelance Illustration Career :: ArtCast #71
This is the transcript for the podcast episode Troubleshooting Your Freelance Illustration Career :: ArtCast #71. To listen to the podcast click here. Chris: Chris Oatley’s Artcast episode 71 – Troubleshooting Your Freelance Illustration Career, an interview with Sean Hodge, editor for FreelanceSwitch.com and TutsPlus.com, Part 1.
Why Your Concept Art Portfolio Is Being Ignored (Part 2)
Craig Mullins, Iain McCaig and Neville Page got it all wrong… If you want to be a successful concept artist, don’t follow their example. It’s far too risky. If they knew anything about concept art, they would stop producing such ground-breaking/ mind-blowing/ industry-defining work and just stick to slight variations of the familiar… Of course, I’m […]
Dear, JJ Abrams: How An Animated ‘Star Wars’ Fan Film Renewed Hope For The Franchise :: ArtCast #70
Find something that’s big. Find a big, cultural phenomenon and say something about it in a beautiful way. I think that’s part of the reason for [our film’s] success. -Prescott Harvey Soon after Disney announced that JJ Abrams would direct the next Star Wars trilogy, the clever creatives at Sincerely Truman responded with a beautifully-directed film called […]
Why Your Concept Art Portfolio Is Being Ignored (Part 1)
If I see one more green-tinted, over-textured digital painting of a wrecked spaceship I’m going to… …do absolutely nothing. I won’t tell any of my friends about it. I won’t share it online. …and I certainly won’t buy a book full of similar images. Not because I’ll hate it. …because it won’t make me feel […]
