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I’m getting my shop stocked this November with goodies. A lot of my products are geared towards bullet journaling, stickers, washi tapes, and then digital products. I’m going to be publishing a coloring book at the end of the year.
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I describe my experience early last year when Facebook and Instagram made sure I could not sell my face masks, even though I designed them myself. It made me angry because I wanted to run ads for my masks after I ordered them and finally received them in the mail. I ended up with products I couldn’t sell and I had to find alternative platforms to promote my work.
Why is illustration important? Illustrations assist the mind in understanding large and small concepts. Illustrators translate the written word into visuals that are easy to understand. They help writers, marketing managers, and other entities to convey meaningful ideas through imagery, symbolism, and storytelling. Without illustration the world would be less colorful.
Instagram’s new terms of service are very controversial. Does instagram own your art now? If Instagram owns your work, and they can “redistribute” or copy and modify your work, then distribute it in other countries without paying you, then do you actually own your work? The new terms of service for Instagram are controversial and I discuss them in this blog post and on my Youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYxzir7SqyY&t=243s
Which is better for illustrators: Skillshare or Domestika? The two platforms operate on complete different business models. They provide a different type of product to students. Here is a breakdown of the main differences between each provider of courses. I’ve used both and Skillshare differs from Domestika in it’s model and style. More consistently quality content comes from Domestika, as they make sure their courses are structured the same between course creators.
Most blogs define graphic design as commercial and illustration as more concerned with visual communication/fine art. Illustration is completely different from graphic design. These two fields are distinguished by the type of content they provide to users. Read this article to find out illustration versus graphic design.
Illustrations can be found in children’s books, in magazines, and in history. Illustrations were used for political messaging during war early in this century. Products require illustrations for packaging and artists are hired to create the art. Illustrations are on stickers, packaging, washi tape, journals and scrapbooks, blankets, patterns, and every type of surface imaginable — even your shower curtain is illustrated.
What is Adobe Max? Have you been wondering and seen the words thrown around the internet. Adobe products, Adobe conferences, Adobe Acrobat. Well in this brief article I discuss what this conference is all about and who should attend.
I discovered the #Shorts feature on Youtube, thanks to my Youtube mobile app and a catchy Britney Spears video title. They’ve been testing #Shorts in India since September. Given how difficult Instagram and Facebook have made it to build an audience on their platforms without paying for exposure, I thought the #Shorts feature would be an amazing opportunity. I discuss this and more about this new TikTok competing feature, including the new terms of service for Instagram and how this will affect artists today.