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r emotions thumbnails loose page drafts preparing substrates traditional artists any posts about technique anything else to do with art or dummies posted by dani duck at 12 44 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels event smart dummies monday february 25 2019 a no update update unfortunately i could not work on my kidlit collage post this week i wish it was laziness or that i was just too busy the problem is that my computer is having issues i m hoping these issues will be resolved soon i ll be back here asap to fill you in on more details want to join me and christy ann christyillustrates on instagram in kidlit collage there is no sign up just post your image on instagram and other social media and tag kidlitcollage that way we can see your work posted by dani duck at 11 35 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday january 25 2019 more about make your marks and splashes i m talking again about mark mitchell s wonderful illustration cours e this course will give you the ins and outs of the picture book field mark strives to help people get a solid foundation of art and an understanding of the illustration field you can see mark s smart dummies post about the course here https daniduckart blogspot com 2018 09 make splash in illustration with mark html what did you miss out on in school were you able to take art classes in college or were you able to go to college at all i personally have a bfa in fine arts and let me tell you i missed out on a lot there are many art schools and universities that give you most of the tools you need to get started as an illustrator i wasn t lucky enough to be in one of those schools i got most of my training in one grad course that cost me 1 500 i don t regret it but that s a lot of money to pay out of pocket i have learned a lot since then but with art one has to be open to learning their whole life what don t you know about illustration if you could take a class that would set you on a path to being a paid illustrator would you take it if you are already a paid illustrator what would it mean to be better at your craft what would it mean if your work would appeal to more audiences an education like that is worth it s weight in gold you can take a class with mark mitchell for about a fifth of the cost that it took me to take a single university course college doesn t matter for art a good portfolio will trump any degree publishers art directors agents and even employers want to see what you can do they don t care if you have a fancy education if you can t do the job there are some cases where a degree is vital but in most cases your portfolio means more what s new things have changed a bit as far as the set up for buying your course if you click on the link it will take you to a place where you can explore a bit about the course there is also a video which will tell you more about the course mark is supporting this blog and smart dummies through this course if you take this course you aren t just helping to improve your art skills you are also helping me to make smart dummies this blog and any other related events better for everyone through the support of the community i ve been able to host giveaways and an art contest i hope to be able to to even more this year make your mark s and splashes info https daniduck marksandsplasheslearning thrivecart com make your marks and splashes copy 2 posted by dani duck at 12 04 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday january 11 2019 sorry about the mess sorry the font has been so messy on my blog lately i had a problem a few months back with my whole computer and i just didn t have time to fix things somehow all my internet fonts were changed on the computer but my blog looked okay on my phone in any case i m sorry for the horrible font it s been adjusted now i m still not sure how the settings changed but i m very happy to have a legible blog once again posted by dani duck at 8 07 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday december 31 2018 monday montage my friend christy chrstyilstrates on twitter and https www instagram com christyillustrates on instagram and i are doing a new series the series is called monday montage every month we are going to create one full illustration due the last monday of the month even though we are only posting one final image every monday we ll be posting process posts we will be sharing these images with you on our blogs and social media christy s blog is here https creativejourneycafe wordpress com you can join us just make a post on mondays and use the tag mondaymontage on your post this will help us find your posts and comment on them i m also hoping to set up a few things so that we can all grow our audiences are you in the first prompt is goals you can interpret it as you d like january 7th the first monday in january will be our first post i m thinking i ll be doing some character drawings first what are you planning on creating posted by dani duck at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art blog hop monday montage sunday december 30 2018 new year s goals the holidays had me really busy how about you i got really sick just before christmas yay i ve got tissues and will be typing my goals between blows i make goals every year instead of a resolution i ve gotten off resolutions because they are pass or fail i tend to make my goals higher than i can achieve so it pushes me to work harder my 2019 goals 1 redo my portfolio i ve redone my portfolio so many times i ve got a few great digital programs now and it s time i go to town on this goal i really need more work that s kidlit infused my last redo was focused on fantasy art but too many adult characters i d also like to do more backgrounds indoor and outdoor and more comic graphic novel looking work 2 send work out to editors art directors early in 2019 i ve had some interest in my new digital art style i need to make it a habit to send out new art every few months i don t have anything new completed right now but i m hoping to change that soon 3 win the 12x12 storystorm smart dummies and my new writing challenge sign up for storystorm is open now https taralazar com the 12x12 is a challenge to get 12 picture books written in 12 months http 12x12challenge com smart dummies will help you get your picture book dummy done in september more info coming on the writing challenge soon 4 blog more more info tomorrow my friend christy and i have come up with a fun illustration challenge that we ll be starting january 7th more info about this and how you can join tomorrow 5 create at least 2 more dummies i have one dummy that s fairly solid i d like to have 2 more so i have more work for agents to see once i have 2 3 dummies finished i ll start submitting to agents 6 rediscover my love of writing i don t write enough anymore i m really seeing it in the things i do write while i will be working to complete the 12x12 this year i m hoping that this will include strong stories that i can easily take to dummies 7 find more ways to include family in my art i will try to spend more time with my family but i wanted to change this to something that relates directly to the business side of my art my husband helps me a lot already with my work i ve been creating some comic style art lately and he has read a lot of comics so his feedback is invaluable i ve read a lot of comics too but it s great to get more feedback from someone close to me for my kids it will probably be taking pictures of them doing kid things turning what they do into art and seeing what they d like drawn 8 asking for feedback on my art i almost didn t include this but it s important i don t ask for enough feedback on my art and serious mistakes that could be avoided are causing me issues i need to ask early in the sketching stage because that stage is the most important for the whole piece what are your goals this year i didn t get all my 2018 goals finished let s see how i did 1 win storystorm i did this 2 win the 12x12 challenge i m still working on this i finished last year and i hope to do it again 3 look for freelance illustration work i had some offers that i had to turn down 4 finish 2 3 picture book dummies i was only able to finish one dummy this year but it was an awesome one 5 submit at least 6 different manuscripts to editors agents i had some health problems and it derailed me a lot but i did have an art director interested in my work 6 spend more focused time on social media oh i focused more on social media but not in the right ways 7 spend more time with family i think i did this i know for a fact that i did this more around the holidays than previous years gave me time to relax and catch the toddler s cold while i didn t get everything done on my list i had a few surprises happen i took dr mira reisberg s class the craft and business of illustrating picture books is top notch check out the children s book academy here http www childrensbookacademy com and make sure to sign up for the emails an art director from a great publishing company loved my work and i made that contact through the children s book academy class i hope you look into this and take a class as well posted by dani duck at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday december 13 2018 my christmas wish list 4 rebelle 3 digital art program my christmas wishlist 4 this year my christmas wish list includes rebelle 3 from escape motions you may know that i already have rebelle 3 on my computer so why include it on my wish list right now i don t have full capability of the program right now it to read more about the program you can go here https www escapemotions com products rebelle there is both a downloadable demo and an online demo for this product created digitally with rebelle 3 s pastels and inked with clip studio paint i like rebelle 3 for many reasons i have used photoshop extensively at this point i cant afford to buy a subscription for photoshop i m not sure that photoshop is right for me anymore i m use to using traditional methods for my art and rebelle 3 seems to be the best at mimicking watercolors if you are talking about oil painting adobe photoshop and corel painter are decent digital substitutes watercolor rebelle 3 has a fascinating way of creating realistic watercolors it allows you to put water on the canvas and your colors to blend in a way that s very much like actual watercolors you can pause the reaction with the water and instantly dry or wet your entire canvas there is more of a chance for mistakes and fun discovery with this program compared to other programs i ve seen pastel i think this is my favorite for black and white images i don t use pastels much but i love how well you can build up the pastel color there is also a blending tool that allows pastels to look softer and of course blended ink i like the options that you have for inking much like the watercolors you can use water you can blend the inks with these digital inks like traditional inks the colors are fairly fixed after they dry india ink is the same way so if you want to be able to change the colors after the fact then you d go with watercolor rather than ink if i could change anything about this i d want a bit of a stabilizer for ink so its easier to draw using a tablet eraser this one is fun because it basically reverts your paper back to normal it s not that impressive when it comes to pencil but when you have 15 layers of watercolor down it s kind of awesome to remove them and start back at the beginning other media rebelle 3 also has acrylics pencil markers and spray paint available for use i have not used any of these extensively so will not comment at this time on their uses the bad thing about the program is it is very memory intensive see website for more details on system requirements you have to have a lot of ram on your computer for it to run well i have 8 gigs of ram on my computer and a decent graphics card while it can run on 8 gigs this program is best with 12 16 gigs the amount of undos are limited to 1 with a 10 5 x 16 5 image with 4 5 layers the size i use for picture book spreads an 8 x 10 or slightly larger doesn t seem to have many issues i m hoping to get more ram soon edit i also forgot to mention that with 8 gigs of ram it s not possible to run chrome or other software you can but the rebelle software is very likely to crash or have other problems if you do so often i m running near the top of what my computer can handle without opening anything else where to buy both escape motions and smith micro sells this software the difference i ve noticed between the two is the availability of software download after the fact with smith micro there are more sales however the digital download is only available once with smith micro an extra 13 is required to download the software for only 1 year with escape motions you can download the software indefinitely so i strongly suggest ordering it through the company for 90 usd it s not an expensive program posted by dani duck at 5 16 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art older posts home subscribe to posts atom chaboocha progress 1504 1500 words 100 done chapter book challenge make your marks and splashes course support this site childrens book academy smart dummies shop 2018 items in shop picture book summit 2017 storystorm 2017 winner contributors dani duck leila nabih sarahluannart unknown subscribe posts atom posts all comments atom all comments followers blog archive 2019 4 august 1 pre smart dummies starts now february 1 january 2 2018 104 december 9 november 4 october 7 september 17 august 11 july 11 june 12 may 13 april 10 march 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