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How to get paid more for your illustrations?
Creative Inspiration | Illustration Business

How to get paid more for your illustrations?

ByManelle August 15, 2023May 19, 2023

It can be hard to be a freelancer. So here’s a story to help you when you know you should get paid more but you aren’t sure how to make…

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What did you love to draw when you were little?
Artist Inspiration | Creative Inspiration

What did you love to draw when you were little?

ByManelle August 1, 2023May 19, 2023

What influenced you then can still influence you now. What did you love to draw when you were little? I’m assuming you loved to draw. Not because all kids love…

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Get better at art by doing something different.
Art Supplies | Creative Inspiration | My Influences

Get better at art by doing something different.

ByManelle July 4, 2023May 19, 2023

There is a lot to learn from artists (and people) who aren’t like you. Sometimes you have to go out into the world and be uncomfortable if you want to…

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Your friends might know more about the value of your art than you do.
Creative Inspiration | Illustration Business | My Influences

Your friends might know more about the value of your art than you do.

ByManelle June 20, 2023May 22, 2023

So you need friends to help you sell your art? A few years ago I thought I try my hand at selling my art at Salt Lake FanX. I had…

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Too easy or too hard? What’s your best creative process?
Behind The Art | Creative Inspiration

Too easy or too hard? What’s your best creative process?

ByManelle June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

How I stole like an artist, and Larry Mcdougal’s art influenced my painting. Inspiration or Persperaition, what’s your creative process? Creating art (or anything) seems to happen, at least for…

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