Since my dreamstime sell is so far a dismal $1.35, I decided to research more on what illustrations sell well on these microstock sites. One thing I noticed is that patterns tend to sell well. So far, the only 2 sales I made has come from this one, which is also a pattern. So I [...]
Recent inspiration: I’ve been fascinated by window art. I had the chance to see Magical Murals work their magic on a store window here in Vancouver. Check out their site! And then I started tihnking…can I draw something similiar!? I started to research online what tools I need and it appears from ehow.com tempera is [...]
March 2012 marks my first 30 days after I created a business plan – roadmap to become a successful cartoonist/creative artist etc. I call it “My Cartoon Shop Business Plan”. The end goal is to become a successful freelance creator of cartoon/illustration/blogs/logos/graphic design. My definition of successful is “earn $50,000 gross / year & having [...]
On this post about my 2012 resolution, I mentioned my goal is to earn $1000 / month from creative projects. Breaking the goal down, I have to make $500 / month by May 2012. I’m wondering now if this is possible just from my vector art sales at microstock sites. The author of this site [...]
Tuesday morning I woke up with a surprise in my inbox: “Congratulations, your image has been approved and will be available online soon. Please note that it may take up to 24-48 hours for the image to show up in all areas of the website.” I gasped “OMG” and my boyfriend got concerned and asked [...]
Here’s my drawing of “fluid” for Illustration Friday! Drawing the paper towel was a challenge. I used Illustrator’s 3D bevel tool. It still doesn’t look right! If anybody has a suggestion I’d appreciate it! The fluid is crying because it’s getting sucked by a paper towel! Oh no!
One thing I always had on my to-do list is to conquer Illustrator. In my one year stint at art school, I remember my illustrator teacher told me that I barely passed the course, and I better review all the tricks to succeed in the graphic designer’s world. Well, 6 years from then, I didn’t [...]
