You can also see our feature article on Jonathan in Issue 20, print and digital editions are available.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Jonathan Bartlett Documentary - Art Wall Project
You can also see our feature article on Jonathan in Issue 20, print and digital editions are available.
Monday, April 14, 2014
3x3 Spring Self-Promotion Workshop May 17
We’re once again offering a one-day self-promotion workshop. This new and improved workshop is broken into two sessions. Session One is devoted to the strategy of self-promotion, what and how we promote. Session Two is devoted to the tactics, where and when to promote. We’ll also review your current materials and for those who take both sessions, we’ll give you a project for a new promotion piece and critique the results. A full explanation of what is covered in each session can be found on our registration page.
Our workshop is different than others as it comes from an art directors point-of-view. Using interactive exercises, we walk you through each step to a clearer understanding of what you should be communicating. The seating is limited so you receive more individual attention. And it’s affordable, $85 for each session or $150 if you take both.
So if you’re not getting the response you want when sending out postcards or email blasts this workshop can help. Research shows 80% of art buyers and art directors continue to respond to these traditional methods when hiring new illustrators.
Sign-up early as seating is limited. Registration closes on May 10.
Here are a few remarks from previous workshops:
“I thought the workshop was very informative, in regarding about the focus on ‘Self.’ I enjoyed learning about ourselves and each others. The discussion about different colors were very informative and fun. The printed email list was of great help, it was clear and direct, put us in the shoes of art directors.”
“I feel as though the workshop was something that was pivotal in my becoming an established illustrator or graphic designer. I don't intend to go back to school and doubt I would have learned this information from any other way.”
“The workshop had a lot of information and showed me new ways to think about marketing.”
“Charles is easygoing, well spoken, and clearly an expert in his field. He makes the information accessible and the workshop participatory.”
“The workshop helped to bring into a focus a lot of things that had been vague about how I think about my work, and how to select who to market myself to. It also was very helpful in showing ways of doing that.”
“The workshop provided me with some new ways of looking at myself as an artist, forcing me to ‘define’ my work in simple terms.This was tough, but I think continuing to refine my definition will end up being incredibly valuable. I am looking forward to approaching clients with this new perspective in mind.”
“The afternoon workshops was my favorite part of the workshop. There was more specific examples and guidelines that was relevant for me and I appreciated how specific he got with what to send to where and how.”
“The workshop was supremely informative. I only wish I had all of this information years ago. The workshop would be a value at twice the price.”
For more details or to purchase tickets through our Eventbrite page, click the button below.
3x3 Spring Workshop - Self-Promotion
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Brooklyn, NY
Session One: 9-12pm
Session Two: 1-4pm
Our workshop is different than others as it comes from an art directors point-of-view. Using interactive exercises, we walk you through each step to a clearer understanding of what you should be communicating. The seating is limited so you receive more individual attention. And it’s affordable, $85 for each session or $150 if you take both.
So if you’re not getting the response you want when sending out postcards or email blasts this workshop can help. Research shows 80% of art buyers and art directors continue to respond to these traditional methods when hiring new illustrators.
Sign-up early as seating is limited. Registration closes on May 10.
Here are a few remarks from previous workshops:
“I thought the workshop was very informative, in regarding about the focus on ‘Self.’ I enjoyed learning about ourselves and each others. The discussion about different colors were very informative and fun. The printed email list was of great help, it was clear and direct, put us in the shoes of art directors.”
“I feel as though the workshop was something that was pivotal in my becoming an established illustrator or graphic designer. I don't intend to go back to school and doubt I would have learned this information from any other way.”
“The workshop had a lot of information and showed me new ways to think about marketing.”
“Charles is easygoing, well spoken, and clearly an expert in his field. He makes the information accessible and the workshop participatory.”
“The workshop helped to bring into a focus a lot of things that had been vague about how I think about my work, and how to select who to market myself to. It also was very helpful in showing ways of doing that.”
“The workshop provided me with some new ways of looking at myself as an artist, forcing me to ‘define’ my work in simple terms.This was tough, but I think continuing to refine my definition will end up being incredibly valuable. I am looking forward to approaching clients with this new perspective in mind.”
“The afternoon workshops was my favorite part of the workshop. There was more specific examples and guidelines that was relevant for me and I appreciated how specific he got with what to send to where and how.”
“The workshop was supremely informative. I only wish I had all of this information years ago. The workshop would be a value at twice the price.”
For more details or to purchase tickets through our Eventbrite page, click the button below.
3x3 Spring Workshop - Self-Promotion
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Brooklyn, NY
Session One: 9-12pm
Session Two: 1-4pm
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Art and French Cooking with Edel Rodriguez
“A couple of years ago I was in France to attend a cooking class with my wife for a week at Le Calabash Petit Conservatorie de la Cuisine, a culinary school in the Loire Valley about three hours Southwest of Paris. While my wife cooked, I spent much of the time drawing and painting at the school and in the countryside. The chefs, Sidney and Alison Bond, noticed what I was up to and struck up the idea of teaching a class together sometime—an art and cooking class.
“We’ve worked out all the details and are offering this class for the first time this summer, June 22-28. The experience at Le Calabash was memorable for us and I hope to have some friends come along this year.
“The classes are limited to 10 people, from beginners to professionals. Each course will adapt to everyone’s skill level, with a sense of discovery for everyone. There will be trips to chateaus and local markets along the way. The setting, classes, food, and new friends will make it a trip to remember.”
6 Day Le Calabash Cookery Experience
Residential €1975.00 ($2719)
Non-Participating, accompanying, but not taking classes €1695.00 ($2333)
Single Supplement €375.00 ($516)
The classes are limited to 10 people and will adapt to everyone’s skill level
For booking, please contact Sidney and Alison Bond, bonds@wanadoo.fr
www.lecalabash.fr
UK Comic Comp Winner Announced
I was invited by Instaprint in the UK to be on a panel to select the final winner of their comic design competition. There were three finalists and our job was to select the ultimate winner.
While all had their share of strengths and weaknesses I felt that one stood above the others. Using the competitions criteria I weighted each on a scale from one to five: Illustration (3.5), Character Design (3.5), Script Quality (4.0), Personality (4.0), Shareability (5.0), Humor (4.0) and Kelly Angel's comic, Ambition was the winner.
Ambition’s quality comes through with the script quality, the personality—you can feel the person and empathize with them, has great share ability—its a universal story and the wry humor sets it apart. It is also one that I could see running in all major global newspapers as an ongoing column where the others were one-shot approaches.
Kelly Angel studied design at Darwen Vale High School in Lancashire and is now a designer who continues to enjoy making comics and illustrations. She is currently working at a sign language company in Blackburn, Lancashire. Her job includes designing and making learning software for children.
Kelly’s premise: “It’s pretty scary trying to figure out what you want to do with your life once you leave school, and again when you leave college and then once more after university…eating snacks while you play video games all day surrounded by animals seems like a good idea. That’s what I’m aiming towards, but no one is willing to pay me to do it at the moment!”
While all had their share of strengths and weaknesses I felt that one stood above the others. Using the competitions criteria I weighted each on a scale from one to five: Illustration (3.5), Character Design (3.5), Script Quality (4.0), Personality (4.0), Shareability (5.0), Humor (4.0) and Kelly Angel's comic, Ambition was the winner.
Ambition’s quality comes through with the script quality, the personality—you can feel the person and empathize with them, has great share ability—its a universal story and the wry humor sets it apart. It is also one that I could see running in all major global newspapers as an ongoing column where the others were one-shot approaches.
Kelly Angel studied design at Darwen Vale High School in Lancashire and is now a designer who continues to enjoy making comics and illustrations. She is currently working at a sign language company in Blackburn, Lancashire. Her job includes designing and making learning software for children.
Kelly’s premise: “It’s pretty scary trying to figure out what you want to do with your life once you leave school, and again when you leave college and then once more after university…eating snacks while you play video games all day surrounded by animals seems like a good idea. That’s what I’m aiming towards, but no one is willing to pay me to do it at the moment!”
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