Today I share some of the means I use to look for surprises in my characters when designing them. This first part concerns itself with the visual aspect of character design, including the following:
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Today I start a new series I’m going to call “Isn’t this neat?” where I share a few items of interest that I think are–well, neat. And today it’s a collection of iPhone apps that have helped in my productivity and promotional reach as a working cartoonist.
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I’ve officially jumped into the first Art & Story advertising campaign on Project Wonderful, and I share some thoughts on how I plan to use landing pages, target audiences, and ad design to find more listeners.
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Today I share some thoughts I’ve been kicking around in regards to using mailing lists in your promotional engine. I can honestly say that until now, I never saw the value in them. But after a recent episode of the Spark podcast, as well as a few other news sources, I’m beginning to see how they could be useful to a freelance illustrator, comics creator, or teaching artist. I also share a few thoughts on how providing content with useful information seems to me the only way to use an email campaign.
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In today’s episode I share some of the interesting things we plan to do with video for Kids Read Comics 2011 and extend those thoughts out to wonder about ways to incorporate interactive video in order to share expertise, skills, and strategies for everything we indie creators do.
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Today I respond to some bickering that’s gone on around a recent article posted by Shaennon Garrity, and tie it in with some responses to some other bellyaching going on over the “Teen Paranormal Fiction” genre (and it looks like it will be a genre, sorry!). A plea for cooler heads and less reactionary nonsense.
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Today I share some thoughts on my plans to invest in the Art & Story brand by beginning an advertising strategy, inspired by some recent discussions I’ve had with Kasey Van Hise and Rene van Belzen. Anyone with experience using things like Project Wonderful, I’m all ears on what’s worked for you in the past!
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Today I expand on some thoughts I threw out on Art & Story Alive! episode 91 and a recent Art & Story Extreme!! I did with Kasey Van Hise. A lot of grousing about the rush to be an expert and how I think it does little to push an art form forward.
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Today I share some good news about a freelance job I started chronicling in TPD #71 and some thoughts as to why I think it turned out so well. My guess is that it’s at least partly because I didn’t lose my temper.
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Today I share some more thoughts and observations on the freelance gig I’ve been working on, this time in regards to designing a villain team. I found some surprises in attempting to apply my creative strategy to my bad guys, and that led me to some realizations about making comics for young people.
Get the PDF mentioned in this episode here.
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