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Arnie Fenner

TCM remembers some of the creatives we lost in 2025, including Robert McGinnis, Drew Struzan, and Jules Feiffer among many other influential and inspiring greats. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_YcxZp6U[/embed]

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Check List For Evaluating Sketches

Kirbi Fagan

December 30, 2025 - Hi artists and makers, I’m sharing with you an in-depth checklist to look through to push your sketches and concepts as far as they can go. Wherever you are in your illustration journey, I hope this list makes an impact in your flow. Intention is critical no matter what making, especially’s in today’s AI curious world. Understanding how I’m using the word sketch will help you get the most out of it. This list is for professionals, students and mentees to evaluate their sketches before moving to the next phase of the project. This may or may not include a client, deepening on the work you do. While you can apply these reminders to one sketch, many of the questions are evaluating about 3 sketches for a single concept. For example, in the composition section…

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