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Revisiting some basic business principles for illustrators


Robert Hunt

I have noticed many comments (on Muddy Colors as well as other sites) over the years, pointing out that the lack of basic business education was a serious problem for illustrators starting out. Sixteen years ago I started a class at CCA - Professional Practice for Illustrators - to address this problem at our own school. Over the years it has become a key part of our program and Adam McCauley and I have worked…

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The A.I. Lie


David Palumbo

April 24, 2024 - I recently had a job which did not go well.  Eight weeks in, I was mired in sketch revisions and being asked to start over for the fourth time and so I decided to cut my losses and walk.  When I shared the experience, most replies I received were from folks commiserating that, unfortunately, that’s how it goes sometimes.  But one reply was a bit of an outlier in asserting a good practice going forward was to produce my sketches with A.I. as this would have saved me dozens of hours on this particular project and to do otherwise is bad business. Elsewhere, an artist was recently replaced from some covers when people raised concerns about the work being A.I.  As many noted in the following discussions, the artist in question can clearly draw, so…

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