Process Post: Soulless Illustrated
I’ve been working at Orbit Books as their Creative Director for 10 years! Which means that...
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Author: Lauren Panepinto
The Art of the Pitch
I talk a lot about art business and art careers here on Muddy Colors, and if I had to pick one...
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Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”
I don’t often do review posts, but every once in a while I see something that knocks my...
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Magic for Artists Part 3: Runes, Sigils & More
Welcome back to my Magic for Artists series. If you haven’t read the previous two posts, you should probably do that (I’ll wait here). First there was an intro post, Magic for Artists Part One, that discussed why I think it’s valuable for artists to think about magic and how it can be used as a tool to access our subconscious & our inspiration. After that head to Tarot (and other Decks) for Artists,…
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Magic for Artists Part 2: Tarot & Other Decks
Welcome back to my Magic for Artists series. If you missed Part 1, go back and read it now,...
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The Road So Far…
A long time ago, at a Spectrum far, far away, Marc Scheff and I presented our first Art Business...
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Magic for Artists: Part 1
Before we begin, let me just say I did try to write this as one post, and there’s just simply too much information. So we’re starting with an intro, then the next post will be mostly focused on Cards, because artists love doing card decks! (I mentioned on Facebook that I was thinking of doing a Tarot for Artists post and I was overwhelmed with the response.) So in the next post we’ll be breaking…
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Arts Mediation
A few months back I had the opportunity to take a 2-day training seminar to become an Arts Mediator, and I wanted to write a bit about the experience here for two reasons. First, I want to make sure you guys know about the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, because they have some amazing programs and not enough artists know about them. Second, I wanted to highlight some mediation skills that you can use for…
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Documentaries as Artist Therapy
My entire life is spent surrounded by people of the creative persuasion. My work life and personal...
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Goals vs. Systems and Habits
Happy 2018 everyone! Welcome to the first week of January, when everyone has the purest...
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The One Thing I Look For in Portfolio Reviews
I review a lot of portfolios in a year. Between conventions and seminars and events and emails and...
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How to Get Into Publishing
I was just at IlluXcon a few weeks back, and as usual spent my weekend doing as many portfolio...
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What is a “Real” Artist?
By Lauren Panepinto I have a friend that likes to play a game called “What’s a...
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Crowdfunding Tips from Stephanie Law
By Lauren Panepinto Reminder: This friday is the last day to register for Stephanie Law’s...
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Make Your Art Work
By Lauren Panepinto Over the years I’ve been writing for Muddy Colors I’ve...
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