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Crowdfunding Tips from Stephanie Law

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, September 21st, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto Reminder: This friday is the last day to register for Stephanie Law’s...

Make Your Art Work

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, September 14th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto Over the years I’ve been writing for Muddy Colors I’ve...

A Note on Confidence

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, August 17th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto It’s funny how sometimes trends will happen in conversations, and I...

Center It! (or, Why a Good Illustration Doesn’t Automatically Make a Good Book Cover, pt.1)

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, July 20th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I look at a lot of portfolios, and in almost every review, the artist asks...

Agency in Nude Portraits, via Seraph: Strength Laid Bare

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Monday, July 3rd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto Two years ago I wrote an article for Muddy Colors about my feelings on...

AD A/B Testing

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto So I was up at Illustration Master Class this weekend and as I was...

Artists and Mental Health: Brian Wilson vs. David Bowie

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, May 25th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I’ve been working on a project that has had me doing a ton of reading...

LIVE ProjectCast with Dan Dos Santos

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, May 18th, 2017

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Troll Tactics

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, April 27th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto At Spectrum this weekend we had a panel called Fight Club, during which we...

How to Talk to Art Directors IRL (Spectrum Live 2017 Edition)

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, March 30th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I’ve been art directing book covers for over 10 years now, and hands...

Visual Hierarchy

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I’m not an illustrator. I don’t paint. When I draw, I generally...

So, is it Design, or is it Illustration?

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto As you all may or may not know from previous posts of mine, I am a graphic...

The Dreaded Flood of the Student Interviews

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, January 5th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto Note: This post is a bit out of the ordinary, in that it’s more of a...

Failing for the Right Reasons

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, December 22nd, 2016

By Lauren Panepinto As I’m writing this post, it’s the December Solstice—literally the...

AD Access

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, December 8th, 2016

-By Lauren Panepinto If there’s one question I get more than any other, it’s how do...

Sarah on So You Wanna Sculpt?This is the post I didn't know I needed today! Thank you Kristine:)
aaron on Crowds, Medals, Dust and Bones.Also, good to know Paul that your skills were recognized (and they even brought hyperactive kids to a screeching halt) by the very young. The Smithson…
Keto Trim 800 on Printing your workKeto Trim 800 - Along these lines, there's no proof that this item truly does anything. Notwithstanding that, the cases they're making are really prep…
aaron on Crowds, Medals, Dust and Bones.Great story about the RAF Museum, Paul. I have been to the War Museum in London but I'll have to put that one on my list for a future visit, given my…
faizakhan on Happy Birthday, Andy !i read a lot of stuff and i found that the way of writing to clearifing that exactly want to say was very good so i am impressed and ilike to come aga…

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