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BUILDING WORLDS

Greg Ruth

[caption id="attachment_81366" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Unused spread from THE MONKEY by Osgood Perkins/NEON[/caption] World Building's one of the most underrated essentials of storytelling, and if you do it right,  one of the most invisible. In my personal opinion the holy trinity of storytelling World Building and Character Development are top tier with Plot as the tiny lagging puppy running keep up. Character and World Building are what draws you in to a story, and want to…

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10 Illustration Rules I Learned the Hard Way

Dan dos Santos

April 25, 2025 -   Many will say that there are no rules in art. And that's true when it comes to creation. But when it comes to the business of Illustration, I do have a set of hard rules that I never break... mostly because I've learned the hard way not to. I thought I'd share with you some of those rules in the hopes that you can avoid the same suffering.     1. If you paint on board, always leave ample border. I used to leave just a 1/4 inch border around my images. Not only did it look really nice during presentation, but it often meant I could squeeze 2 paintings out of 1 piece of illustration board. Don't do that. Leave yourself several inches of space all around. This is for several reasons. Firstly,…

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