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10 Illustration Rules I Learned the Hard Way

Dan dos Santos

  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…

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Guided By Marks And Pareidolia

Vanessa Lemen

April 24, 2025 - My paintings "Transmutation" and "Spirit Guide Of Inner Realms" are going to be showing in the Character in Context exhibition at the A. R. Mitchell Museum coming up soon. This group exhibition features process work from each artist in the show, from preliminary drawings to color studies, accompanying final artworks. This will be a large collection of original illustrations from living illustrators in the Western United States, and is the most comprehensive presentation of processes from living and working illustrators ever collected in one space. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get the chance to see so many different artists and wide range of processes, with insights about how our work develops from start to finish. In my case, these two pieces are an example of how I might work when starting a piece and how…

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