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I graduated with from the Graphic Design department of SVA 18 years ago, and I have been working...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, September 10th, 2020
I graduated with from the Graphic Design department of SVA 18 years ago, and I have been working...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, August 13th, 2020
I love a series, and this is one I’ve been thinking of starting for a while. We are all...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, June 18th, 2020
2020 is shaping up to be the most difficult year the world has seen in a long time. And what...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Last month, I was not ready to talk about the pandemic and quarantine, except to offer artistic...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
I’ve been in quarantine for 41 days now, which means I just beat Noah’s biblical quarantine, and I really wanted to write something deep, and meaningful, and about our collective mental health as artists. But I have to be honest with you, I am burnt out right now. Luckily SFF publishing is doing quite well right now with everyone in quarantine — and I am thrilled to be sending out work steadily to artists through…
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, March 26th, 2020
Muddy Colors is not just a blog, it’s a community, and it’s been wonderful to see how...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, February 27th, 2020
As an Art Director, I get a lot of questions about why certain artists get hired over others....
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, January 30th, 2020
As some of you may know from previous posts, I feel very strongly about art education —...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Have you slept off the food comas, hangovers, and tense family...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, December 5th, 2019
This month I have two guests, Paul Canavan & Ben Zweifel, talking about how being color blind...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Very frequently I get asked for advice from artists and non-artists who are parents of children...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, October 10th, 2019
Since my column this month falls on World Mental Health Day this year, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to address it. As you know if you’ve been reading my columns, I’ve been doing a lot of research into how mental health affects an artist’s ability to create — a topic I always knew was critical to our community, but didn’t quite know how critical until we opened up the Dear Art Director website. Easily…
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, September 12th, 2019
If you saw my column from last month, you’ll remember I started a quick poll on twitter that ended up expanded into a larger more in-depth survey, focused on not only how artists are making their money, but also a bit about what their goals are. I’m back, a month later, to report in on the data we collected. Now before we dive in, let’s remember a few caveats: 1 — This survey is…
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, August 15th, 2019
As you know from all my posts about Art Business and Art Careers and all my work with Drawn +...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, July 18th, 2019
Some months I know exactly what I want to write for Muddy Colors. I’ve written notes down,...
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