Miranda Meeks

10 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self (As An Artist)

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, December 19th, 2022

My first few years of freelancing started when I was a freshly-graduated college student. I took...

Managing your Projects as a Freelance Artist

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, November 21st, 2022

Being organized and managing daily to-do lists and a constant influx of rotating projects may come...

Email Maintenance

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, October 24th, 2022

For many artists, becoming a full-time freelance artist is a lifelong dream. You imagine working...

8 Steps to Recover From Burnout

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, September 26th, 2022

So you’ve spent years of your life honing your skills as an artist and working hard to reach your...

7 (More!) Tips for Conventions

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, August 29th, 2022

My table at Gen Con, 2022 I had the amazing opportunity to exhibit at Gen Con this year! It...

Blood Token Painting Process

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, August 1st, 2022

Today I’d like to walk through my process of creating the Blood Token card for Magic the...

Artist Spotlight: Charles-Amable Lenoir

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, June 6th, 2022

Charles-Amable Lenoir was born in Châtellaillon in France in 1860. I wanted to share...

What I’ve Learned About Being a Mother and an Artist

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, May 9th, 2022

When I was still in school, I remember a professional illustrator coming to give us a special...

Email Anxiety? The Answer is Inbox Zero

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, April 11th, 2022

Do you dread checking your email? Do you procrastinate opening your inbox for as long as possible,...

Photography Tips: Creating Reference for a Glowing Light Source

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, March 14th, 2022

If you spend a bit of time searching online, it isn’t too difficult to find the right...

Artist Spotlight: Henry Ossawa Tanner

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, February 14th, 2022

In celebration of Black History Month, I’d like to take a moment to revel in the lush...

Let’s Talk About Master Copies

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, January 17th, 2022

“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Recognize that quote from Picasso? It...

Leveling Up, One Illustration at a Time

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, December 20th, 2021

When you’re an artist, you tend to go through cyclical periods of both leveling up and...

4 Free (and Affordable) Reference Resources for Illustrators

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, November 22nd, 2021

As illustrators, we understand the importance good reference can make in our art. It can often be...

You’ll Never Know Unless You Try

Posted by Miranda Meeks | Monday, October 25th, 2021

“Unknown” – A personal painting communicating the feeling of fear and hesitation...

Brian Cleary on The 2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of FameCongratulations to Gregory Manchess, always inspiring and encouraging with his amazing art and words of wisdom! :)
David Palumbo on Glaze 2.0This new version claims to have less artifacts, which I'm interested to try out. The program is slow if you run it from the cpu, but if you download t…
David Palumbo on Glaze 2.0not exactly. It alters the image in a way that doesn't look very different to us, but is very confusing for training models. To say it adds static imp…
Robert Cosgrove on The 2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of FameVery pleased to learn of Greg Manchess's induction into the Hall of Fame. Still lusting for a high production retrospective collection of his work, ho…
Joel Fletcher on The 2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of FameCongratulations to Gregory Manchess, a well deserved honor! The Society of Illustrators only just now inducted Gustave Doré, one of the greatest illus…

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10 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self (As An Artist)

Managing your Projects as a Freelance Artist

Email Maintenance

8 Steps to Recover From Burnout

7 (More!) Tips for Conventions

Blood Token Painting Process

Artist Spotlight: Charles-Amable Lenoir

What I’ve Learned About Being a Mother and an Artist

Email Anxiety? The Answer is Inbox Zero

Photography Tips: Creating Reference for a Glowing Light Source

Artist Spotlight: Henry Ossawa Tanner

Let’s Talk About Master Copies

Leveling Up, One Illustration at a Time

4 Free (and Affordable) Reference Resources for Illustrators

You’ll Never Know Unless You Try

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