Archive for the 'Drawing & Illustration' Category

do you have to be good in drawing and painting in order to do good in a sculpture/ceramics class?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
samica1993 asked:


Honestly, I am horrible at drawing and painting while my high school requires one year of art in order to graduate. I could take Photography (but it is said that the Photo teacher is very hard). So, I am wondering how would sculpture and ceramics be for me. Please give me some good advice.

HIRAM

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What does a graphic artist do,and is it a good trade to make a living?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
sowseeds asked:


1~What exactly does a graphic artist do?

2~Do graphic artist’s make a good living?

3~Where do they work, who hires a graphic artist?

CHESTER

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Does an artist need to copyright their work if they become an illustrator for books?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
??sing?? asked:


If an artist decided to become a childrens book illustrator or even a greeting card artist, do they need to copyright their work is the work owned by the publishing company? How does this work?

GERMAN

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What software do artist use to draw characters on a computer?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
deady asked:


I know there must be some software used to draw characters on websites??

or am i the only one who finds it effing hard to draw using a mouse??

anyway if you know of a peice of software that artist use for drawing on the computer (maybe a digital pencil??i dono )
then please let me know!!

any personal recommendations are also welcome!

ROBERT

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Artist?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
bum asked:


Okay, well I love drawing people… my drawing type/category is “realism”…but I have no idea what I’m going to do when I get out of school, Are there any jobs that relate to what I can do?
Something that will pay me enough so that I won’t be a “Starving Artist”.

p.s- I’m not into drawing cartoons either!

RANDAL

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How do I become a conseptual artist?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
fishead asked:


I would like to know the secret to becoming the next famous conseptual artist?

ROCKY

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How much should I pay a free lance artist?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
Thursday asked:


I’m working on a graphic novel, and I have decided the best way to get a quality artist is to hire one. I’m drawing up a classified ad to make the rounds on artist sites, but I’m not sure how much to offer for art.
I’m not rich, and I have connections with publishers, so this is kinda a sure deal, but I know artists are wary of being paid *after* the work is published.
I need to know, what is a good price to offer, knowing the artist will also get a percentage off the profits.
We’re talking an 80-100 page piece.

OLIVER

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How does an artist create skin tones using a range of ballpoint pens?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
Jacob F asked:


Hi, I’m an artist working with ballpoint pens on paper, I’ve made some pretty nice work with simple black on white, and recently I picked up a boatload of coloured ones. So far I’ve been unsuccessful in creating a good skin tone with them. Can anyone give me pointers as to how to get a skin tone down from pens?

DUSTIN

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How do I become a better artist with a half hour a day to draw?

Friday, March 6th, 2009
chrisandniki asked:


Like many of you, I’m a full-time employee, father, and husband. I have about a half-hour to forty-five minutes at lunch free time. I’d like to improve my drawing ability. I would love to illustrate children’s books or become a concept artist for some video game company.

What would you all suggest? Any good books I should work from, or should I just draw, draw, draw?

MERRILL

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