Forking out quality work for free is done all the time. What makes someone a true Pro is there experience as an artist and as a business man/woman. If you are experienced in getting paid for your services then you are an experience business man/woman.

For every professional artist there is someone that is technically just as good but with much less experience and is willing to work for free.

If some kid fresh out of collage and is living with there parents and is working at your desk for half the pay and they don’t have kids/house/wife of there own to support then you can see how it feels when the shoes is on the other foot.

I see tons of artists that can draw Sequential art that is of Marvel quality all the time. These people do Sequential work for there clients for FREE!! Yet I don’t see there name out there in the comic industry. Working for free for someone else can get you experience but will most likely not get you notice.

There are better, much easier ways of getting notice then working for free. You got to learn to network and promote yourself. Don’t expect someone to promote you because you’re working for them for free! Think about it, how many people you promoted, marketed, and advertised for free? Your better off paying someone to promote you.

The vote’s are in and it looks like its going to be TOKYOPOP. This will give me some time to warm up on my Anime style, its be awhile. I’ve been doing some research on the popular comic’s on TOKYOPOP as of lately and will use those in the next Poll. If anyone got any real good comic’s they know about that’s on TOKYOPOP then stop by and fill me in.

On the next Poll I’ll place 10 comic titles form the top 50 comics on TOKYOPOP for the next 2 weeks. Then I’ll move on to what character would be best for me to Illustrate and color. I’m not holding back ether when the final vote is done, I’ll got for “full 3D Perspective background”, Dynamic character movement and facial expression, and heavy contrast and light saturated realist colors. I’m going to give it my best so make your vote happen!


Here are some of the comic’s I’ll be adding in the poll:

DRAMACON
FRUITS BASKET
RETURN TO LABYRINTH
PRINCESS AI
WARCRAFT
BIZENGHAST
MANGA SUTRA -- FU...
ARK ANGELS
THE DREAMING
.HACK//G.U.+
STARCRAFT: FRONTLINE
BOYS OF SUMMER

Got anything better? Let me know and I can add it.

Eat less exercise more!

People make things harder then they need to be. Before you can grow you must let old junk go. Before I do anything important I start out with a wise and logical process of elimination. If you wish to fly high you must travel light! People don’t know what’s really important these days. A magical pill will never overcome good old discipline and sacrifice.

The body it self has a mind of its own. The only problem is the body seems to feel only the simplest, strongest, most basic emotions. The body doesn’t hate itself or feel like a no body after it has done its dirty deed. The way you compare yourself to others and reflect to others sits somewhere in the more sophisticated areas of the higher mind. You can’t let your body bully you around, the body thinks of no long term goals, or as they put it now a days “a means to and end”. You should be the leader of your own body. Don’t fight with it all the time but don’t let it bully you around all the time.

You should not wait for your body to pick its own path, you your self must take the wheel and ride that baby steady. Slowly make change your life’s habits and give yourself a little room for relapse. Simple things like cutting ¼ of your daily meals for the first 6 months then going for ½ the next 6 months and so on. It may take 1 year, 2 year, or 3 year. Just GO at your own speed!! You will have your ups and downs but you must keep moving forward.

We know that one shoe don’t fit all, every life style is different. A few years ago, I learned to use a few techniques that did wonders and has become as permanent as any techniques I’ve learn from art. I find out when I’m doing something I truly enjoy I’m not thinking of food. There’s a BIG different in doing something you enjoy and watching something you like. Drop the TV hours to a max of 3 hours or less. When hands are free they like to reach for food, so give them something fun to do when you’re not working. Pick an interactive multimedia, or play a board game with someone you know. Don’t just sit and watch TV, keep those hands busy!

If you exercise more you can get away with stuffing your body with more food, but if you exercise very little then you don’t have the luxury of stuffing your mouth. A smaller bowl means you eat less, (if you don’t cheat), a smaller plate means you eat less. If you’re ordering fast food then ask for a small or medium sized meal. Ask them if they have any juice instead of soda. Avoid buffets and all you can eat meals.

Last but not least. Not everyone has a body that has the ability to exercise appropriately and often. Sometimes cutting down your eating is the only option some people have. Be glad you can walk on 2 leg, and take care of your body and it will help take care of you.

I’ve have not been this busy this holiday season since I’ve played high school football in the playoffs season 12 years ago. Time passes fast and as the old saying goes, it gets faster as you get older. I’ll be slowing down and taking time off for the holidays for shore. I have lots of comments on my work that I need to reply back to. Don’t want to look stuck up like some of the much bigger names at DA that never reply to others comments. I’ll leave this “Featured Artists” list up this month and hopefully I’ll have time to change it next month! We should all remember that this is a hard times for most people and those of us who are blessed need to remember that, and if you find it hard to put time a side to help those that are in need then be shore to at least say a prayer for them. That’s all for now. I’ll CY laterzzzzzz.



I find Pixelledanddead style to be incredible. It’s original, it’s energetic, and it’s not just the line work but the colors and the motion are excellent as well, along with strong design and composition. She’s is truly a well rounded artist indeed!


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Patricktoifl is an incredible real life artist who seems to have most of his work done all in digital. The details art is well done and the lighting is on stop, and to top it off he catches things other real life artist leave out in there finished work!


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Aurora-design is an unbelievable graphics designer. Her designs can some day very much end up everywhere. She is excellent at putting multiple objects together in one photo and creating a totally different environment all together!


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Skadj seems unmatched in her black and white graphite real life drawings! Her drawings are very dramatic and emotional. Her lighting is on spot and the composition she uses is excellent!


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Willustration illustrations has a unique feel to them, and some of them bring laughter to me. Who doesn’t like a “Banana Sloth” or a “Banana Gorilla”? He does most of has work in Traditional Art. You got to give him credit for pulling off those types of colors old school style.


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You may have not notice but I’ve been a little more active on DeviantArt for the past mouth. Allot of people came to this thread, posted there artwork and I’ve posted ALLOT of comments to there artwork. Now's its time to close that forum thread and start featuring some top talented and skillful artist I’ve found to enjoy quite allot. I present to you these fine artists!!

I find Pixelledanddead style to be incredible. It’s original, it’s energetic, and it’s not just the line work but the colors and the motion are excellent as well, along with strong design and composition. She’s is truly a well rounded artist indeed!


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Patricktoifl is an incredible real life artist who seems to have most of his work done all in digital. The details art is well done and the lighting is on stop, and to top it off he catches things other real life artist leave out in there finished work!


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Aurora-design is an unbelievable graphics designer. Her designs can some day very much end up everywhere. She is excellent at putting multiple objects together in one photo and creating a totally different environment all together!


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Skadj seems unmatched in her black and white graphite real life drawings! Her drawings are very dramatic and emotional. Her lighting is on spot and the composition she uses is excellent!


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Willustration illustrations has a unique feel to them, and some of them bring laughter to me. Who doesn’t like a “Banana Sloth” or a “Banana Gorilla”? He does most of has work in Traditional Art. You got to give him credit for pulling off those types of colors old school style.


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