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Creative Advice: You don’t have to do only one thing

nelson · October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

I remember one of the illustration teachers in Porto giving us advice along these lines. It was referring to how most professional illustrators also have side jobs to keep the lights on. I’ve heard other illustration professionals like SVSLearn’s Will Terry and Jake Parker saying this as well. Do what you need to do, so …

Art Mindset Tip: Don’t Compare Yourself to Others

nelson · September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

I started writing this original blog post during the Porto Illustration Summer School in July 2019 but got so caught up with the experience I didn’t get round to editing or posting it. There will be a review post about it, but this post is about comparing yourself to others as a creative. What is …

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Little Red Riding Hood Vignette

nelson · May 29, 2019September 6, 2019

As I mentioned in a previous Facebook post, I’m in the process of educating and upskilling with SVSLearn and various other illustration schools. On SVSLearn there’s a great course called Creative Composition, which inspired me to make this red riding hood illustration. I wanted this piece to diversify my portfolio too, which is why it’s …

Cutting Down Social Media in my Career Change to Illustration

nelson · May 26, 2019May 26, 2019

For a few good weeks in April, I was consistently posting and putting art out on Instagram. The likes were coming in, and the comments too. And it felt nice. But I didn’t feel like I was improving. This month on Instagram has looked very different. I haven’t been posting as much. And the reason …

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Clip Studio Paint Pro

nelson · February 21, 2019February 22, 2019

The more I’m drawing and painting digitally the more I’m falling in love with Clip Studio Paint Pro. I’ve had the software as long as I’ve had my Surface Pro, but I used it like I used Microsoft’s Paint or paint.net. That means, drawing a little, adding some layers, and maybe using the fill bucket. …

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How to start an Illustration Portfolio – Part 1

nelson · February 15, 2019

For the last few weeks I’ve started sending proposals for freelance illustration work. Yes, sites like Upwork.com and Freelancer.com are the bottom of the barrel when it comes to finding freelance illustration (or insert any other field here) work. But after not scoring any work, they’ve also highlighted the importance of having a great Illustration …