Articles I've found on Licensing for Artists

This morning I've been scouring the internet for more info about licensing for artists. I will include a few links to the best articles here.

A recent article in the New York Daily News By ELIZABETH LAZAROWITZ DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER Monday, August 6th 2007, 4:00 AM

Here's a great one in BNET Business Network

Mary Englebreit article on Licensing for Artists

Check out Mary Englebreit's article on licensing for artists. She is the queen of licensing in my view in the illustration field. The woman knows her stuff. 

Here is a quote from Mary Englebreit on the topic of licensing for artists:

 On licensing agreements:

"You have to remember that you're the one with the talent who's offering the licensees the gift to be cashed in on. You're certainly bringing something to the table, too, which you're entitled to be paid for. Always try to keep your copyright. Retaining the copyright is crucial. Plus, it's important to sign the contract for the shortest time period possible. That gives you more control if the product isn't as nice as you had hoped."

Blue Moon Studios Freelancing Tips

Check out Paul Fricke's Blue Moon Studios Blog. Along with his topnotch comics and illos, he's got a great post about freelancing tips.

Show and Tell by Dilys Evans

I recently came upon the book Show and Tell by Dilys Evans. It is a book that highlights the art of children's illustrators. Evans is the past art director of Cricket Magazine and is currently the agent and president of Dilys Evans Fine Illustrations. Here's an article about the book in Publisher's Weekly. 

The book is a treasure trove. I plan to add it to my collection.

A cool youtube video of a guitarist

I hope this works. My son plays electric guitar and found this  video the other day. I loved the technique used in filming it.

This is the cool guitar video. =2 0 Me messing around with my guitar testing yamaha crunch distortion for metal and also a few video effects

Animated movie from aniboom called I Do Art

Hey, check out this cool animated movie I found on www.aniboom.com! It's called I Do Art.

I Do Art by Stelios Polychronakis

Plus, try Shapeshifter, a tool that lets you make animation online for free.It's fun and easy to use!
Cheers,
Amy Moreno

Aniboom- an Amimation site like UTube

Aniboom is a fantastic site like UTube, but with animations. Highly addictive. I predict it'll be  a big hit! I just saw a fun animation I'll try to post here in a sec.

Have you seen Wordle yet?

Wordle says on it's site:
"Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. "

It's fun. I haven't tried it yet, but plan to asap....

Put Your Name On The Moon with the LRO

This is So much fun...you can have your name placed on the LRO (Lunar Reconnassaince Orbiter), which will return to the moon. Do it by June 27th.
Join NASA's Return to the Moon! Names will be collected and placed onboard the LRO spacecraft for its historic mission bringing NASA back to the moon. You will receive a certificate showcasing your support of the mission.

Living Loudly for Liberty-July 4, Independence Day

The Negligent Blogger

Maybe that's what I should call this blog...the Negligent Blogger..... I've been way too busy lately...swimming along in the Northern Virginia pace of life. School has been over for a few weeks now and I'm enjoying having the kids home, but trying to juggle things at a different pace.

This image is years old..and seems to fit the seasonal turning of children growing...mine are growing much too quickly..so I'm treasuring my summer with them. (the scan of the image is a bit funky, but I don't feel like scrounding around in my files for the better scan/image right now)

Phil Noto's comics and Illustrations

Phil Noto's art is something wonderful. Check it out on his website. I found the link on Sidebarnation's blog...a group of incredible illustrators who create comics, concept art, and paintings.

Mother's Day

Mothers Day evokes the strongest blend of emotions. May your day bring peace, special memories, hope and an appreciation of the sacrifice, love and hard work our mothers give and gave for us. If you are a mom, let go of any guilt or feelings of falling short and take hold of the miracle of bearing a child, caring for them, having the honor of holding lives in your care for a short time and the privilege of impacting them for good.
God bless each mother out there!

Two Children's Illustrator Friend's links

I am so lax in blogging lately. I've had way too much on my plate, and trying to keep up with it all, and rest and keep my sanity has been all I can do. I decided to post links to two of my favorite 'children's illustrator friends' who it is an honor to know and consider friends...
Ginger Nielson and Sherry Rogers...Their work and they themselves are incredible...take a look.

April Fool's!

Check out Wikipedia's April Fool's info...
here's another site with April Fool's stuff...

G'Day Mate with Google Australian style

Check out Google's Australian gDay with Mate...info a day ahead.

Gone so long....

Wow..It's been a long time since I've posted. It's been an especially busy season lately with various family and personal activities at home and around....school fun fairs, prep for Easter, church activities, and lots of art to do. I'll post some fun links I've found lately asap.

In the meantime...Spring is nearly here and feels like it's here in VA.
We've got a pair of birds building a nest in a birdhouse near our kitchen window, buds are sprouting, iris greenery is sprouting from the ground..the forsythia is starting to bloom and the weather has been beautiful lately...and Easter is nearly here already!

Another Pen and Ink Rendering

Here's one I finished yesterday..had to rush it out and the scan has some dark shading due to not fitting on the scanner.

The Portrait Party

Check out The Portrait Party...a blog that deals with portraits and is now accepting posts of artist's self-portraits. I don't have time to do one at the moment, but am posting about it for you all. It sounds like a fun challenge.

My Friend on Blog Talk Radio

My dear friend Tracy is now taking part in a weekly round table radio discussion, with several women called Women of Grace and Freedom. It's located here on Blog Talk Radio.