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“Suburban Swami” by Illustrator Steve Scott

Published on January 8, 2009 in inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: art, artist, Illustration, illustrator, inspiration, Steve Scott.

“Suburban Swami” illustration. Artwork created by & © Steve Scott.

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AOI Report: Illustration Fees and Standards of Pricing

Published on January 7, 2009 in business. 2 Comments Tags: art, artist, business, cartoon, fee, freelance, Illustration, illustrator, pricing, quote, resource.

I recently ran across a link to the London-based Association Of Illustrators AOI Report: Illustration Fees and Standards of Pricing (2007). To sum up what this AOI Report is all about, I’ll quote from them directly:

The information presented in the various tables in this document indicate examples of fees charged in relation to particular jobs or services, based on the AOI’s research and recent survey of the industry. The tables provide information about the variables in costs and gives examples of what factors should be considered as illustrators and clients negotiate fees. It should also be borne in mind that illustrators and clients have agreed fees outside the ranges surveyed here.

There’s a lot of great info here (and be sure to adjust the numbers in your head to your local currency — the pricing on the AOI Report is in UK pounds). It’s always helpful to get an idea of what others in your field are charging for their services to determine of you are charginot too little or too much.

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Inspiration: Sean Galloway

Published on December 27, 2008 in inspiration. 0 Comments Tags: art, artist, cartoon, character, Illustration, sean galloway, Spiderman.

So much good stuff on this guy’s site, I just went with Spidey since he’s my favorite. Be sure to check out his blog for tons of awesome character design.

Spider-Man illustration by artist Sean Galloway. Art created by & © Sean Galloway.

Tom Richmond’s ‘Drawing Hands’: An In-Depth Tutorial

Published on December 19, 2008 in inspiration. 1 Comment Tags: art, artist, cartooning, cartoonist, drawing, illustrator, Tom Richmond, tutorials.

Cartoonist and illustrator extraordinaire Tom Richmond has an excellent in-depth guide to drawing hands over on his blog. As per usual with Tom’s instructional articles/blog posts, he goes into far more detail and insight than one could possibly imagine he would have time for, even down to supplying illustrated diagrams explaining everything.

Here’s a quote demonstrating the level of insight you’ll find:

Many people think the knuckle of the finger rests directly behind the crease that represents the base of the finger right under the bottom finger pad. Now turn your hand around. That main knuckle is SIGNIFICANTLY lower on the hand. In fact it’s below the upper pad of the palm that curve below all the fingers. A lot more of your finger resides inside the palm/body than you might think. Understanding that is a big part of figuring out hands.

At some point I can see Tom collating all these posts into a book of some sort. His blog tutorials are better than any book on cartooning I’ve ever seen, and this one is no different.

Probably one of the more difficult parts of the human body to draw, and Tom is a master at the cartoon hand. Head over there and learn from the best.