Monkey business

One of my colleagues got an assignment for a comic this week. 

Though well, assignment... There was a tight budget so she was 

asked to work for free!

Somehow it didn't occur to them to ask the printer or designer to 

work for free. After all, those are REAL jobs and drawing is just 

a fun hobby, right?! :-/

So here's an answer you can tell your 'clients' 

when they ask for freebies!

And hopefully then one day:

(feel free to share these pics! :-) )

And while I'm on this subject;

I made a Facebook page for my new book-in-process 

'Tekeningen Rekeningen'.

https://www.facebook.com/TekeningenRekeningen

I'll use this page to share new comic pages and would 

love to get your comments, ideas and advice as well!

Come visit and 'like'!  

(but sorry, for the moment it's only in Dutch)

Criticism

Last week I've been drawing new comics for my illustration business book 'Tekeningen, Rekeningen'.

Here are two pages about something that's also a part of being a professional illustrator; dealing with

criticism! (sorry, only in Dutch)

The red figure has bunny ears because he is 'Beunhaas' (= a character who is very unprofessional).

Let's draw business...

Meanwhile I devoted all my spare time to an important project;

A book about the illustration business! Of course there are already a zillion books about

this subject, but the problem is that too many illustrators don't bother to read them

(because well, they tend to be pretty boring...).

So that's where I hope to make a change, because I will not write boring stories on how

to do business... I will DRAW them!

Above a fast sketch. At the moment I'm still gathering information and tips.

But here's a sample of a finished page (not final though) that I'd like to share with you:

The book is aimed at starting and wannebe illustrators but I hope professional illustrators will

pick up a few tips as well. This might take a while to finish, but I hope to show you some more 

pages every now and then. 

Oh, and the title will probably be 'Tekeningen, Rekeningen' (drawings, bills').