Helping visual artists become sustainable businesses
As a graduate student in design I was able to see how my much younger classmates were able to see the world with much more clarity than traditional liberal arts students. The more I observed this phenomenon the more I believed that a design/visual arts education was far better at equipping young … [Read more...]
Are you afraid to commit to really incorporate business skills and tools because you might lose your creative mojo? Do you have trouble adding up 2+2 to get 4? Have you shied away from thinking about business because it hurts your brain? Do you think in images and can never quite get things going … [Read more...]
Last week I talked breifly about the MacHeist bundle something I generally take part in. Since then, I've received a few questions asking about the literacy level of the apps. So first, they are pretty basic but more importantly the question you should be asking yourself is whether the apps will … [Read more...]
Today we'll focus on some software, and some more advice on what to do when your computer starts to slowdoooown. Software Using protection and First Aide Regardless of your operating system both Security of your precious stuff and help when things start to go all jumbly for you are very important … [Read more...]
Starting today we will have another regularly scheduled series. This series will be focused on technology tips and short cuts that can help artists. We will include tips for beginners as well as experienced computer and internet users. The series will be called Tech Tips ( pretty creative … [Read more...]
Themes and learnings One of the things that helps me write is to find a theme that over time I can build on and use to tuck ideas into. 2008 was mostly about getting my feet wet, testing directions and getting acquainted with you and you with me. In 2009 I'm going to focus on giving you a … [Read more...]
Welcome to the final lesson on using Zapplication as a means to apply for Art Fairs. So far we have covered In Part 1 signing up and registering with Zapplication to create an account into which we will upload our images and make our show application selections from. In Part 2 we covered in … [Read more...]
Probably the most confusing and intimidating part of using the Zapplication process has to do with capturing and preparing your images for submission. While I won't go into a great deal of detail here about taking digital photos of your work (that will be covered in another article), I will offer up … [Read more...]