I've spent the morning sitting in the dentist chair. No cavities, but no time to blog either.
Thanks to everyone for their entries for the ArtOrder calendar. I'll be going through all the entries tonight and make my picks.
A couple of folks dropped me an email questioning why I wasn't paying for use of the art. That's a valid question. I'll take a minute to talk to that point.
This calendar was not dreamed up as a for-profit item. I will be selling it, but that is in hopes of defraying the costs of printing up the calendars. My initial intention was to create a calendar so that I could offer a "thank you" gift to the folks that volunteer their time as judges, and as a promotional item while trying to secure some sponsors for the challenges (read that as prize donations). I was limiting the print run to just 100 calendars - mainly cause that is the minimum of most digital printers, and it was the most I could afford to pull out of my pocket (AD's, like most art careers, are not known for their high paying positions).
So while I couldn't afford to pay for the art, at least I didn't charge the artists to "enter" their submissions in the contest for getting picked. Though that would have helped defray my costs a whole lot more.
While I'm sure that won't satisfy lots of folks objections to these types of ventures. It is the reason why I didn't pay for the use of the art.
Make sense?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
1202 - Last Call for Art
Call for Art
This is it. The deadline is here...just a few hours left.
I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
I've received a few more submissions, but I still have plenty of spaces open in the calendar. Here are a couple of other entries that caught my eye while downloading.
Eric Braddock
website
Garrett Hanna
Joe Vriens
I'm looking for a lot more submissions. At this point, I don't even have enough to fill out the calendar. Hurry up and get those entries in!!
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
1201 - Spotlight from ArtDrop
I got a little behind in my email correspondance lately. Between IlluxCon, getting sick, and the Thanksgiving break I had a little bit of a backlog sitting in all my email accounts. I have been deligent about digging my way out the past couple of days, and as a reward the great email gods gave me the opportunity to view a ton of wonderful new works. I've said it before, but one of the favorite aspects of my job is reviewing the submissions that are sent to artdrop. This go round there was an amazing variety of work available for review.
First off though, let me start with a gentleman that caught my attention a while back, but I was finally able to hook up with. Brandon puts draws storyboards for Nicklodeon by day, and wonderful maps in the wee hours. He shares his late night creations, and the process, on his blog. Very fun stuff!
Now on to the ArtDrop folks:
I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
I received a few more submissions, and one of the stand-outs from yesterdays submissions comes all the way from Italy (I've actually received a lot of international submissions).
Tiziano Baracchi
website
First off though, let me start with a gentleman that caught my attention a while back, but I was finally able to hook up with. Brandon puts draws storyboards for Nicklodeon by day, and wonderful maps in the wee hours. He shares his late night creations, and the process, on his blog. Very fun stuff!
Brandon Kruse
Blog
(work in progress as seen on his blog)
Now on to the ArtDrop folks:
Remko Troost
website
Noah Bradley
where have I seen this before? :)
Nick Greenwood
Travis Herdt
Chris Goodwin
(love the gouache pieces!)
Christophe Swal
Remember, it's easy to get seen - just drop me a note at ArtDrop and point me in the direction of your latest work, blog, or website. It's that simple. If you catch my attention if might get featured here on ArtOrder, and if you fit one of the Wizards of the Coast product lines - I'll share your work with the rest of the art directors.
Call for Art
Tomorrow is the deadline for the ArtOrder calendar art call. If you want to be considered for inclusion in the calendar - kick into gear!
I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
I received a few more submissions, and one of the stand-outs from yesterdays submissions comes all the way from Italy (I've actually received a lot of international submissions).
Tiziano Baracchi
website
I'm looking for a lot more submissions. At this point, I don't even have enough to fill out the calendar. I can't believe there aren't more than 10 artists that are interested in seeing their art in print...
Go Forth. Create!
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
Monday, November 30, 2009
1130 - DIY promotions
Recently I accompanied my wife to the fabric store. While a lot of husbands might groan about such a trip - I actually enjoy them. First of all, I get to watch my wife's wonderful eye at work, and secondly I did to ferret around the store for inspiration. On this trip, Lisa was hunting up fabrics for a batch of retro styled aprons she was putting together for the craft bazaar season. Wish I had thought of it...I could have asked her to model one of her more trendy ones for the blog. While she was busy pouring through the "sale bin" I was amusing myself in the art and craft books. The store that we hit always has an eclectic collection of books.
This time around I ended up walking out the door with a fun and intereseting book:
D.I.Y.
Design It Yourself
Edited by Ellen Lupton
Purchase on Princeton Architectural Press
Purchase on Amazon
This book was written and designed by students and faculty in the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). It was a fun and frolicking book. Fresh and artsy, but very useful. The book has helped me start thinking of more fresh and innovative ideas for brand building, promotional opportunities, and material usage.
The book is full of ideas that can be put into place immediately - press kit, letterhead, business card, t-shirt and oh so many other practical and fun ideas. More importantly though is the fact that it starts to get your brain to start thinking in rather unconventional ways - how found objects can be the basis of innovative and memorable promotional ideas, how a little elbow grease can provide a very cost effective solution, or how to give you promotional pieces that little zing that will get them noticed and remembered in the sea of promotional pieces. Myself, I got hung up trying to come up with something fun and funky for ArtOrder. After seeing all the innovative ways the designers were using stamps, I decided that I'd love to get the ArtOrder logo made into a stamp, and start playing around with visual treatments using the stamps. Then I remembered the idea of "do it yourself", and remembered that I had to make some of my own wood stamps back in art school. I had a quick flashback to bloody hands, flying wood tools, frayed nerves - so maybe pulling out the chisel and hammer set wasn't the right way to go right now, but I can manage a dremel tool pretty well...hmmm, maybe there is something there.
A while ago, I featured an artists that handbuilt his presentation portfolios. DIY at it's finest. What I'm wondering, is there anyone else out there putting there DIY skills to use? Is anyone doing something more interesting that working with the printer for promotional pieces? Flip me an email and show me what you are doing. If it gets my attention, I'll spotlight it here on ArtOrder. In the meantime, I think I'll play with a few ideas that come out of the DIY book for ArtOrder, and share them here. Maybe we'll have some fun, and come up with a few cool ideas along the way.
...first, off to find a couple of nice pieces of maple and my dremel tool...
Speaking of inspiration... it tends to be a bit crafty and feminine for my tastes, but there are some cool ideas showcased on the Laissezfaire blog. I've snagged a few inspriational bits from there now and then. And it fits right in with the DIY theme today...
I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
Of all the submissions received so far, only one person has acutually followed the directions and provided a link to a file that was the proper size and file format. And because Patri was so diligent, I'll share his submission with you guys...
Patri Balanovsky
website
I look forward to seeing a lot more submissions in the near future.
Go Forth. Create!
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
This time around I ended up walking out the door with a fun and intereseting book:
D.I.Y.
Design It Yourself
Edited by Ellen Lupton
Purchase on Princeton Architectural Press
Purchase on Amazon
This book was written and designed by students and faculty in the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). It was a fun and frolicking book. Fresh and artsy, but very useful. The book has helped me start thinking of more fresh and innovative ideas for brand building, promotional opportunities, and material usage.
The book is full of ideas that can be put into place immediately - press kit, letterhead, business card, t-shirt and oh so many other practical and fun ideas. More importantly though is the fact that it starts to get your brain to start thinking in rather unconventional ways - how found objects can be the basis of innovative and memorable promotional ideas, how a little elbow grease can provide a very cost effective solution, or how to give you promotional pieces that little zing that will get them noticed and remembered in the sea of promotional pieces. Myself, I got hung up trying to come up with something fun and funky for ArtOrder. After seeing all the innovative ways the designers were using stamps, I decided that I'd love to get the ArtOrder logo made into a stamp, and start playing around with visual treatments using the stamps. Then I remembered the idea of "do it yourself", and remembered that I had to make some of my own wood stamps back in art school. I had a quick flashback to bloody hands, flying wood tools, frayed nerves - so maybe pulling out the chisel and hammer set wasn't the right way to go right now, but I can manage a dremel tool pretty well...hmmm, maybe there is something there.
A while ago, I featured an artists that handbuilt his presentation portfolios. DIY at it's finest. What I'm wondering, is there anyone else out there putting there DIY skills to use? Is anyone doing something more interesting that working with the printer for promotional pieces? Flip me an email and show me what you are doing. If it gets my attention, I'll spotlight it here on ArtOrder. In the meantime, I think I'll play with a few ideas that come out of the DIY book for ArtOrder, and share them here. Maybe we'll have some fun, and come up with a few cool ideas along the way.
...first, off to find a couple of nice pieces of maple and my dremel tool...
Speaking of inspiration... it tends to be a bit crafty and feminine for my tastes, but there are some cool ideas showcased on the Laissezfaire blog. I've snagged a few inspriational bits from there now and then. And it fits right in with the DIY theme today...
Call for Art!! ArtOrder Calendar
There are just a few more days left before the deadline for the calendar hits. So if you want to be considered for inclusion in the calendar, then get hopping!I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
Of all the submissions received so far, only one person has acutually followed the directions and provided a link to a file that was the proper size and file format. And because Patri was so diligent, I'll share his submission with you guys...
Patri Balanovsky
website
I look forward to seeing a lot more submissions in the near future.
Go Forth. Create!
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday 1124 - Judges Panel
Are you getting excited about the upcoming Book Cover challenge judging?
I am.
and so is the judging panel.
I promised that I would let you know who is on the judging panel this week. I wanted to leak it earlier, but I'm still awaiting confirmation from three judges. I've decided that I'll just have to take a chance...
For your judging pleasure, here is the illustrious line-up of judges for the Hurakan Book Cover Challenge that will go up on Dec 6th.
Irene Gallo, Tor Publishing
Lou Anders, Pyr Publishing
Mari Kolkowsky, Wizards of the Coast (unconfirmed)
Sarah Robinson, Paizo Publishing
James Davis, Paizo Publishing
Kris Aubin, Privateer Press
Brian Glass, White Wolf CCP (unconfirmed)
Mike Vaillancort, Cthulhutech
What do you think? Do you think that's a pretty impressive line up? If you don't, then I give up - I'll never be able to impress you guys :)
I am.
and so is the judging panel.
I promised that I would let you know who is on the judging panel this week. I wanted to leak it earlier, but I'm still awaiting confirmation from three judges. I've decided that I'll just have to take a chance...
For your judging pleasure, here is the illustrious line-up of judges for the Hurakan Book Cover Challenge that will go up on Dec 6th.
Irene Gallo, Tor Publishing
Lou Anders, Pyr Publishing
Mari Kolkowsky, Wizards of the Coast (unconfirmed)
Sarah Robinson, Paizo Publishing
James Davis, Paizo Publishing
Kris Aubin, Privateer Press
Brian Glass, White Wolf CCP (unconfirmed)
Mike Vaillancort, Cthulhutech
What do you think? Do you think that's a pretty impressive line up? If you don't, then I give up - I'll never be able to impress you guys :)
Wednesday 1125 - Call for art
For those folks in the US, tomorrow is Thanksgivings Day. I plan to be cooking away, goofing around with my family, and NOT working in any way...that includes writing on the blog.
I'll make up for that slacker attitude right now.
Call for art
I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
Go Forth. Create!
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
I'll make up for that slacker attitude right now.
Call for art
I've decided to put together a ArtOrder calendar for 2010. I'll be looking for some of the best and brightest pieces to go into the calender. This is going to be a fast and furious process - so that I can get the calenders printed and delivered as quickly as possible.
Submission process open to All artists
Rules: Each artist can submit one (1) illustration for consideration.
Subject matter: Open. You can submit any art that you own the right for. It does not have to be an illustration that was submitted for a challenge. I'm just looking for stellar illustrations this time around.
Size: 11" wide x 8.5" tall
DPI: 300
Color: RGB
Deadline: Noon - December 2, 2009
Information required:
• Name as you would like to be credited
• website
• address
Format: tiff or psd
Note: Submission of work grants ArtOrder the right to use the piece for the calendar and for marketing purposes.
Artists that have work selected will be credited, and receive one (1) free calendar.
Submit you piece to: Calendar Submission.
DO NOT submit files as attachments. Send only links to files.
Go Forth. Create!
To Be Seen...
Got questions, or want to see a discussion on a particular subject. Drop me a line at ArtDrop Questions.
Don't forget that you can also send your art submissions to Wizards of the Coast at ArtDrop Submissions. Please make sure that your submissions do not total more than 5 Mb, or your email might get bumped.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tuesday 1124 - musings
I'm working from home today in an attempt not to infect the world with my stupid cold. I don't do very well on days like today...when I know I have a ton of work to accomplish and can't work on most of it. Unfortunately, that gives my brain far to much time to fret, and think about all sorts of stuff.
At the moment it is thinking about ArtOrder.
I've been thinking a lot about ArtOrder since my trip to IlluxCon. I ended up having a lot of conversations about the blog while I was there. (Sidenote - thanks for the ArtOrder buttons Mike Sass! I got lot's of comments about 'em) The discussions ranged from why I started it, to where I see it going, to suggestions for how to improve/grow it. To everyone that chatted with me about the blog...thanks!
One of the suggestions was to start up a website that run along side the blog. The website could have a calendar of events, editorial calendar, news, store, archive listings, etc. Randy Gallegos had mentioned this a while back. At the time, the ArtOrder.com url was taken. It has recently been released, and now I am thinking about the possibility again. Of course that leads me back to "what do I want to do with the blog". I got a lot of suggestions about things to add while I was IlluxCon:
Guest writers
Interviews with artists and art directors
Promotion examples
Podcasts
Tutorials
Q&A
Portfolio Spotlight
Challenges (of course)
On top of that, several folks were interested in getting some ArtOrder branded stuff (I found that pretty funny), and a couple of folks wondered if I would be interested in selling their art books/products on the website. That's a pretty cool thought, but I have to sort out the logistics of it. What about you? Do you have any thoughts on how ArtOrder could be improved?
Now I'm off to take some more cold meds...
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