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oh you should ask morgan, bro! they've read quite a few!
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
oh you should ask morgan, bro! they've read quite a few!
Also if you're hiring an artist to hit your visual target that's one thing, and if you're hiring them for their art style you can't then be overly fussy if they give you something that's their take on the subject, but not to your tastes
September 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Also if you're hiring an artist to hit your visual target that's one thing, and if you're hiring them for their art style you can't then be overly fussy if they give you something that's their take on the subject, but not to your tastes
I wanted to be able to give direction that felt fair to the artist and their work, and leave room for pushback if they disagreed. I feel like it helped when I gave the reason for my revision (eg the values are too light, the character gets lost against the background.)
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I wanted to be able to give direction that felt fair to the artist and their work, and leave room for pushback if they disagreed. I feel like it helped when I gave the reason for my revision (eg the values are too light, the character gets lost against the background.)
When I was art directing I tried to break it down into the subjective and objective. Which parts would concretely make for a better piece, and which were driven by my own personal preference?
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When I was art directing I tried to break it down into the subjective and objective. Which parts would concretely make for a better piece, and which were driven by my own personal preference?
i like the anteater but they need another crack at that deerstalker
August 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
i like the anteater but they need another crack at that deerstalker
i love this! i swear i'm not roasting your lovely grandmother!
August 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
i love this! i swear i'm not roasting your lovely grandmother!
did she grow up in an andrew wyeth painting
August 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
did she grow up in an andrew wyeth painting
i had such a good time with this! thank you so much, i love spending time in this world
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
i had such a good time with this! thank you so much, i love spending time in this world
i use gnarly in the dish pit constantly so they did us both way dirty lol
June 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
i use gnarly in the dish pit constantly so they did us both way dirty lol
i loved it and i loved her burnout uncle's design!
May 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
i loved it and i loved her burnout uncle's design!
this was like twenty years ago, but as an art student i asked gurney a question about illustration, and he very generously sent me a reply and an example of his postcard mailers. i hope he replies to you, the project is so cool
May 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
this was like twenty years ago, but as an art student i asked gurney a question about illustration, and he very generously sent me a reply and an example of his postcard mailers. i hope he replies to you, the project is so cool
thanks josh! i hope we send that nerd to the void
April 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
thanks josh! i hope we send that nerd to the void
Bride's Story is so beautiful! Kaoru Mori's drawings of embroidery make me want to chew wood??
April 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Bride's Story is so beautiful! Kaoru Mori's drawings of embroidery make me want to chew wood??
i hope you're not too stressed in there! this happened to me once, i empathize with the 'there is no toilet in here' feelings
February 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
i hope you're not too stressed in there! this happened to me once, i empathize with the 'there is no toilet in here' feelings
i want this so much! fuck!
February 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
i want this so much! fuck!
I think much of it is companies turning to AI or expecting higher sales than genuinely likely, some of it is post-Covid customer drop off, but the majority of it is just the result of greed.
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I think much of it is companies turning to AI or expecting higher sales than genuinely likely, some of it is post-Covid customer drop off, but the majority of it is just the result of greed.
In my experience with art-based industries as soon as you can divest your product from bespoke creative labour you'll save money (see corbis/getty putting illustrators out of work in the 00s).
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In my experience with art-based industries as soon as you can divest your product from bespoke creative labour you'll save money (see corbis/getty putting illustrators out of work in the 00s).
Oh were you learning Dutch?
January 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Oh were you learning Dutch?
I hope they go on to do quietly great things, and find creative happiness in whatever medium they choose to work in, and I hope the people that make these ghoulish calls don't.
January 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I hope they go on to do quietly great things, and find creative happiness in whatever medium they choose to work in, and I hope the people that make these ghoulish calls don't.