Author: Steve Lieber
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Dilettante 004: Using Photo Reference
WORKING SMARTER Dilettante 004: Using Photo Reference When I was in art school, I was an ignorant fool. Somehow, I’d gotten the idea in my head that real artists don’t use photo reference. I put a lot of energy into crafting bulletproof arguments that looking at photos when you draw would compromise your true vision,…
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Dilettante 003: Showing Your Portfolio at Conventions
GET YOUR PORTFOLIO READY FOR WONDERCON ANAHEIM! Dilettante 003: Showing Your Portfolio at Conventions WonderCon Anaheim is right around the corner—click here for details!—and many artists are interested in showing their portfolios. For a look at the Portfolio Reviews scheduled for this year’s show, please click here. Our “resident artist” Steve Lieber offer some tips to everyone…
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Dilettante 002: Bring Back Mentorship
A VETERAN ARTIST ADVOCATES MENTORING Dilettante 002: Bring Back Mentorship Making comics for a living is hard. The basics of the craft can take years to acquire, with the subtleties of expressive art taking even longer. And along the way, you somehow need to learn how to run a small business, an entirely separate but…
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Dilettante 001: Why I Love Comics
STEVE LIEBER JOINS TOUCAN! Dilettante 001: Why I Love Comics It was 1978, I was 11 years old, and I had a growing sense that my time was not my own. I was already a comics fanatic, lured in by nifty pictures and cliffhanger endings and a thrilling sense that some of the stories were…