I find it interesting that most people don't know much about freelance illustration. I think most people assume you have to be crazy ...

Last week the New york Times posted an article entitled: "Where Are the People of Color in Children's Books?" Walter Dea...

One of my friends on facebook - Amanda asked me how she should protect her artwork online since she'll soon be publishing her portfolio....

What do doctors, lawyers, and CPA's have in common aside from all that schooling? Probably the respect they get for their profess...

I was asked by a fellow artist in Australia this question last week. It's a great question that I'm sure many people have pondered a...

I don't care how many books you've illustrated it's always exciting to get that box of new books from the UPS guy - who I gav...

' Twenty sum years ago when I was going to school the illustration students had an ongoing debate with the fine art students about...

You know that feeling you got when you were 5 and you got to run downstairs on Christmas morning to open presents? Not to dish on past...

Question: Why don't companies like:  Disney, Pixar, Sony, Blizzard, Microsoft, Blue Sky, Mattel, Hasbro, Random House, Harper Collin...

I know I've talked about this before but I really want you to know 2 things: 1. This art thing that you want to get good at takes a...

I often get asked these three questions:  1) Are you worried that you are helping too many artists - that will one day take away your bu...

We're doing it again! Another Free online live class at SVS. This time we've upgraded our service to allow for up to 500 attendee...

I'm so excited to talk about the reviews Gary's Place is getting as well as talk about the sequel to Gary's Place. First: ...

This week I'm sending out homework for our Painting Color & Light class at SVS. If you're in the Live or Video Recorded classes ...

In this post I'm going to write about what we've been doing with Gary's place and some of the mistakes we've made along the ...

We're going to be holding a free online class this Tuesday Jan 14th at 7:00 pm MST (9:00 NYC - 6:00 Cali) and anyone can join us. T...

I received a great question from someone trying to figure out what moves to make in the near future. I think many artists are in this same...

We are offering 2 FREE LIVE CLASSES to everyone! Join us for two free live classes with Jake Parker and I. These classes are "prep...

First: These Santa images will be part of our homework optional assignments in our "Painting Color & Light" class. We'll...

Build the app & submit to the app stores. So much has happened in the last few weeks! We finished our app - submitted it to apple - go...

I'm very excited to announce our SVS Painting Color & Light class that is now available on our website . I'm not sure what I lik...

This was one of my studies for our upcoming character design class this Saturday - it's been a blast preparing for it. I love taking tim...

Add sound effects to your story app. This was one of the funnest parts of the creation process. I was amazed at how much sound can "...

As an added bonus we've decided to rope in Disney artist Shane Lewis to start our video series off right. Shane is going to record a ...