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Creative Business 101 – Let Go Of Fear

Last week, I wrote about my doubts in offering digital downloads of my artwork and the dilemma of wanting to get my work out into the world, but still retain ownership and rights. Although I do not know if there is a huge market for digital downloads of artwork, people seemed to like the general [...] See the full post »

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take a break, Pensieri, my precious zine

The latest issue of Pensieri Issue 9 is all about the art of paper-mache. I titled this issue The Magic of Paper and Glue and share my adventures and experimentations. It was a really fun process, even though glue and paper got everywhere. I discovered some interesting possibilities in using this medium (so affordable and accessible to all). It’s [...] See the full post »

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doodle of a little princess girl

Scribbling here and there. I prefer my characters to have completely out of human proportions. But it’s cute to me. Related Posts:valentinedoodle from the heart or mind?doodles starting with a circleyear of the dragon doodledoodle of hairstyles See the full post »

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For Lia, For Love

I wanted to point everyone to Lia’s story, something that my bloggie friend Gretchen (juneatnoon) brought to my attention. I know it can so heartbreaking to hear of unhappy circumstances. We can never understand why this happens or make sense of it all. Personally, I have such a hard time dealing with these types of [...] See the full post »

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Happy Thought Friday – Just Love

Often we hear of unconditional love and how it seems to be the ultimate feeling of affection. Regardless of any flaws, you are loved… But I would like to celebrate the idea of pure love instead. Just love. There’s seems to be a negative connotation that goes with the term unconditional love. That despite xyz… I love you [...] See the full post »

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Creative Business 101 – Pricing For Printable Art

I must admit that a calendar alert popped up a few minutes ago reminding me to blog. Last week I had made that big declaration and subsequently sort-of, kind-of, forgot about it. Granted I did write up a bit of a plan for my various efforts and updated my calendar as well. That’s why the [...] See the full post »

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valentine

… as with any other day, I hope you have a great one! Related Posts:Going Big and Thinking About Contentdoodle of a little princess girldoodle from the heart or mind?doodles starting with a circleA New Blog Design See the full post »

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Creative Business 101 – Thoughts and Going For Weekly Updates

I was surprised to look back at the date of my first creative business 101 post on this blog… almost a year ago. The unfortunate feeling though, is that I’m not very far from my original struggles. I’m still working to license my art, however I’ve actually added on some other ventures as well. Reading [...] See the full post »

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doodle from the heart or mind?

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Creative Business 101 – Check Yourself

I’m sitting in my room and it’s the last day of January 2012. I try to ignore the feeling, but now and again I get that numbness of realizing how old I am, how much time has passed already, and how little time there is left. Yes, I know it’s a bit morbid, but those [...] See the full post »

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