HeyJaredDan Dah’s Art & Stuff
Here I share my thoughts, inspiration, BTS and information about my projects once a month. Everything in the world of drawing and illustrating 🌱
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Are my illustrations good enough? (opens the original)
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I neither studied art nor did I complete any training related to art and illustration.Five and a half years ago, I rediscovered my love for drawing, which I had lost as a child. Back then I understood that if I wanted to get better, I would have to invest a lot of time. And if I wanted to make it my profession, I would have to invest even more time. That’s when I started drawing every day. Partly targeted exercises and partly free scribbling. Sometimes project-related and sometimes content-drive
Why I love being the illustrator for Kitchen Kingdom. (opens the original)
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Mauro, who developed the game, is a lifelong friend of mine. Ever since we were three years old, our paths have crossed time and again, and this has grown into a deep friendship. This friendship has now given rise to a board game.Before I get to that, I’ve just set up the ‘Lighthouse Inkers’ collective with three other illustrators and launched a Discord community as part of it. We’re already a group of around 50 people who chat about illustration topics every day, give each other feedback and d
Why I Paint on the Wrong Side of the Paper (opens the original)
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So this issue of Art & Stuff is about exactly that, using the front of my new bookmark as the example.Links to amazon are affiliate links. Everything starts with the idea. This one came from the online school I am enrolled in. The School of Visual Storytelling(not sponsored), where teaches among others, runs monthly challenges. A prompt is given, then you have time to work on a piece. At the start of the month you submit it and get real feedback from the teachers. Since my biggest goal is to get
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