2D Digital Art Guide Artist Directory

My long-time buddy Sonny has been working hard on his artist resource page for a few years now.   Recently, he has started

up an artist directory geared towards seriously promoting those who are looking to sell their work and services so potential

clientel. This is a free directory.

I recently filled in the submission form and this is the page as it would look:  http://www.2d-digital-art-guide.com/conceptual-artists-dan-howard.html



If you or any artist you know would be interested, these are guidelines to help you in how to promote yourself. To get the

most out of this, be as descriptive as possible and really think about how you would sell your craft.  Sonny will make a

very detailed business profile of you featuring your work  :


Tell us about yourself! What is your name, title, and background of you and your business?


What types of art related genre/styles do you or your business specialize in?


What art related solutions or services you or your business can offer based on your specialization and field of expertise?


What are the valuable customer related experiences that you or your business can add to your profile? How will you go that

‘extra’ mile for your clients?


What are your rates and methods of payment do you accept that is convenient to your customers? Do you have any special

offers or rebates you can suggest?

Know your audience! What is your selling point and how will it BENEFIT them?


Finally, how will your customers contact you? If you have a local business or website, where is it located?


**Be sure to include up to 4 of your best works that best exemplify what you do**




You can find the submission page here:   http://www.2d-digital-art-guide.com/illustrator-portfolios.html


Again this is a free page and there's nothing wrong with any kind of promotion for your work.   Spread the word to anyone

you think could use the exposure!

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x23 process

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process shots for x-23 with some minor annotations.

the History of Mia

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A friend of mine mentioned to me last week about "that girl you always draw".   Well this is Mia.  She's been the mascot and the namesake of my URL since about 1992 or 93.  I wasn't able to produce the first ever drawing I made of her, but that dreadful pic on the far left is an indicator of where my drawing interests were at the time.  Sure, there's a story with her, but I don't really try to tell it like I do with other characters.  She just seems to grow right along with me as I try to get better with art. 

The Hideo Concert

Back in July, I was hired on to do the projection illustration and storyboards for Hideo (http://www.hideoconcert.com).   Over 100 paintings and many concepts later, the production is ready to go! The first showing is right around the corner on Nov. 5 at the Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center in San Luis Obispo, CA.    If you're in the area, please get a ticket and check out all the hard work everybody has put into the show.  

New Gig!

http://hideoconcert.com

I am the new projection illustrator for Hideo , as of last week.  I will be doing the illustrations shown on projector during the concerts.   Quite excited to have the job!

This does mean things will be pretty slow around the blogs for awhile since I am so busy.   I'll still drop in here and there with other tid bits as time permits

Fanime 2011 Artist Alley May 27 - 30

Convention time!   Coming up in a couple of weeks will be Fanime in San Jose, CA.  I will be there in the artist alley hocking prints and drawing commissions.  And with the advent of new technology, I'll even accept credit cards!!  Please, come on out, get some art for your walls or even get an original drawing.   Hope to see some of you out there!

Interview with SomethingWeLike Blog

http://www.somethingwelike.com/inspirational/chitchat-dan-howard

New Business Card

Updated the business card with newer, better art (or I ran out of the other design and there's a convention on the horizon).