Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate.
Drawing must seek interest, not admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an archive and a fairly complete on-line portfolio, as well as offering an opportunity to write a little.
I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.
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