Design is everywhere and can elicit many feelings. Whether in a two-dimensional form such as a beautiful magazine cover or illustration or a three-dimensional idea such as a garden to walk through, properties of design do have healing qualities. Color, shape, and proportion are all important. Green and blue colors used in a botanical illustration can evoke a sense of wonder in our natural world and, the nurturing that happens with being a part of this world. Cancer centers have been known to use pastel or cooler colors for visualization of wellness. This in turn helps Read the rest of this entry »

An illustration style can inform a lot about a particular piece. By choosing an airy, detailed style it can emphasize the ethereal, giving it a magical feel. By going with a blocky, minimal style, the piece becomes gritty, slightly more realistic. It can tell us about the world that we are looking at, filtered through the eyes of the illustrator, thus setting the stage for whatever happens there and telling us what kind of action to expect.

The use of a given illustration style helps us to Read the rest of this entry »

Graphic design is everywhere, partly because the Internet is now all about visual based now. Chances are when you load a website, you will often find it 95% graphics. While that is not a bad thing, it does make it hard to market graphic design. Knowing the types of designs and what they are used for is helpful, but you also need to know how to make it work in the current economy. So we will be taking a closer look at what kind of graphic designs are not there and how to make Read the rest of this entry »

Getting your illustrations and designs out in the open can be hard work, but it is definitely possible and millions of people have done it. To get started the first thing you need to do is get your illustrations together. Create a portfolio of your best artwork and separate it into sections. Once you have done this, then you will need to find places to submit your work. You can look for places that accept illustrations such as companies that may need pictures. Also, there are many websites online where Read the rest of this entry »