Successful artists have become good business owners and they control their own destinies by virtue of their grasp of how things work. Read On…

“Milton Glaser is…well, words nearly don’t do him justice…one of the most important, prolific and profound leaders in visual and graphic arts in your lifetime and his. He is personally responsible for the design and illustration of more than 300 posters for clients in the areas of publishing, music, theater, film, institutional and civic enterprise, as well as those for commercial products and services. The image above and the essay below are reproduced here with permission. Read on to discover his sage advice with words that ring as true today as when written in 2001. Peruse his bio and work on his Milton Glaser Web site for more essays and insights into this man’s creative force, remarkable accomplishments and matchless oeuvre.”-Barney Davey

Read Article: Ten Things I Have Learned (Part of AIGA Talk in London)

It’s amazing how many submissions are sent to publishers and manufacturers by artists who have given no thought whatsoever to the content of the work and the needs of the company receiving it. Read On…

Today I was honored to be the “Visiting Artist” to the Illustration department at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design. It was a blast spending time with this group of very passionate and talented students and we talked about web design and marketing for illustrators. They best part was that I feel like I connected with each one on a different level as I did my best to open their eyes up to some new possibilities in web design. I know if they use some of my advice they can position themselves in the online world in order to benefit their art careers and stand heads and shoulders above their competition. I truly hope they will keep in touch.

For more info on RMCAD’s illustration program, visit: rmcad.edu

The Orphan Works Act of 2008 will endanger the rights of anyone who creates intellectual property.

It will expose your art to commercial infringement. It will include work from professional paintings to family snapshots. It will include published and unpublished work. It will include any image that resides or has ever resided on the internet. It will force you to register every picture you do with privately-held commercial registries. It will make all unregistered works potential orphans.

This radical change to U.S. copyright law will shift the burden of diligence from infringer’s to rights holders. It is wrong to give infringer’s the right to make money from your property without your knowledge or consent. You should not have to pay businessmen to keep the work you’ve created.

The Orphan Works Act is an assault on national and international copyright laws. It’s an assault on the property and privacy rights embodied in them.

Illustrators, photographers, fine artists: let’s come together and act to keep Congress from orphaning our work.

• To learn more about the Orphan Works Bill, listen to this interview with Brad Holland
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