Inspiration
James Gurney: Illustration Dinotopia
Recently I had the distinct pleasure of meeting James Gurney along with several art licensing and children’s book illustration friends. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps the name Dinotopia will. James Gurney is the multiple award winning author, illustrator behind this best selling book series which has circulated the globe as well as…
READ MOREA Dream to Cherish – It’s Amazing
I am excited to share with you that today is the 2 year anniversary of my “Something to Cherish” art brand! To honor the event, enjoy this inspirational music video by Jem. I pray that your life will also be blessed as you follow your dreams.
READ MOREArt Licensing Community on LinkedIn
For media inquiries contact: Cherish Flieder Art Licensing Community on LinkedIn PDF RELEASE The Art of Licensing group on LinkedIn is a professional forum for members of the art licensing community come together and network. The group was founded in July 2008 by designer and art licensor Cherish Flieder (www.SomethingToCherish.com) as a way to bring…
READ MORESCBWI BLOG SPOTLIGHT
Kite Tales – Published March 2009 Interview with Jennifer Bertman for the Society of Children’s Book Writer’s and Illustrators Rocky Mountain Chapter Cherish Flieder is not only a designer, but an artist in the truest sense of the word, that has skills to help any client with a wide array of graphic, illustrative, and marketing…
READ MOREVisual Storytellers Studio Interview
I recently joined this new creative group of illustrators known as The Visual Storytellers Studio. It is wonderful format that features new illustrators work on a rotating basis. Founding member and illustrator, Lisa J. Michaels, was kind to grant me an interview to tell me more about this unique way to get children’s book illustrations…
READ MORENoah & Ellie – Kids that Inspire Me
My little brother and sister are amazing! They are about 20 years younger than me, and they are both very active in their community. So, I need to brag on them a bit and share with you their recent accomplishments. My eight year old little sister, Ellie, is a mini-me. She LOVES to paint and…
READ MORE5 Reasons I Love Art Licensing
With Valentines’ day coming up and love in the air, I thought I would take some inspiration from my art licensing friend and mentor Tara Reed and write about why I love art licensing. So here we go. . .
READ MORENew Year New Perspective
“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever his is.” – C.S. Lewis
READ MOREOperation Christmas Child
With everything going on last week, getting two books off to the publishers and working on new licensing collections for Something to Cherish®, I am very happy that I was able to find some time to finish packing my shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child! This is a very special ministry to my family and…
READ MOREBrandYOU: Your Avatar
A Twitter friend of mine ECStewart wrote a very informative article on branding yourself as an artist online. Whether you are new to this idea or an experienced pro, you are bound to learn something new in her wonderful little blog posts. BrandYOU: Your Avatar – Part 1 The importance of keeping one’s brand, personal and…
READ MORETwitters to Cherish
I have been reading article after article lately on how Twitter can help promote and manage a business. At first I thought to myself, “how can anyone REALLY be doing anything when they have to type everything they do on Twitter?” The point of this micro-blogging site is to keep each other updated on a…
READ MOREWordling on Wordle
If you haven’t had a chance to play with this little online program, you might want to put down your mouse and have some fun typing keywords into Worlde.
READ MORESomething to Cherish® – Registered Trademark
It is official. Something to Cherish is registered (circle R) with the United States of America. 2008/08/30
READ MOREThe Orphan Works Roundtable and Webcast
Hosted by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration on 08/08/2008 in NY How Will the Orphan Works Bill Economically Impact Small Entities? http://videos.cmitnyc.com/asip.html “A Seminal Event” “Unprecedented” “The most effective advocacy in opposition to these bills I have seen.” “The Gathering of the Tribes” These are some of the comments we’ve…
READ MOREOrphan Works Discussion
Megan discusses the Orphan Works bill with Brenda and Joanne, July 2008 from: www.whencreativityknocks.com LEARN MORE & TAKE ACTION AGAINST THIS BILL: www.owoh.org
READ MOREMilton Glaser – NY Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Teacher
An inspiring video from Milton, in his own words.
READ MORERMCAD Visiting Artist
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…
READ MORELead Heads at the Lounge
Cherish Flieder exhibited two of her recent pieces of “Something to Cherish” watercolor/embroidered art in the 18th Annual Colorado Alliance of Illustrators Members Show. As VP of the Colorado Alliance of Illustrators, she had the honor to help organize and promote this event to artists and art lovers alike. As a result CAI ended up…
READ MOREJust One More Book
With SO much happening everyday in the children’s publishing area, it can be very difficult to stay on top of things. Andra from Just One More Book just sent me this cool children’s book resource. I hope you find this as interesting and educational as I did. . .www.JustOneMoreBook.com
READ MOREHow Licensing Works. Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
Here’s a letter from Joanne Fink that explains how licensing works and why the OW bills will be detrimental to artists that license their work. It’s like licensing 101 for congress … My name is Joanne Fink, and I am the President of Lakeside Design, a Central Florida design studio which specializes in developing products…
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