http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/ Helping to turn a drawing hobby into a cartooning profession Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-3192 Chewing Pencils: Tips to help you make money from drawing cartoons! Mon, 28 May 2007 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-3192 [...] I will also be assuming that you have you have both a folio and website. Without these you stand little chance of making it in the current cartooning climate. [...] […] I will also be assuming that you have you have both a folio and website. Without these you stand little chance of making it in the current cartooning climate. […]

]]> http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-1130 Chewing Pencils: Helping you make money from drawing cartoons! Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:28:15 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-1130 [...] Back in this post I spoke about the need for developing a web presence. To make any money at all from your artwork, having yourself on the web with a world wide audience is absolutely vital. But, the web can also be a difficult place to navigate if you’re not technically minded. The learning process is a long and confusing one, and often frustrates artists to the point of giving up. [...] […] Back in this post I spoke about the need for developing a web presence. To make any money at all from your artwork, having yourself on the web with a world wide audience is absolutely vital. But, the web can also be a difficult place to navigate if you’re not technically minded. The learning process is a long and confusing one, and often frustrates artists to the point of giving up. […]

]]> http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-272 Chewing Pencils: Helping you make money from drawing cartoons! Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:39:59 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-272 [...] 1. Get yourself a website and try to put one of your political cartoons up each week (at least). Because politics changes so rapidly, you can’t wait three weeks to draw a really good idea - by then it’s old news! If you go for a blog (which I would recommend) make sure it is easy for people to subscribe. [...] […] 1. Get yourself a website and try to put one of your political cartoons up each week (at least). Because politics changes so rapidly, you can’t wait three weeks to draw a really good idea - by then it’s old news! If you go for a blog (which I would recommend) make sure it is easy for people to subscribe. […]

]]> http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-68 Chewing Pencils: Helping you make money from drawing cartoons! Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:07:59 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-68 [...] You have to have access to the online world. There’s simply no way you’ll succeed without it. Modems for dial-up internet access are cheap and so are the ISP plans. See this post for why I think this is essential. [...] […] You have to have access to the online world. There’s simply no way you’ll succeed without it. Modems for dial-up internet access are cheap and so are the ISP plans. See this post for why I think this is essential. […]

]]> http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-32 Chewing Pencils: Helping you make money from drawing cartoons! Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:55:46 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/07/11/tips-for-becoming-a-professional-cartoonist-5/#comment-32 [...] That’s a big claim - he obviously hasn’t heard of Chewing Pencils - nevertheless, I think that this is one of the few cartooning books that I have read that HAS got any useful information on how to make money from cartoons. There are a lot of good ideas, but my feeling is that it doesn’t quite go far enough to be really useful for anybody who already has the basics undercontrol. For instance, the section on setting up a website recommends utilising free web space and  free internet service providers. As I mentioned in this post, this sends the message to potential clients that you are too cheap to pay for some proper hosting and internet access and thus you will find it difficult to charge the going rates. This may be appopriate for somebody starting out, but if you’re in it for the long haul then you have to spend some money. [...] […] That’s a big claim - he obviously hasn’t heard of Chewing Pencils - nevertheless, I think that this is one of the few cartooning books that I have read that HAS got any useful information on how to make money from cartoons. There are a lot of good ideas, but my feeling is that it doesn’t quite go far enough to be really useful for anybody who already has the basics undercontrol. For instance, the section on setting up a website recommends utilising free web space and  free internet service providers. As I mentioned in this post, this sends the message to potential clients that you are too cheap to pay for some proper hosting and internet access and thus you will find it difficult to charge the going rates. This may be appopriate for somebody starting out, but if you’re in it for the long haul then you have to spend some money. […]

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