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Those are really awesome sculptures.

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I've been working full-time as an artist in comics, film, gaming, trading cards, tv, and various other places for 12 years and basically ALL of my jobs (or in some cases the connections that lead to jobs) came from these sites:

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Digital Webbing Jobs Forum:
Less frequent, but some real gems!
Great people! Met my wife there! ;)

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DeviantArt Jobs Forum!
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! All day long, every day! By the minute!
Some not great, but a fair amount of really good ones!
The shear quantity, though, is really why you want to be on there!

#3

*Right now, ConceptArt.org is a little wonky. The scrolling job opps are displaying correctly, but clicking them doesn't take you to the right place. However, if you follow THIS LINK you'll go to the directory and they're easy to find from there.

ConceptArt.org Jobs Forum
a.k.a. Art Jobs for The Art Mobs!
Incredible opportunities. From the biggest film and gaming companies,
to just really solid comics or other jobs that pay really well for the right artists!
Very competitive, but you'll never get them if you don't try!
Also allows YOU to post an ad requesting work and linking to your portfolio!

Other places to try out: CG Hub & GameArtist.net

(I've got less experience here, but they look good.

You can always do a specified Google search.
For instance "Comic Artist Needed" and check the timeframe of "Past Week".
Here that is!

So, be creative and hungrier than everyone else and...
You won't work at a "REAL" job ever again!
I was born with NOTHING going for me and I still made it happen!
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I did it by reading the following books and go to the sites listed.
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The 10 of the Most Terrifying Children’s Books From Around the World!

REBLOGGED FROM Emily Temple AT FLAVORWIRE:

This week, we checked out a series of totally terrifying French children’s books over at The Guardian, but we weren’t satisfied with just letting the French frighten us. We scoured the web for other incredibly scary (whether intentionally or not) illustrations from children’s books, from cautionary tales for bad kids to books of highly unusual monsters, to stories of um, let’s say questionable morality. Of course, many of the illustrations are fantastic, so we love them for their macabre beauty, but that said, we wouldn’t necessarily want these books read to us before we tried to traipse off to dreamland. Click through to peek inside ten of the most terrifying children’s books from all around the world, and let us know if we missed the one that gave you chills in the comments.
The most notoriously upsetting children’s book is definitely Struwwelpeter, the German collection of cautionary tales. The original 1845 version by Heinrich Hoffman is horrifying enough, but we are particularly terrified by (and enamored with) these updated illustrations by the brilliant Sanya Glisic. These illustrations are from ”The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb.”
The title of this chilling gem translates to The ABC of Anger, which makes that Koala all the more frightening, at least to us. But your fears will be confirmed when you open it up to find illustrations like the one on the right.
In Brave Mr. Buckingham by Dorothy Kunhardt (the author of tiny child classic Pat the Bunny!), the brave Native American man Mr. Buckingham is slowly dismembered — losing one foot to a buzzsaw and another to a fish before his arm is sliced off by a gardener and he gets hit by a truck — as he tries to prove to little Billy that it won’t hurt to pull on his loose front tooth. That’s him there, just a head left. [Picture via]
From Primus, a 1925 Russian collection of “poems for children” by Osip Mandelshtam. [via 50 Watts]
In Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin, circa 1865, the sparrow kills Cock Robin and then all the other terrifying creatures of the forest talk about how they’ll bury him. An excerpt: “Who saw him die? I, said the Fly, with my little eye, I saw him die. Who caught his blood? I, said the Fish, with my little dish, I caught his blood.” [via 50 Watts]
This cautionary early ’90s Russian children’s book includes such important lessons as: “You like to fight with your fellow-friends? Then you’ll be bitten by different snakes!” and “If you plan not to listen to father wild black cats would scratch your brother” and “If you are greedy as old and don’t share balls probably you would be eaten by wolves.” Yikes. [via English Russia]
Jorōgumo (which is literally translated as “whore spider”), from Gojin Ishihara’s 1972 children’s book Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters. [via Comics Alliance]
Lustiges Kinderbuch, a 1908 German cautionary children’s book with illustrations by Ernst Seifert. The moral being mostly that bad bad boys get what they deserve. [via 50 Watts]
Is that a team of cyclops decked out in Klan gear torturing a small child? Probably not, but we still find this 1948 children’s comic The Magic Underground Castle by Japanese cartoonist Rokuro Taniuchi highly terrifying. [via 50 Watts]
We had to include Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak, of course. This scene depicts ghostly French horn-playing Ida’s baby sister being stolen by goblins, who leave a terrible ice replica in her place.

Manliest Coffee Ever!! - Strawberry Shortcake from Dunkin Donuts!

Just picked this up at Target... really not sure why. Sounds like there's no way it could be good. I don't typically like Dunkin's. Just like trying new things. Gets me into tastebud trouble quite frequently. I've wasted money on plenty of meals at restaurants because I got something weird instead of what I know I'll like.

But it's not really a waste if you're experiencing life, right?

At least that's what I'm telling myself right now as I brew a cup of this nonsense.

Will update with my opinion soon.

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These are amazing resources for any artist, regardless of if you're an artist, writer, filmmaker, game developer, photographer, whatever. The way these masters are able to capture mood, movement, expression, and tell a story in an image is just incredible!

The Art of the Matrix is easily one of my favorite and most influential books! Really excited about The Art of Prometheus! That looks incredible! Speaking of which, check out my blog Ridley Scott's "The Art of Storyboarding" featuring a video of him and some of his own storyboarding! That's right, he draws it! Awesome!

Just mouse over the slideshow to learn more and see previews inside these awesome books! Expand your craft!

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Didn't know Ridley Scott was doing his own storyboarding! That's awesome!! Really good work, too!

Also, if you didn't know, I've been creating art & animation for Ridley Scott's "Prophets of Science Fiction" on The Science Channel, which is where I first saw him drawing! Really awesome series! Hope you'll check it out. Especially the Isaac Asimov & George Lucas episodes from Season 1, my first episodes. You should be seeing more from me in Season 2!

Also can't wait for PROMETHEUS! Looks so good! Get The Art of Prometheus here!

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TMNT / Mario "Villains in a Halfshell" Shirt! You only have today to get it!!

ONLY 15 HOURS LEFT BEFORE IT'S GONE!

 

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a mash-up ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Super Mario Bros. called “Villains in a Halfshell” by jerking.

The sale at RIPT began today, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

The t-shirt is available in men’s and women’s sizes in charcoal for $10 each. Kids sizes are $15 (Boys, Girls, and Toddler in charcoal); Onesies are $18 (in charcoal). You can also get the design on a Hoodie for $38 (in charcoal in Men/Unisex sizes).

From the artist:

This tee was inspired by the tmnt but with a super mario bros twist, the villains in a halfshell.

What do you think of this shirt design?

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DAWN OF THE NINJA

Written by Luke Keith & Jeremy Feist

Painted & Lettered by ME! (Psst. Ray Dillon)

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