Dilbert creator Scott Adams responded to a negative review of his memoir on Amazon with a sarcastic post.
One Amazon reviewer wrote about Adams’ How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life with this comment: ”it’s pretty sad his first non-Dilbert book is just a rip off of a much better book, Aaron Goldfarb‘s How to Fail: The Self-Hurt Guide.” Check out Adams’ response:
I didn’t know Aaron Goldfarb wrote my memoir before I did. I’m totally embarrassed. I plan to read that guy’s book so I can learn more about my life, especially the college years that are a bit foggy. And once I am finished, apparently I never have to see another book in this genre. And for the record, I totally believe you read my entire book within a few hours of its release, and not just the title.
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Another Cintiq inspired post! Check out Scott Adams working and how he uses his to create his Dilbert comic. Watch it here.
Here's the youtube version but it's pixelated for some reason. I like how he has his Cintiq resting on the corner of his desk and then takes his keyboard and does the same thing. Always fun to see a persons set up.
I notice many others work with their Cintiq quite high. I have mine much lower as you can see in this pic. Currently, I have everything on one long craft desk. The desk is high so I had to buy a drafting chair that I can raise quite high too. So far this is working best for me. I still incorporate my Wacom tablet- sort of switching back and forth.
FYI - the Cintiq is already proving to be an invaluable tool. If I only ever use it for sketching out pages, it will be worth every penny. I have a looming deadline and I'm so relieved that I can sketch directly on there without dealing with my scanner (which has decided to go kaput on me right now, anyway).
greeting card done for Marcel Schurman (aka Papyrus)I dreamed about licensing my art last night. You know something is really on your mind when you dream about it! (Like those waitress dreams I used to have back in school, when I waitressed to pay the rent, and then dreamed about waiting tables all night long!).
The reason I was dreaming about licensing, no doubt, is because I listened in on TWO teleseminars about art licensing yesterday.
The first was a licensing class presented by J'net Smith, of
All Art Licensing. She is the licensing agent responsible for making Scott Adam's
Dilbert character what it is today -
BIG. She knows her stuff. I've listened in on a few of her presentations, and have always been pleased with the information she shares.
The other teleseminar was a talk about Branding by
Paul Brent, presented through Tara Reed's
Art Licensing Info series of seminars. Paul Brent is a BIG name in licensing, and the nicest man, and he shared so much really fantastic information in the seminar.
Tara Reed is a licensed artist and super helpful font of information about the whole licensing industry.
If you are interested in licensing your art, I would recommend checking out both Tara and J'net's websites for starters. I have some of Tara's ebooks on how to do repeat patterns and also her product mock-up templates, which are great! J'net has some product templates too, as do other people. (Product templates are 'blanks' of plates, cups, napkins, mugs, shower curtains, etc. etc. etc. for you to apply your art to to show manufacturers how your art would look on their products, so they will get all excited and license your art.)
greeting card done for NobleWorks
This is just a really brief post about all of this - I'll probably come back from time to time and share more info as I delve into this more. In the past I've licensed my art for greeting cards to a few companies, but would like to do a
lot more. I'm quietly working behind the scenes to put together some collections and a body of work just for licensing.
I'll add some links to sites and blogs here in the next couple of days.
But for now, its off to work I go!
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I'll watch the video when I get a few minutes off but I just wanted to say that enjoyed seeing your workspace Rozzita!
I can picture you there with your coffee and all. So happy you have a Cintiq. Must be an amazing tool. :o)