Award-Winning Portfolio!

Little did I know that when I recorded this video for the Cuddlefish Academy, was THIS going to happen:

I had gone out to the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Florida Chapter's conference this weekend as a part of my First Year Regional Advisor Professional Development grant to learn a bit more about how other chapters ran their conferences to apply things I liked to our conference. At the same time, I wanted to be sure to participate in the conference in every way I could, which included submitting my portfolio to the portfolio contest. Of what seemed to be the 30 portfolios out on display, I was humbled to have walked away with the judges choice award! What does this mean? Maybe nothing, but one of the judges was the amazing Laurent Linn, art director for Simon and Schuster, so maybe it will mean I'm just a bit higher on his radar now for getting some book illustration gigs. Who knows?

CanvasRebel interview of me

I provide a few more behind-the scenes things about how I got to where I am in this interview, how I selected my agent, and opinions on NFT's (there are now platforms offering reproduction rights I'm aware of since the interview, but until they all come up with a standard across the board, I stand by my opinion).

Let me know if you have any burning questions or follow ups you'd like me to answer!

Thanks,

Stan

My giveaways for Wicked West Comics Expo

As I'd mentioned in my previous blog post, I will be a guest of the Ft. Collins Comic Con table this weekend at Wicked West Comics Expo in Loveland, CO. First 100 visitors to my table get a free Peter Cadaver print. There are 14 different prints, so first come first serve! (Limit 1 per person)

Hope to see you there, and tell your friends!

Stan