Setting a goal gives you focus. It’s the first step towards defining the action necessary to achieve it. Sometimes you try to achieve your goal but you don’t reach it. This is where resetting your goals comes in handy. Sometimes the only way to evaluate a goal is to try it. For example, your goal... Continue Reading →
The Postcard Post Old Home Week: Jennifer Thermes and Hazel Mitchell
From time to time I see a new postcard made by an illustrator who in the past shared a postcard, tips, advice and more on The Postcard Post. Even better, I hear about lots of good things going on out there. So the new "Postcard Post Old Home Week" will be a recurring post to... Continue Reading →
The Monthly Goalpost for October: Enjoy the ride
The Monthly Goalpost is all about setting goals and pursuing them. But sometimes we need to take a step back instead of looking for the next step forward. So instead of setting new goals this month, how about stopping and enjoying the process of our art? Why not make this month’s goal to focus on... Continue Reading →
The September Postcard Post: Charlie Eve Ryan
I first saw this month's featured illustrator's work on Facebook and instantly knew I had to see more. Sub It Club is thrilled to welcome Charlie Eve Ryan. Sit back and enjoy her wonderful postcard and tips too! Charlie Eve Ryan is a professional freelance illustrator/writer and member of SCBWI. In 2012, she was accepted... Continue Reading →
The Goalpost for September: Ask yourself a few questions
It’s Labor Day in the U.S. so we should take it easy today (wherever you are, go ahead and take it easy!). But it’s also September which for those of us in the northern hemisphere, means the end of summer and the beginning of another school year. It’s a hectic time and one filled with... Continue Reading →
The Monthly Goalpost for August: Press On
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will... Continue Reading →