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I have a question for you.

What would you do if you woke up blind tomorrow? Does the thought make you sick to your stomach - to realize that you will never be able to see or create art? Or would you be up to the task of spending the rest of your life doing something else?

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As an illustrator, the faster you can produce images, the better off you’ll be. It means you can fit more jobs into your schedule, which is more money in your pocket. It will also help you hit your deadlines more easily, which is absolutely necessary in this business. If you find you have trouble with this, here’s a few time-saving tips for you.

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I’ve created a new blog called Digital Painter News. It is basically a technology blog for artists. I will use it to share links to news items, articles, or other interesting tidbits I find.

I read a lot about different gadgets and software, and I wanted to be able to share what I find with all of you. Much of the stuff I come across, however, is too short to cover a full post or is too off-topic for DaniDraws.com. So, I decided to create this separate website.

The site is still pretty scarce, but there is more to come soon. It will probably be updated more frequently than this blog, as the posts are shorter, so go ahead and subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up to date. If you find any bugs or have any feedback about the site, please feel free to contact me.

Link: www.digitalpainternews.com

I just received an email from reader Melissa about a petition regarding the popular image-sharing site PhotoBucket.

This is what she said:

As you might know Photobucket.com is one of the biggest image hosting services online. What many Photobucket users are not aware of is that any image in a public Photobucket gallery is available as a print through Photobucket’s partner site Qoop. Unfortunately art theft is common, and many people find images they like online and then post them to their Photobucket accounts, after which those images are then available to be printed.

Jonathan Bailey of PlagiarismToday.com has joined forces with many internet artists to create a petition asking Photobucket’s owners and administrators to revise their policies to help protect artist’s rights. They are asking that the print service be changed so that only album owners can print their own images, and that they utilize an existing form of copyright protection that uses digital “fingerprints” of image files that have been reported to prevent repeat uploads of infringed artwork.

I have never used PhotoBucket before, so I did a little investigating of my own. I was surprised by what I saw.

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Sketching is the way artists practice their skills. How do you make the most of it? Here are my own guidelines for how I spend my drawing time.

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If you work on a Mac computer, take a look at this.

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