#muddycolors

That’s...not.....how it’s done. Honestly that’s a sign to me of a publisher with either no art director or an AD who is not connected to their field. ADs gossip about artists and give each other references. That’s part of our job. Ignore them and move on. Here’s a great list of resources of how to find publishers: Muddy Colors/How to Get Into Publishing.

—Agent KillFee

I fell in love with Greg Manchess’ work when first seeing it in the December 1994 issue of National Geographic.

Illustration of the CSS Alabama from the Dec. 4th edition of National Geographic  

Since, I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to meet and study with Greg at the Illustration Master Class in Massachusetts and online via the Smart(er) Art School.

Greg Manchess is a modern master - and he has created an Illustrated Novel, Above the Timberline which was released this October. I am enjoying reading it right now. (I waited to receive the book as I wanted to obtain one with a Greg Manchess sketch  -  while they last, books with a sketch are available from Stuart Ng books ).

Original sketch included in the book

Words can’t adequately describe the beauty of the book - so I took a few pictures:

Greg completed more than 120 paintings over a period of about 11 months - every page is an illustration. He discussed the process of creating the book in a series of posts on the Muddy Colors Blogspot.

And everyone should pick up a copy!

Available at Stuart Ng Books!

Greg’s site

Thanks for the kind words. We put the time in because we really feel that this info needs to be out there. So many artists don’t get the career and business advice they need to be successful — even in art school! Our goal is to give artists the info they need to do all the self-promo and networking that’s critical to an art career as effectively as possible so they can get back to making more art!

That said, here’s the rest of the sites run by the same Secret Agent Art Directors of DearAD (some more secret than others):

Drawn + Drafted — the umbrella home page to all our educational projects

Make Your Art Work — our online classes 

The ProjectCast — our podcast with successful artist entrepreneurs

The Newsletter — sign up and hear about everything

we’re also on Twitter and Facebook

and then there’s also awesome places for art education:

Muddy Colors blog

Illustration Age resource page

SmART School, Pencil Kings, and Oatley Academy for more online classes

Advice on getting your personal projects produced and published at Art Order

That should keep you busy awhile!

—All Agents