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Vote for me on RAW Artist site

So, That time of the year for you to pick your favorite artists!! This is my first year and I have had some great times with the RAW Artists organization. Now I need you and every person you know. Spend a few seconds every day and cast your vote for me. You can vote 1x a day and you can contact every person in your life and have them do the same. Yes you can be my hero, and for less time it takes to get that cappuccino a day you can help me out. Please do this, this is an opportunity for me to showcase more and even get publicity for my art. put it on your calendars to log on 1x a day and cast your vote!! Have I made my case on how important this is for me? I hope so!

So, point your browsers to: and hit the “Vote” button. Then repeat this every day for the next 15 days!! and don’t forget to tell your friends, family, love ones, mistresses, lovers, enemies, foreign dignitaries and congressmen to vote too.

When I was a kid, in High School, I had to do an report on someone who I idolized or some such nonsense. At the time I really only read one comic book religiously and it was Spawn. I really enjoyed the art and story that Todd McFarlane had created. I also appreciated what he had done for the comic book industry. So, I researched him and discovered he was working like 2 jobs before he got into the comic book world and then he’d draw for hours every night to work on his craft.
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Artists, in the past, were labeled as outsiders and anti-social. Interesting since most artists have a burning desire to get everyone to see their art. Artists are like dictators in this aspect, we want everyone to either Hate us or Love us. The image of the brooding artist in the corner is gone, since everyone is bombarded with so much media everywhere. Today we must remind the world that we are here. For me, it’s why I set this blog up. However, it gets to be a bit difficult to do it all. First we have to do the adult things like pay bills and keep a reasonably clean domicile while we try to entertain and please our friends and family. Then we try to get our names out there thru networking events and social media. Of course most of us will try to keep up on the latest trends or current events seeking out motivation and ideas for our next Magnum Opus. We also try to spend any time we can reinforcing the basic talents and practicing our skills. Of course, the most important part, we have to do the actual work. We need to find time after all that to do what we love and create art.
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