by Veronica | Oct 11, 2017 | blog, Business Thoughts
According to my account history, I opened my very first CafePress shop in 2003. That’s not a typo— I am, at least in internet terms a) an old lady, and b) a “veteran” at these Print-On-Demand marketplaces. I closed my CP shop this year and pulled my...
by Veronica | Sep 11, 2017 | Sharptooth Snail
Since the launch of the Runcible Owl, people have been asking me what “runcible” means. It’s a nonsense word that first appears in a poem by Edward Lear called “The Owl and the Pussycat,” who get married by a wild pig on a tropical...
by Veronica | Mar 31, 2017 | blog, Favorites
This is a roundup of all the neat new things I’ve discovered this month. Podcast: Holy F*cking Science A new podcast by the inimitable Hank Green and SciShow crew, HFS is an hour-ish-long podcast where grown adults talk about the science news that excites them,...
by Veronica | Mar 21, 2017 | blog, Video
A couple of weeks ago, I painted up some animals for my friend Garrett’s son’s nursery. I took a timelapse of the process: I actually designed the characters digitally, and applied a transfer to the plywood to paint over. It worked out pretty well. I want...
by Veronica | Mar 17, 2017 | blog
Hello, young artist. I saw you on a forum, timidly asking how to deal with people who leave rude and critical comments on your art. You got a lot of answers, and I thought I would weigh in. I’m not the world’s most skilled artist, but I’ve been...
