Reader Dark Nova sent in some pieces that show how much difference even a couple of years can make. Thanks so much for sharing, Nova!

“Cuttie’s Moon” – Mid 2008

“Moon Glow” – Early 2009

One and a half years ago.

“It’s a Wonderful Life (Cleo and Ezekiel)” – Made in May, 2009. This is one of my proudest [...]

You can imagine how excited I was to receive an email from Der-shing Helmer (also known as Alexds1), the talent behind the colorful and fun webcomic The Meek! Der-shing offers some comparisons here that will knock your socks off – and we can’t thank D enough for being willing to share a few samples of [...]

Paul Duffield is the amazing talent behind the art of “Freak Angels,” a webcomic written by Warren Ellis; as well as a manga adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” and much more. In this interview posted on the Freak Angels website, Duffield talks about his beginnings as an artist, how his style has evolved over time, [...]

Meredith Gran, of Octopus Pie fame, was generous enough to let us compare her inked comics from seven months ago to today’s…as well as share a video of her inking process. As Meredith says on twitter: “Afraid to use a brush? Think it takes too long to learn? I submit to you my inks from [...]

This week we were very lucky to receive a number of submissions from the young and extremely talented Emmy C! Emmy is the creator of the beautiful Balloon Adventure Comic, as well as various other creations which you can find in her gallery at http://b1nd1.deviantart.com. Thank you, Emmy!

I was surprised to find that I had [...]

If you haven’t seen this talk by Elizabeth Gilbert from February’s TED Conference yet, you’ve been missing out. Liz made a splash when she gave a no-presentation-necessary, 20-minute talk on a different way to think about creative genius…and inadvertently got both a standing ovation, as well as one of the most emailed talks on the [...]

As mentioned on the “What is ArtBloom?” page, some of the inspiration for this website came from a video with Ira Glass of This American Life, originally hosted on Current.tv. While giving some advice on creation, Ira makes the point that all beginning creative professionals have a significant gap between what he calls their taste [...]