What’s Your Art Licensing Story?

I often talk about how so many artists in licensing came to the industry in some odd and twisty way.  “Tripped over speed bumps”, were snuck in the side door… very few deliberately said, “I want to license my art.” first and foremost.

I love to hear people’s stories!  How they ended up doing whatever they are doing.  Have they always done that? Did they grow up “knowing” that is what they wanted to do?

So I have a video project in mind and I’d LOVE for you to join in the fun. Any artist who submits a video will get a $20 coupon towards any eBook, Ask Call Replay, Art Licensing Mindset Series or Teleseminar from ArtLicensingInfo.com.  There are a few rules to play… click here for submission details.

The videos are posted in the order received.

Here is a list of names you can click on to go directly to their story (in alphabetical order)

• Kathy Alpert • Trish Biddle • David Billings • Paul Brent • Jennifer Brinley • Drew Brophy • Debra Jordan Bryan • Debra Cortese • Karen Embry• Cherish Flieder • Cindy Ann Ganaden • Jen Goode • Heidi Gray • Barbara Harvie • Khristian A Howell • Pilar Johnson • Paula Manning Lewis • Beth Logan• Brady Lovell •Christine Marsh • Xenos Mesa • Kate Mawdsley • Tara Reed • Stephanie & Bonnie Sakoff • Jill Seale • Karyn Servin • Jane Shasky • Sharyn Sowell • Jamie Stevens • Sara Taylor • Linda Tieu • Leyla Torres • BarbTourtillotte • Deb Trotter • Julie Ueland • Libby Unwin • Tom Weinkle • Cindy Yost • Sue Zipkin • Viv!

Tara Reed
TaraReedDesigns.com

 

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Jen Goode – JGoode Designs
JGoodeDesigns.com

 

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David Billings – Sparky Firepants
SparkyFirepants.com

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Xenos Mesa – Illustrator / Graphic Artist
XenosMesa.com

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Libby Unwim – Graphic Artist / Licensed Artist
lugraphics.com

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Leyla Torres – Illustrator / Licensed Artist
LeylaTorresDesigns.com

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Christine Marsh – Licensed Artist
ChristineMarsh.com

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Jamie Stevens – Illustrator
JamieStevensIllustrator.com

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Khristian Howell – Surface Design & Photography
KhristianAHowell.com

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Barbara Harvie – Licensed Artist
BLHStudios.com

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Deb Trotter – Licensed Artist
DebTrotter.com

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Heidi Gray – Graphic Designer / artist
ezmeraldasboutique.etsy.com

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Cherish Flieder – Something to Cherish LLC
SomethingToCherish.com

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Paul Brent – Licensed Artist
PaulBrent.com

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Pilar Johnson – Chief PUFF
PUFFYP.com

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Sue Zipkin – licensed artist
SueZipkin.com

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Julie Ueland – licensed artist
JulieUeland.com

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Beth Logan – licensed artist
ArtStuffLtd.com

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Karen Embry – licensed artist
KarenEmbry.com

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Sharyn Sowell- licensed artist
SharynSowellArtBlog.blogspot.com

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Cindy Yost – licensed artist
CindyYostDesigns.com

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Cindy Ann Ganaden- licensed artist
CindyMedia.com

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Karyn Servin – licensed artist
KarynServin.com

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Drew Brophy, Surf Lifestyle Artist
www.DrewBrophy.com

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Jane Shasky – licensed artist
JaneShasky.com

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Paula Manning Lewis – licensed artist
PaulaManningLewis.com

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Linda Tieu- artist
LindaTieu.com

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Jill Seale – licensed artist
JillSeale.com

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Trish Biddle – licensed artist
TrishBiddle.com

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Barb Tourtillotte- licensed artist
TurtleCrossings.com

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Kathy Alpert- licensed artist
PostmarkPress.com

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Stephanie & Bonnie Sakoff – licensed artist
LuckyBonBon.com

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Viv! – licensed artist
VivEisner.com

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Kate Mawdsley – licensed artist
KateMawdsley.com

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Debra Cortese – licensed artist
DebraCortese.com

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Tom Weinkle – licensed artist
ArtsOrganism.com

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Debra Jordan Bryan – licensed artist
www.DebraJordanBryan.com

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Brady Lovell of Fat Tabby Studio- licensed artist
www.FatTabbyStudio.com

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Sara Taylor – licensed artist
www.SaraTaylor.co.uk

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Jennifer Brinley – licensed artist
Jennifer’s agent’s website – LevisonDesign.com

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

To share your story and get your bonus $20 coupon, there are a few  RULES:

1.  You must create a video that tells ‘your art licensing story’. (see some video suggestions if you are new to video: see if your computer will record a movie with you talking into the camera, grab a FlipVideo camera, Using iMovie, and  how to get your video on YouTube)

You can be at any point in your story – just heard about licensing and starting to learn to working in licensing for decades.  The more variety the better!
It doesn’t have to be a live video but must include a photo of you and some samples of your art if you choose to do a photo montage.

Some ideas of what you can include (but not required)

Why licensing appeals to you
How you heard about art licensing
How long you have been in or learning about licensing
What you are doing to succeed in licensing
What you like or expect to like about licensing your art
Tell and/or show your website so people can find you.

2.  Post your video to YouTube
Include the following tags or keywords, as well as any that are relevant to you (like your name, company or art medium):  art licensing, art licensing info
In the description, include: “This is in reply to the Art Licensing Stories Collection hosted by Tara Reed at www.ArtLicensingInfo.com/stories.html”

3.  email the following to me:

Your name / company name (whatever you want listed under your video)
Your website url (I’ll like to to it)
the url link to your video
the embed code for your video
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