Last year, Origins Art Space (a small private art gallery in Williamsport, PA), did a gallery show of all the round 1 designs. Putting together a gallery show can feel intimidating. While it is definitely a lot of work, it’s very possible for a few people to put together a show. Joshua Troxler was one of the people who put together the gallery show in Williamsport and we asked him to share tips and advice that might help others who want to put on an Old & New gallery show. Thanks, Joshua!

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The Old & New show I helped put on at Origins Art Space last year ended up being a huge success. The pieces were seen by hundreds of people and still float around the community. A lot of hard work (and figuring things out) went into the gallery show, but it’s something anyone could do if they have the time and resources. Here are a few things that you might find helpful if you put on your own show. Read More

We’re gearing up for round 3 and once again we’ve got a killer lineup of artists. Ladies and gentlemen, the artist roster for round 3.

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We are currently working on the artist roster for round 3 which will launch this spring. In the past, the artist roster has been filled by us searching out and inviting specific artists. For round 3, we’d like to try something different. We’ll still have around 2/3 of the spots be filled by that traditional type of invite but we’d like to make the rest of the spots open for people to apply.

If you’d like to apply to be a contributing artist for round 3 of Old & New, email us and include a link to your portfolio. That link could be a portfolio site, Dribbble, Behance, etc. As long as we can see samples of your work.

Portfolio submissions will be accepted through mid-February.

A couple notes:

• These open spots will still be filled by invites. We will review the submitted portfolios and invite certain folks.
• Even though the subject of Old & New is the Bible, we pride ourselves on having artists from a variety of faith perspectives. In other words, you don’t need to be religious to apply.
• Due to volume of submissions we expect to receive and the limited amount of time we have, we will only reply to those we invite to participate.
• Portfolio submissions must come via email. We will not be accepting submissions via Facebook, Twitter, etc.

APPLY NOW!

[Editors Note: As always we want to support our contributing artists however we can. Chris recently illustrated The Book of Revelation, the entire final book of the Bible illustrated in graphic novel format. Preorders are open today, so check it out.]

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Recently, the nights fade into morning by waking up to the loud sounds of our baby Pearl talking jibberish and eventually crying her eyes out, then our son Marshall running around causing early morning chaos. My wife and I eventually roll out of bed, change diaper, make breakfast for Marshall, then for ourselves. I make the coffee, strong, French press. Turn on the stereo and play some soothing morning music. Sit, eat, drink, try to wake up, see what’s happening on the iPad, check emails (this morning screen time is a habit I honestly need to break). The rest of the day depends on whether or not I have any client work / deadlines. If so, I’ll get to drawing, Photoshopping, reference hunting, scanning, whatever’s necessary. If not, recently I’ve been making an effort to play and record music (if the house is quiet enough). The studio (at home) gets messy fast, so I’ll clean up here and there. Working from home, the days always have their fair share of parenting and house chores to do between my wife Annie and myself, in addition to work projects, which is sometimes fun, sometimes stressful, especially when under a heavy deadline. We have a big yard so it seems there’s always some kind of yard work to do. There’s almost always music playing in our home. After dinner around the table, mom and I get the boy in bed and enjoy the quiet by reading, watching Netflix, surfing the web, listening to music, laughing at our adorable baby girl, et cetera. Read More

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I wake up around 6:15 every day, get ready, then work on personal projects before leaving for Google at 7:41. Sometimes I do freelance work, but most times I’m just making something for fun, writing a blog post, or, if I’m feeling lazy, surfing Reddit. Right now I’m using the time to answer this Q&A. So from there I go to work and try my damndest to make the internet a better looking place, then head home and goof off until bedtime. Goofing off entails any number of things, from working on content for my blog to playing games with my fiancé. Sometimes I stay up into the early morning hours and work away on something if I’m excited about it, and sometimes I just fill all my free time with Diablo III. Read More

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Songwriting is another one of my loves. In my teenage years my brother and I decided to start a band even though neither of us knew how to play any sort of instrument. I started off playing the drums and eventually moved on to playing guitar, dabbling a little bit on the piano, and honing my skills on random wind instruments like pennywhistles, ocarinas and arabian flutes. (I bought some uilleann pipes, but they are quite formidable!)

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