Free Painting #3 - Majora's Mask

As part of my free painting program, I pick one idea submitted via email each week, and send that painting to the requester free of charge. This painting was a hand made mold that was requested to look like Majora's mask, form the famous Legend of Zelda series.

I think I did a good job??

1. You email me a request for what I should paint you.

2. I paint one request a week.

3. I mail that painting to the requester for FREE! (Not even a shipping charge).

4. I share each painting to my Twitter and Instagram.

------------One painting 8"x8" painting of your choice. cedricalessandro@gmail.com

Free Painting #5 - Frostmourne

This painting was done for a friend of mine, he kept asking for "Ffrostmourne", so here it is. As part of the free painting program, most of the free paintings are done Alla Prima, and in a modern art style. I drew inspiration for this piece directly off of the notorious PC game Warcraft.

1. You email me a request for what I should paint you.

2. I paint one request a week.

3. I mail that painting to the requester for FREE! (Not even a shipping charge).

4. I post each painting to my Instagram.

------------One painting 8"x8" painting of your choice. cedricalessandro@gmail.com

Free Painting #4 - Weeping Willow

The Wilow tree, requested by Kimberly N. the original request is below.

"Hi Cedric,
I came across your website today through Twitter and I see that you do one free painting per week. I have an idea for a painting if you'll consider it. I am obsessed with weeping willows and how magical they seem to be. I would love a painting of a weeping willow, maybe in an open area, or near a pond. Just an idea anyway.
Keep up the amazing work! I LOVE Dream 15. Everything about it.
Thanks,
Kimberly"

Painting a free painting every week can get quite complicated. I haven't painted a willow tree before and this seems like a good enough request that I can paint it on a small canvas, and I can paint it in a few hours. Overall I am satisfied with this painting.

1. You email me a request for what I should paint you.

2. I paint one request a week.

3. I mail that painting to the requester for FREE! (Not even a shipping charge).

4. I post each painting to my Twitter and Instagram.

------------One painting 8"x8" painting of your choice. cedricalessandro@gmail.com

Trying: who knows what that means???

I'll do what it takes and try my  best to get commissions and work. Often resulting in NO work. I'm a little spammy, a little impersonal. Just like other situations in life, you only get better by trying. 

NOTE: You can not get better at dying.

We all see this, people try and sell their tweets, mentions in blogs. I get strangers off the street saying I should be in their gallery, or art something, trying to sell me stuff, overpriced prints, expensive thousand dollar colored pencils, tickets to events; trying to convince me it'll pay off. No one should ever have to convince you of anything. 

There are a lot of  awards you can buy, for example. You can get published in artbooks from $60-$2500, depending on how well they hide the bought space. A Raw artist nomination will cost you about $200, a lot of social media promotion, in the end, you look like an idiot at some event desperately begging for someone to look at your work. (My experience was a line of signatures, photos, and facebook friend requests, and of course being overly drunk)

There are lots of events and award ceremonies that do nothing for your career. Resumes are useless, experience isn't. Do what it takes... even if its cold calling, or copy-pasting some generic message all over the freaking internet. Trying is getting your hands in the freaking dirt, and pulling something good out of it, never giving up. Just doing it. It's no days off, no rest, no concern about people's opinion of you.

Thank you for your time,
Cedric C.