So, you want to take shot at working full time as a freelance artist or designer? Ellen Million walks you through the basics of getting started down the road of the self-employed.

Join Leo Winstead as he deals with one of the basic elements of art- composition. Informal composition, where elements from left to right or top to bottom vary significantly, it is important to keep in mind that the entire image and not just the focus of the image has to be taken into account.

Epilogue Editor Patrick McEvoy shares some of his favorite art instruction books, why they’re his favorites, and some ideas about what to look for when deciding which books to add to your collection.

This is an easy pen-and-ink tutorial (by long time Epilogue editor Socar Myles) that anyone can follow, especially beginners.

Stephanie Law gives us a walk-through of the steps used to create her image “Oak Dryad”. Get your pencils sharpened and a clean sheet of paper and learn from a master!

OK, today we’re going to talk about possibly the most important subject for any artist - your working space.

This in-depth, step-by-step tutorial by Joel Hoekstra shows how he created his piece “Lost City of the Amazons”. This tutorial is aimed at traditional artists who use Photoshop and other software packages to mimic traditional painting techniques.

Traditional artist Paul Butvila shows us the steps he took in creating his piece “Kokaki”, which was featured recently in Art Scene International magazine.

Erich Schreiner takes us through the digital painting process he used to create “Mea Culpa”, a dark, sensual work inspired by the fantasy art master Luis Royo.

Learn the steps to create a dramatic, yet believable alien creature in this digital art tutorial by Emrah Elmasli.