A dotcom: boom!

I'm pleased to announce that glendonmellow.com is now live.




There shouldn't be too many bugs left, mainly I still have more artwork to upload. I'm going back and forth on the lead image, above. Should it have the text, or not?

After registering my domain with GoDaddy and deciding on deviantArt's new portfolio for my site template, the rest was fairly simple. There are not a lot of customizable choices on dA's portfolios, but I like the clean look.

What is it for? Well, time and again, I've read that art editors and directors prefer not to wade through the irrelevant-to-their-needs-stuff that makes a blog a blog, or deviantART, deviantArt. I wanted clean and simple, and something that aesthetically fits with both the blog and with my print shop. I've been blogging on The Flying Trilobite since March 2007, and it has been wonderful so far - no plans to stop!

2009 has been a busy year. I've had a number of commissions, art & interviews published in traditional print 7 times, any number of links & blog citations, a podcast interview and a reproduction is currently hanging in a Spanish museum. I'd love to eventually be busy enough to work on art & illustration as a source of income part-time (or full-time, dare to dream). I am hoping having a simple, glendonmellowdotcom will make this year even busier.


Let me know what you think of the dotcom!


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New Going Pro post discussing copyright

For all the amateur-eyeing-professional artists out there, I've put up a new post about copyright over at Art Evolved. Part of my Going Pro series.

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Original artwork on The Flying Trilobite Copyright to Glendon Mellow
under Creative Commons Licence.
Flying Trilobite Gallery *** Flying Trilobite Reproduction Shop ***

First "Going Pro" post at Art Evolved

The last couple of years online I feel I've learned a lot -especially about how much more I have to learn- regarding the business side of freelancing. So I've begun a series of posts to generate discussion and share resources with the rest of the Art Evolved bloggers and readership.

I'm calling the series, Going Pro....


Pretty soon, we'll look at issues surrounding copyright.

If you're not familiar with Art Evolved, its a group paleo-art blog that's growing and growing! Every two months we publish a free-for-all gallery for blog members and readers alike. Next up are the sauropods, the first week of November.

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Original artwork on The Flying Trilobite Copyright to Glendon Mellow
under Creative Commons Licence.
Flying Trilobite Gallery *** Flying Trilobite Reproduction Shop ***