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In Recognition of Exemplary Membership and an Outstanding Spirit of helpfulness and mentoring within the DeviantArt community Introducing Qinni (https://www.deviantart.com/qinni)     `Qinni (https://www.deviantart.com/qinni) Heya, I’m Qing. I’m a background painter for an animation studio in Canada who likes to just draw my own concepts and girls for fun in my off-work time. This is why you won’t be seeing backgrounds in my personal work; I deal with it too much at work, hahaha. I still remember the moment my highschool friend introduced me to DeviantArt, back in 2005. I grew up in a family that disapproved of me doing art, so I wasn’t allowed to draw at home. DA was really the

Saturday kicked off Day 3 of Comic-Con, and the crowds poured onto the convention floor to start the weekend in Geek Style. At noon, deviantART hosted our final panel: How to Supercharge Your deviantART Profile Like the Masters.  Moderated by none other than our fearless ninja, Angelo (aka spyed (https://www.deviantart.com/spyed)), we were honored to have the following superstars share their deviantART experiences with the crowd: - Adam Warren (AdamWarren (https://www.deviantart.com/adamwarren) -- “The Dirty Pair,” “Empowered”) - Mark Brooks (diablo2003 (https://www.deviantart.com/diablo2003), from Marvel Comics) - Jim Zubkavich (Zubby (https://www.deviantart.com/zubby) -- Project Manager of Creative Services, Udon Entertainment) - Dave Ell

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"Generally, the good graphic novels fetch $100 - $300 per page, although professionals who have been in the industry for a long time can command as much as three times that amount. In fact, one elite illustrator commanded as much as $1,000 a page (on a 22-page comic book)! Most of the popular titles that artists, like David Cassaday, work on are monthly issues, which end up providing him with a six-figure salary. The back-end royalties on merchandise, trade paperbacks and movie royalties are also generous." http://www.freelancewriting.com/articles/how-to-become-a-comic-book-artist.php "In 2008, Sean Jordan, founder of Army Ant Publishing, c