The Artistic Gap

"It's only by actually going through a volume of work that...the work you are making will be as good as your ambitions."
—Ira Glass*

Bookplate from the British Museum,
via Pinterest

*Brain Pickings

Who's Stealing Your Joy?

 "The only writer to whom I should be comparing myself is the writer I was yesterday." 

—Emma Dryden

Art Nouveau style bookplate by Ludwig Hohlwein
Courtesy Iparmuveszéti Múzeum

Portfolio Perspective

“If you can look at your earlier work and cringe a little, that means you’ve improved.”
—Dan Santat*

Library Trees bookplate by Melanie Amaral

*Via SCBWI: The Blog