This Artist Was Offered A Full-Time Job After Someone On The Internet Properly Credited Her Work

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This Artist Was Offered A Full-Time Job After Someone On The Internet Properly Credited Her Work

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“However, more often than not, people will liberally share artists’ work without attribution. (Just ask any self-employed artist online about this.)“By doing this, they are making it more difficult for people interested in our work to find us, and therefore, losing chances of getting a job,” López explained.“For someone who lives [off] occasional commissions, it’s vital that every work we share has a proper credit."In late October, López received an email from a Spanish editorial company asking if they’d be interested testing for a position as an illustrator.”

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Artist Spotlight - LeUyen Pham

This is LeUyen (Pronounced Le Win) Pham:

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Even though she is stunningly beautiful, she prefers this picture of herself instead:

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LeUyen is not only lovely and incredibly talented, she’s also a wonderful person who is dedicated to diversity and WNDB’s mission. She’s created this beautiful piece which is featured on our wonderful WNDB Art Poster (you can get with a donation to our Indiegogo campaign), as well as on our new WNDB bookmarks, which you can also get if you donate to our campaign.

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Isn’t it beautiful? LeUyen’s biography should read as follows: LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of over fifty children’s books, with titles including the best-selling “Freckleface Strawberry” series with Julianne Moore, God’s Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as well as her own self-authored Big Sister, Little Sister. Etc, etc. But LeUyen would rather share with you this bio instead:

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Isn’t she awesome? For more information, please check out her beautiful art at Leuyenpham.com. And stay tuned for more Artist Spotlights!

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