About Me

Ernestine Is an illustrator focusing on greeting cards. She lives in a cottage in the woods of a small town on the coast of Maine. Ernestine's artwork can be found on a number of online publishing sites.

Orphan Works Act of 2008

The government is trying to pass legislation that requires all artists to register their creations for a fee. If they are not registered, they would become "Orphaned Works" meaning that they have NO copyright and become public domain - so potentially...

Illustrating Greeting Cards

A place to discuss what we are doing to market illustrated greeting cards. Here is a place for us to share our suggestions and practices that have worked for us!

Collage

Collage used to mean lots of cutting and pasting, and of course it still is. Carefully attaching layers of papers, ephemera, and other collected items. But now it is also done digitally. There are as many techniques in collage as there are the artist...