https://www.marissavaldez.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-12-19 https://www.marissavaldez.com/blog/the-who-what-when-where-and-whys-of-getting-an-agent monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/d38daa80-c6ea-4fde-887e-2d5d1683fa21/Scan_2_copy.jpg Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/161e07a1-6b19-4390-8a9f-2a2e81344287/Scan_4_copy.jpg Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out It can feel a little scary sending your precious portfolio into the big, wide world! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/1686673777044-F0CVUD5SPNOD82FGXG1C/Screen+Shot+2023-06-13+at+5.23.57+PM.png Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/1686673777344-58PJOCFSIT2ELT05U0BK/Screen+Shot+2023-06-13+at+5.24.20+PM.png Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/1686673780202-JPWM1I6TEF6O2WZ2EE5Q/Screen+Shot+2023-06-13+at+5.24.35+PM.png Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/1686673782445-0Q81LULTU02WBNTM8EOF/Screen+Shot+2023-06-13+at+5.25.03+PM.png Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/7d357d0f-5281-417f-b507-5c4576ccd564/Scan_3_copy.jpg Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out What it sometimes felt like for me when I was querying agents. Better finished than perfect though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/17663708-a8f2-4a65-99cc-b7c7f921e757/Screen+Shot+2023-06-15+at+3.33.43+PM.png Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/95721c83-5506-4127-830a-e00ee6e9cca8/Screen+Shot+2023-06-15+at+11.58.50+PM.png Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out A screenshot of my Google Sheets agent organizer from 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/467377e4-8f10-4716-8f6f-4ec6a7e0f758/Scan_5_copy.jpg Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/d388d6e1-9852-4a11-9e42-2f76d38453f0/IMG_0434.JPG Blog - The Who, What, When, Where and Whys of Getting an Agent - Make it stand out A hot day holding some hot new books! But seriously, I was sweating here… https://www.marissavaldez.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-a-painting-experiment monthly 0.5 2023-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/7ce1d408-b3c2-42a5-bd37-4ab7bdb3ed3c/Untitled-9.jpg Blog - Pros and Cons of a Painting Experiment - Make it stand out Gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil respectively. @marissaarts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/a79474c9-d2f2-470c-a339-0727ab6d5266/IMG_9919.jpg Blog - Pros and Cons of a Painting Experiment - Make it stand out Initial cat space sketch on Bristol board. @marissaarts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/1cfe1767-7df1-4798-b611-0fee5bf7ec93/IMG_9903.jpg Blog - Pros and Cons of a Painting Experiment - Make it stand out The finished gouache painting. 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A messy but realistic studio :) https://www.marissavaldez.com/blog/brainstorm-art-storm-storystorm monthly 0.5 2023-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/d8657e9f-dd8a-40cb-a949-67f10259486d/Scan_8_copy+2.jpg Blog - Brainstorm, Art-storm, Storystorm! - Make it stand out Made with watercolor pencils and procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/e3075359-f3a5-41ba-9774-7201cb514524/Scan_10_copy.jpg Blog - Brainstorm, Art-storm, Storystorm! - Make it stand out Made with watercolor pencils and procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/cf631c9f-50b4-44ec-be17-16371093a8e3/IMG_9075+copy.jpg Blog - Brainstorm, Art-storm, Storystorm! - Make it stand out Some character thumbnails I made for a sea monkey kid! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565f82f6e4b0a6f078d5bc10/6be5b1e3-e7b4-42f8-8ec2-f4a3cf13507b/Scan_9_copy.jpg Blog - Brainstorm, Art-storm, Storystorm! - Make it stand out Pterosaur tortellini, anyone? 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