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I am Louma El-Khoury and Pokidots! studio is my design studio.
I am a product designer & an illustrator. Welcome to my blog! The place where I will be sharing my experience as a self employed artist, as well as thoughts on art, illustration, design, fashion, inspiration, and other things. I ♥ comments; don't be shy!Recent Posts
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Category Archives: Organizing
Building an art portfolio for licensing while doing other design work.
Licensing artists must have a big collection of images, illustrations or patterns that are available to license to manufacturers. So a licensing artist must keep on creating new art to make sure this collection or art database is regularly updated … Continue reading
How Chicktionary is like working.
The game Do you know Chicktionary? It’s a word game, like Scrabble, that I’ve been recently addicted to playing on my iPod. You basically get 7 letters that you have to use to spell as many words as you can. … Continue reading
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Twitter favorites, Instapaper and organizing online readings.
I have a confession: I peak into my Twitter friends’ Favorite tweets. Well, if I follow the people I follow, it means I am interested in most of what they have to say, right? And if they are selecting tweets … Continue reading
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Should I, or should I not protect my online portfolio with a password?
As a licensing artist, I have an online gallery of illustrations which I protect with a password. I only share that password with potential customers with serious inquiries about my work. I publicly display only some of my illustrations, a few pieces … Continue reading
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How do you manage your work schedule?
Sometimes in my studio, work is peaceful, deadlines are far, and time is smooth… Then one morning, an email comes in with a new project and a new date. Great! More work is good! I’ll just skip the bike ride this afternoon… … Continue reading














