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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

That’s great advice. Thanks for sharing!

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Avi Steinberg's avatar

My pleasure! Thanks for reading.

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Mariuccia's avatar

Avi, will be Sam Gross to someone. Keep drawing. Keep sharing. You inspire me!

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Avi Steinberg's avatar

Aww thank you. I definitely hope I can pay it forward.

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Alberto Tirado's avatar

Hey... That IS one of our cats! :D

ETA: I try to photograph people the way I feel. People don't like me. "Their loss", I keep telling myself.

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Avi Steinberg's avatar

I love the idea about trying to photograph someone the way I feel. I definitely don’t know enough about photography to have any opinion on it.

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Beverley Kort's avatar

Totally my challenge as well. I have a hard time drawing from memory. Default too quickly to references.

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Avi Steinberg's avatar

I remember reading somewhere that people have different levels of recall in their mind about how accurately they can visualize something. I’m definitely not one of the best.

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Christopher Manson's avatar

One of Sam's cartoons popped up in my Facebook feed. And they gave him credit!!

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Avi Steinberg's avatar

Hahah awesome!

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MichaelinHfx's avatar

I haven’t decided if the bag is a purse or a bucket with a paint brush.

It’s both!

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Avi Steinberg's avatar

I forget!

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Thomas Horgan's avatar

we have some good political cartoonist. Many feature on "Talking Pictures with Mike Bowers". The highliht of "Insiders" on Sunday Morning ABC. Here is an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgzIOo7RSIM

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