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Today I joined illustrator Mike Lowery’s webinar on 10 portfolio mistakes and he encouraged us to draw during it \u2014 specifically to draw some bugs.<\/p>\n

So I did.<\/p>\n

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Today I joined illustrator Mike Lowery’s webinar on 10 portfolio mistakes and he encouraged us to draw during it \u2014 specifically to draw some bugs. 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