Mission Statement

Welcome to the blog of Storyteller's Workshop, Inc.

I'm Ted Slampyak. Storyteller's Workshop is the studio of me and my wife, Jennifer Rae Atkins. I've been a freelance illustrator for twenty years, specializing in comics and storyboards, as well as spot illustrations, posters and even vintage style postcard illustrations. Storyteller's Workshop has been my business name for over ten years now. Jennifer's work includes animal illustrations as well as graphic design and museum exhibit design and development. She's done occasional work for the studio for the past three years in addition to her own brilliant career.

This blog will detail the studio's latest work and newest directions, showing projects in development and discussing the process. (Clients, take note: I will never discuss projects or show work, in progress or finished, without your prior consent.) I'll give tutorials and tips on illustration techniques and talk about all aspects of freelancing, and share other articles, illustrations and illustrators I find interesting online.

And of course, I'll invite discussions with you on all this as well. The whole point of a blog, as opposed to just a web site, is the interactivity of it all. I want to hear from you, and I know you'll have insights and perspectives I'll have never thought of. And together, we'll have fun!

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Back to New Mexico!

My wife and I will be moving back to New Mexico in June!

Here's the backstory, for those of you who just joined us...

I was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia. Ten years ago, I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, after having visited there briefly with my girlfriend at the time. She moved back East after less than a year, but I knew I was home to stay!

And stay I did. I bought a beautiful pueblo-stlyed house, met and married my amazing wife Jennifer, and loved the fresh, dry air, the big, sunny skies and the majestic beauty of New Mexico.

Two years ago, my talented wife was picked for a prestigious graduate program at the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia. The two-year program was for museum exhibit design & development -- the only such program in the nation. Only nine students get in each year. And she was one of them!

So, off we move back to my old haunting grounds, determined to get back to New Mexico if we possibly could.

And now, with Jennifer's diploma and a wonderful body of work in her hand, we're heading back to that Land of Enchantment just as soon as we can manage it! We'll see you there real soon!

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First Post!

Many bloggers look back on their first posts, months later, and marvel and the feebleness of their first attempt. But I plan on doing that immediately with this first post.

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