dotspot.co.uk https://www.dotspot.co.uk/ Dotti Colvin Children's Book Illustrator and cartoonist Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:40:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Avatar_ME-32x32.jpg dotspot.co.uk https://www.dotspot.co.uk/ 32 32 How to avoid being scammed by an AI illustrator https://www.dotspot.co.uk/how-to-avoid-being-scammed-by-an-ai-illustrator-2/ https://www.dotspot.co.uk/how-to-avoid-being-scammed-by-an-ai-illustrator-2/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:05:19 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=10900 I’ve seen this many times on the Indie author forums. Indie authors paying an illustrator who they think is legitimate only to discover that they are creating work using AI, and slowly the things don’t add up and after a few requests things go quiet…and their money is gone.

How can you avoid this nightmare yourself?

Here I explain 8 telltale signs to look out for!

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]]> https://www.dotspot.co.uk/how-to-avoid-being-scammed-by-an-ai-illustrator-2/feed/ 0 6 reasons to use an AI illustrator instead of a real one. https://www.dotspot.co.uk/reasons-to-use-an-ai-illustrator/ https://www.dotspot.co.uk/reasons-to-use-an-ai-illustrator/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:27:45 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=10833 I’ve seen this many times on the Indie author forums. Indie authors paying an illustrator who they think is legitimate only to discover that they are creating work using AI, and slowly the things don’t add up and after a few requests things go quiet…and their money is gone.

How can you avoid this nightmare yourself?

Here I explain 8 telltale signs to look out for!

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]]> https://www.dotspot.co.uk/reasons-to-use-an-ai-illustrator/feed/ 0 Dead pet? Is a cartoon appropriate? https://www.dotspot.co.uk/dead-pets-is-a-cartoon-appropriate/ https://www.dotspot.co.uk/dead-pets-is-a-cartoon-appropriate/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:34:19 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=10178 When a dear friend of mine lost their beloved dog recently, and I could see that the loss was immense, I decided to draw a little cartoon in order to comfort them. She said she cried tears of joy when she read it, and yes, it did make her smile in the gloom. 

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]]> https://www.dotspot.co.uk/dead-pets-is-a-cartoon-appropriate/feed/ 0 How to Use Humour when your Kids Pet Drops Dead… https://www.dotspot.co.uk/using-humour-to-help-kids-with-loss/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:14:26 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=10167 It's a terrible moment, one you knew was coming...but hoped it was waaaay in the future... the family pet drops dead. GAH.

It happened to our poor ole fluffball, P. J, named rather poignantly after my late sister, and unfortunately it happened overnight, so fast, and we can only imagine that he was...

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]]> Episode 2: PROTECT YOUR ART FROM AI https://www.dotspot.co.uk/episode-2-protect-your-work-from-ai/ Thu, 30 May 2024 14:04:53 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=8912 Hello peeps, fellow curious minds! 

Guess what's the hottest topic right now in the creative arena? Yesss, AI. And as someone who's always up for a good laugh, I can't help but wonder how it's going to affect my clients and my work in the future.

In this mini-series of blogs, I will be looking at what all the fuss is about.

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