What is the best advice for an artist submission?

What is the best advice for an artist submission?

Randy Stradley (Senior Editor of Dark Horse Comics) gives expert video advice on: How can an artist submit his work to you?; What is the ideal artist portfolio?; Do you prefer reviewing original or photocopies? and more...

Try before you show your portfolio, try to get a realistic assessment of your skill level and you do that by showing your work to somebody other than your family and friends who are all going to say, "Oh yeah, that's great." They're not really going to be honest with you. So if you can find another comic artist to show your work to or strangers sometime or a teacher or something like that. Find out if you're ready to be showing your work to try and get a professional job. Then when you do show your work, treat it like it's a job interview. Be serious about it, come prepared. Don't come with a bunch of excuses like well I didn't have time to finish these pages, well yeah because COMICON only happens once a year so it totally took you by surprise didn't it? Those things don't fly. I want to see you show up as if you were doing a job interview.