![]() ![]() One is taking the time to try analyze the work of artists that inspire you: look at their brush strokes, their lighting and compositions, their color choices, and just as importantly, look at the artists that inspired THEM. There are two components to this next part. Check out Jake Parker’s How To Ink 2.0.Īlso be sure to give the 3-Point Perspective podcast a listen as Jake, Will and Lee cover various topics from overcoming roadblocks, starting an online shop, childrens book industry advice, and their latest one: How To Launch Your Kickstarter Like A Rocket Artists You Love ![]() A great time to sign up for that trial is now ahead of inktober to get familiar with inking tools and techniques before October gets here. What’s great about it is that you can get a 30 day free trial, so if you have the time, you could really throw yourself in for an intensive month before deciding whether or not to grab either a monthly or annual subscription. If you are completely new to drawing, you might want to go for their Foundation curriculum that takes you from the basics right through to the business end of things. ![]() But they aren’t the only teachers on the platform: there are a bunch who together have just shy of 100 different courses available there. Collectively they have published well over 50 books, and have all taught at university level. You’re probably aware of Inktober and Jake Parker who is part of the team behind SVSLearn and the 3-Point Perspective Podcast, together with Will Terry and Lee White. I have gained so much inspiration from just listening to these artists’ journeys. Also be sure to check out the SchoolismLive Youtube channel, and Bobby Chiu’s where he regularly interviews industry artists including those with courses on Schoolism. Look out for that around June and December. Schoolism offers a seasonal discount on their annual subscription and I can’t recommend this highly enough. The one series is conducted by Ian McCaig…you know…the guy behind the designs of Darth Maul and Queen Amidala. They offer relatively short, daily exercises to start your day with. Aside from the courses, there are also the Artist Workout series of which there are currently four. There are 26 instructors including Bobby Chiu, Stephen Silver, Victoria Ying, Jonathan Hardesty, Nathan Fowkes, Djamila Knopf, Terryl Whitlatch, and even Craig Mullins. It was started by Bobby Chiu of Imaginism Studios and Lightbox Expo, and has 35 courses covering a range of topics from the fundamentals of traditional and digital drawing, character and environment design, painting in oils, caricature, visual development and more. I’m currently signed up with Schoolism and thoroughly enjoying it. Some are specifically art focused with selected industry professionals, like Schoolism and SVSLearn, while others are much broader in the skills being offered such as SkillShare and Udemy, and where anyone with something to teach can contribute to the platform. There are quite a few of these popping up. Thankfully, online schools, courses and tutorials with professional artists working in different fields across the arts and entertainment industries are becoming more and more accessible, and often have online community spaces as well where you can share your projects, ask for feedback etc. One of the main pros for me though was the community aspect… making friends and working together with them for three years, pushing one another and always having someone close by to bounce an idea off of was valuable for me. ![]() I studied printmaking at the university in my hometown (where illustration wasn’t really a thing there at the time, just over 10 years ago), and on top of your tuition fees, there are also materials costs to consider which, if you have a rather ambitious final-year project, can add up to quite a bit. There are pros and cons of course, but let’s be real… art schools are not cheap. It’s a bit of a longer post, so top up your caffeine vessel of choice and let’s get into it as we look at painting tutorials and other online learning resources, hardware you might need, and software options.įirst off I want to say that a brick and mortar art school is not at all a necessity. Then these may be some things you’d like to consider on the path. Or maybe, like me, you’ve been at it a little while and are just trying to sharpen those skills to become a better independent artist. Maybe you’re a beginner artist dreaming about one day become a hot-shot concept artist, working for video games and movies, or become a comics or children’s book illustrator. ![]()
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