Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is the first of a series of videos about How to Become an Illustrator for a Living. In today's video, we'll start at the beginning with Knowing Your Art (What kind of illustration do you want to do for a living?) and Laying Down some Foundational Art Skills.
VIDEO LINKS
The Creative Career Path Handbook (Andy J. Pizza)
etsy.com/ca/listing/630655200/the-creative-career-path-handbook
Inky Maps! Illustrate a Beautiful Map Using Digital and Analog Techniques (Tom Froese)
https://skl.sh/2Ot8zkK
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Betty Edwards)
drawright.com
Color Theory for Beginners: A Fun Beginner's Guide to Creative Colour (Brooke Glaser)
https://skl.sh/2Ldo5oO
Drawing Toward Illustration: Connect How You Draw with How You Illustrate (Tom Froese)
https://skl.sh/30viGwW
FIND ME ELSEWHERE
Instagram: instagram.com/mrtomfroese
Twitter: twitter.com/tomfroese
Web: tomfroese.com
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Step 1: Know Your Art
8:13 - Step 2: Develop Foundational Art Skills
14:20 - Summary
15:35 - Actionable Next Steps and Reflection Questions
16:50 - Outro
MUSIC
Talky Beat by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: twinmusicom.org/song/265/talky-beat
Artist: twinmusicom.org
Rhodesia by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: twinmusicom.org
This is the first of a series of videos about How to Become an Illustrator for a Living. In today's video, we'll start at the beginning with Knowing Your Art (What kind of illustration do you want to do for a living?) and Laying Down some Foundational Art Skills.
VIDEO LINKS
The Creative Career Path Handbook (Andy J. Pizza)
etsy.com/ca/listing/630655200/the-creative-career-path-handbook
Inky Maps! Illustrate a Beautiful Map Using Digital and Analog Techniques (Tom Froese)
https://skl.sh/2Ot8zkK
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Betty Edwards)
drawright.com
Color Theory for Beginners: A Fun Beginner's Guide to Creative Colour (Brooke Glaser)
https://skl.sh/2Ldo5oO
Drawing Toward Illustration: Connect How You Draw with How You Illustrate (Tom Froese)
https://skl.sh/30viGwW
FIND ME ELSEWHERE
Instagram: instagram.com/mrtomfroese
Twitter: twitter.com/tomfroese
Web: tomfroese.com
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Step 1: Know Your Art
8:13 - Step 2: Develop Foundational Art Skills
14:20 - Summary
15:35 - Actionable Next Steps and Reflection Questions
16:50 - Outro
MUSIC
Talky Beat by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: twinmusicom.org/song/265/talky-beat
Artist: twinmusicom.org
Rhodesia by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: twinmusicom.org
