Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
How do you get started when you know nothing about illustration? Dan Cumberland (host of The Meaning Movement Podcast) and I chat all about starting from zero as an illustrator. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, LIKING SHARING, AND SUBSCRIBING.
CHECK OUT DAN'S CALLING COURSE
Five Clues to Your Calling (Free Mini-Course)
thecallingcourse.com
THE MEANING MOVEMENT PODCAST
themeaningmovement.com/podcast
OUR CONVERSATION ON THE MEANING MOVEMENT
themeaningmovement.com/career-change-engineer
DRAW ALONG WITH KYLE
youtube.com/results?search_query=draw+along+with+kyle
TIME STAMPS
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:48 - Chit-chat (Moment of honesty)
0:01:55 - Start of Our Conversation
0:03:27 - Where to start illustrating when you're at the very beginning?
0:06:46 - Do I have to draw realistically to learn illustration?
0:26:03 - How much of style development is intentional?
0:28:56 - If I want to have more direction or guidance, where can I find it?
0:35:31 - Different kinds of illustration techniques to learn
0:42:50 - On building up a repertoire of things you can draw: "Can you imagine what this phone would feel like if you licked it?"
0:45:51 - How important is it to learn specific media? Does it matter what software or techniques you learn when starting out?
0:50:08 - How can I include my kids as I learn illustration?
0:57:04 - Me to Dan: What would you like to share with our audience?
0:58:14 - We briefly talk about our common audience: career transitioners and late bloomers
1:02:46 - Outro
FIND ME ELSEWHERE
Teaching: skillshare.com/tomfroese
Instagram: instagram.com/mrtomfroese
Twitter: twitter.com/tomfroese
Web: tomfroese.com
How do you get started when you know nothing about illustration? Dan Cumberland (host of The Meaning Movement Podcast) and I chat all about starting from zero as an illustrator. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, LIKING SHARING, AND SUBSCRIBING.
CHECK OUT DAN'S CALLING COURSE
Five Clues to Your Calling (Free Mini-Course)
thecallingcourse.com
THE MEANING MOVEMENT PODCAST
themeaningmovement.com/podcast
OUR CONVERSATION ON THE MEANING MOVEMENT
themeaningmovement.com/career-change-engineer
DRAW ALONG WITH KYLE
youtube.com/results?search_query=draw+along+with+kyle
TIME STAMPS
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:48 - Chit-chat (Moment of honesty)
0:01:55 - Start of Our Conversation
0:03:27 - Where to start illustrating when you're at the very beginning?
0:06:46 - Do I have to draw realistically to learn illustration?
0:26:03 - How much of style development is intentional?
0:28:56 - If I want to have more direction or guidance, where can I find it?
0:35:31 - Different kinds of illustration techniques to learn
0:42:50 - On building up a repertoire of things you can draw: "Can you imagine what this phone would feel like if you licked it?"
0:45:51 - How important is it to learn specific media? Does it matter what software or techniques you learn when starting out?
0:50:08 - How can I include my kids as I learn illustration?
0:57:04 - Me to Dan: What would you like to share with our audience?
0:58:14 - We briefly talk about our common audience: career transitioners and late bloomers
1:02:46 - Outro
FIND ME ELSEWHERE
Teaching: skillshare.com/tomfroese
Instagram: instagram.com/mrtomfroese
Twitter: twitter.com/tomfroese
Web: tomfroese.com
