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Are You Ready to Call Yourself an Illustrator Yet?
Are You Ready to Call Yourself an Illustrator Yet?
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jan 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
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HOW TO SUPPORTMy team and I work hard to produce each episode for this podcast. You can support what we're doing by joining me on Patreon at http://Patreon.com/tomfroeseYou can also support me by taking my Skillshare classes. Visit http://tomfroese.com/teaching to find links to all my classes. Use these links and get 30 days of free membership on Skillshare!IN THIS EPISODEOpening - What is an Imposter?Main Content - When can you call yourself an illustrator?My Story - I was ashamed to call myself what I dreamed of becomingJob Readiness - How can you feel READY to be an illustrator?Job Identity - How can you feel entitled to IDENTIFY as an illustrator?Conclusion - Final encouragement and a quick test to see if you're an illustrator or notListener Mail - "I fundamentally disagree." LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEAbout Elizabeth Holmes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_HolmesA Beginner's Guide to Illustration - https://www.format.com/online-portfolio-website/illustrator/guideAssociation of Illustrators - https://theaoi.comSociety of Illustrators - https://societyillustrators.orgIsland Illustrators (Vancouver Island) - https://www.islandillustrators.org PODCAST TEAM/CREDITS Julia Herrick, Script Editorhttps://julesherrick.com Mark Allan Falk, Audio/Video Engineerhttp://markallanfalk.com FIND ME ELSEWHERE http://linktr.ee/mrtomfroese
Released:
Jan 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (36)
How Do You Know if Your Work is Good?: In today’s episode we'll look at why making "good" work isn't the best goal to have. We'll look at more helpful ways to judge whether our work is WORKING or not. This will help you become better at critiquing your own work, and being more objective about it. Also: what self-taught illustrators miss out on by not going to art school; why open briefs are a nightmare for me, and what happened when a hamburger restaurant asked me to make "some wall art" for them. by Thoughts on Illustration