When you mentioned finding a class to learn about design; Today Art Station Learning went free for the rest of the year thanks to a grant from Epic Games. I think there are definitely courses on there about that. And more. Over 160 courses. Definitely something to take advantage of as an artist!
What a very humble, honest & egoless teacher! As an art & design graduate with a bachelors degree, my university training was seriously lacking in the lovely qualities that Will Terry possesses! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!
I must have adhd because after watching this for 5 minutes my mind was just wandering all over the place. Maybe I should right an adult illustrated book about adults who cannot keep a train of thought.....a guy goes to the coffee shop and ends up at the zoo instead because he is easily distracted by fleeting thoughts.
Thank God I came across this video of yours. I love drawings and always have that difficulty to get the right color for my drawings that's why I ended up drawing in black and white (I draw digitally). I am so grateful that I got to learn these tips from you. Definitely helps a lot! Thank you so much, Will Terry!
What about doing a book like Dinotopia? Books with more text then pictures, but not children's books. Illustrated YA. I've been told repeatedly that it "talks down" to readers, while graphic novels are becoming increasingly necessary to engage kids in literature.
I would love to see a start to finish video of an illustration done in acrylic. Many thanks in advance. Just trying different mediums and would love to see how you use the medium.
You provide so much value in a video and you explain so well. I can’t wait to purchase your classes. This is one of the best sales technique you could’ve done. Congrats, and thank you
Thank you so much for the video and lessons ! Great work, I love the idea in your illustration. But I must say that it felt a bit uneasy to look at the turlte because it seems to be supposed to be walking but it's almost only standing on one 'foot'. I actually had to ggogle it but turtles seem to walk by moving opposite 'legs' at a time :)
Thank you so much for telling us how to better ourselves from your vast experience. You are very talented. Just a little note about your turtle painting. First, it's beautiful, but because I love animals and I have two turtles, I thought about how sad it was that the turtle carrying his little RV on his back and how he could never get inside of the cute little RV himself. I mean he could not put his head and body in there where he could enjoy it. I know that's probably weird to most people, but these are the kinds of things that come to my mind. LOL.
Thank you for such a detailed video! Your illustrations are beautiful and the comparison between your older and newer illustrations were very informative. Is there a program you can recommend (that is not Adobe) for someone who is new to children’s book illustration?
Lots of good tips 👏❤️😊I’ve written my first children’s book, excited to illustrate it. I’m not an illustrator, I love to paint with acrylics most of time,, yet I used to draw times ago l. Now I wonder what media would be best : to paint or to draw? Pros and cons of each ( and no, computer technology does not speak to me)…I really thought the decision would be intuitive as in everything I do but I don’t have clarity in this one…thank you. 🌸🙏😿
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Amazing, thank you for putting all this together. This one's a keeper for me. You've answered a lot nagging questions I didn't realize I had about colour and so much more.
Thank you so much for sharing your pro tips! I am interested in taking your classes. I am a complete beginner and want to illustrate my own book, my drawing skills are probably at a beginner level, but I have a natural ability that seems to help me to learn pretty quick. I want to know what class you would recommend to start. I want to draw a very simple children's book. My problem is I get over detailed and loose the simple "feel." I want to create a cohesive visual story that is simple yet effective. The problem is being consistent with perspectives and story throughout the book. I am great at one off drawings or digital paintings, but when it comes to telling a visual story that is visual consistent and simple, I get off track. Where would you recommend I start? Thanks a bunch!
I feel like obtaining this info was too easy and it's making me feel guilty that I didn't discover it myself. Thanks for a real vid like this I think it will help me a lot
Just in the middle of Your vid and wanted to ask.... when You say sketch, did you draw by hand with a pencil or did you do the sketch in Photoshop itself? Thanks.
This is awesome! I'm a children's book write and have been using illustrators in fiver, which have been so unreliable. I'm thinking about learning to illustrate myself but this seems so overwhelming. Can I ask what your rates are per page or if you illustrate per book on a package? Thanks!
I'm happy you mentioned neutralizing colors. I went to school for art education, but I resigned a few years ago to raise my kids at home. Now I want to work from home and I've received some illustration opportunities but my first color job (I started with maze books and dot to dots) the client wants very bright saturated colors on everything! And I'm new to illustration but the art principles are basically the same from painting in college. Oversaturation looks bad. But when I try to explain that (not trying to sound like I know better, I'm just trying to make the art look better) they say, well it's for kids so everything has to be bright. But they don't see what I see and kids books with good art do not have bright saturated colors on every single thing, character, or item. It's a real struggle and I'm tempted to say no to the project but I need a job and to build a portfolio. 🤷🏻♀️ I want to do work I'm proud of and not just do what I'm told for the job, but they can pay someone else or they can pay me. I'd like it to be me lol! 😂
