Thoughts on Illustration

Tom Froese

Thoughts on Illustration is a podcast about Showing Up and Growing Up as a commercial artist. Join award-winning illustrator and top teacher, Mr. Tom Froese, as he shares valuable tips, insights, and reflections from his own experience as an illustrator. Tom wants to encourage his fellow creatives and help them get further on by sharing in a transparent, accessible way. If you are passionate about unlocking professional and personal creative fulfillment, I invite you to follow along as I do the same!

  • 32 minutes 17 seconds
    How Do You Know When an Illustration is Done?

    "An artwork is never finished, only abandoned." This is apparently a quote from Leonardo Da Vinci. If one of the greatest artists of all time had trouble knowing when his work was finished, then it's no wonder the rest of us do as well.

    In this episode, I share some ideas on what it means to complete a work, how to know when you should call it done, and if that's not possible, how to responsibly abandon it.

    At the end I share some important news about the future of the podcast.


    IN THIS EPISODE

    • A new definition of "perfection"
    • Missing the mark: Is your work "sinful"?
    • How to know when a work is done
    • Overcoming perfectionism in client work and personal projects
    • News about the future of this podcast


    SHOW LINKS

    Take Drawing Towards Illustration on Skillshare. Learn how to connect how you draw with how you illustrate.

    https://www.tomfroese.com/teaching/drawing-towards-illustration


    HOW TO SUPPORT

    1. Share this episode with your friends on Social Media!
    2. Like, Comment, Follow, Subscribe!
    3. Become a Drawing Buddy on Patreon. Visit http://patreon.com/tomfroese to learn more.


    CREDITS

    Music and Cues by Mark Allan Falk - http://www.linktr.ee/semiathletic


    FIND ME ELSEWHERE

    Work and Classes - http://www.tomfroese.com

    Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/mrtomfroese

    Daily Drawings - http://www.instagram.com/drawingisimportant



    10 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 26 minutes 52 seconds
    Embracing Hand-made in Your Work
    In the age of AI, it's time to double down on being a human. That means things like bringing more hand-influenced spontaneity into, and embracing analogue processes in, your art. In this episode I share how I'm doing this in my own practice and how it's bringing me more joy and even creating new opportunities for me. By listening to this episode, you'll learn how to embrace your own humanity to re-spark your joy and feel more connected in your everyday practice as an illustrator.
    26 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 42 minutes 2 seconds
    Consistency is The Key to Success
    Learn how to be more consistent in your client work — Take The Six Stages of Illustration on Skillshare today: https://www.tomfroese.com/teaching/the-six-stages-of-illustration (Get 30 days free on Skillshare with my links). Consistency is Key. You've heard this before, but what does it mean? Throughout my career, consistency has been key to my success. This has been true both in my habits and in what my work looks like. Most importantly, it's been important in having any sense of focus at all. But for many of us, there are all kinds of things distracting us, or pulling us in different directions, that make it hard to be consistent. In this episode, I offer you some helpful tips for staying the course, and some pretty motivating reasons for doing so.
    12 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 minute 6 seconds
    Episode 41 Postponed - November 5, 2024
    Today's scheduled epsiode (Episode 41) will be postponed until next week. Stay kind!
    5 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    The Illustrator's Guide with James Hughes
    In this episode I chat with James Hughes about his new book, The Illustrator's Guide, a comprehensive, motivational handbook for artists trying to break into the freelance illustration market. James is an agent at Folio Illustration and Animation Agency, representing some 60 illustrators around the world. Taking advice from James means learning from someone who sits at the front lines of both illustrators and the clients who hire them every day.
    22 October 2024, 7:00 am
  • 39 minutes 35 seconds
    Listen to This if You're Bored With Your Style
    Develop a Drawing Habit in 30 Days. Take my class, Drawing Is Important – https://www.tomfroese.com/teaching/drawing-is-important. Use my links to get 30 days free on Skillshare. In this episode of My Thoughts on Illustration, I dive deep into my recent experience with a style crisis and how I turned to a daily drawing challenge to reignite my creativity.
    8 October 2024, 7:11 am
  • 1 hour 52 minutes
    Making the Big Leap with Martina Flor
    Skillshare class promo link In this episode I talk with lettering artist Martina Flor. Martina started as a designer in Argentina, but she soon discovered the joy of hand lettering. From there she built a successful career as a lettering artist, which has now become a small empire of inspiring work, masterclasses, coaching groups, books, and even a podcast. Of course, she couldn’t do all of this on her own. She’s built an entire team around her so she can focus more on doing what she loves most, while being able to grow her business well beyond what she could do alone. As she puts it best, ““There’s no progress in isolation.”
    24 September 2024, 7:00 am
  • 33 minutes 54 seconds
    Let Your Ideas Gain Interest Over Time
    Take Drawing is Important on Skillshare — https://skl.sh/3UWWY00 — Use my link to get 30 free days on the platform! Just like saving money in the bank, your drawings can gain interest over time. In this episode I explain how this works, and I share how this principle has yielded both creative and financial rewards in my own life. I open up the episode with some recap from the summer! In the end you’ll learn how to set your daily drawing practice up for success with my 5-step plan. Happy to be back for Season 3!
    10 September 2024, 7:00 am
  • 18 minutes
    Midsummer Update (August 2024)
    Take Inky Maps (Procreate Edition): Illustrate an Analog-inspired Map on Your iPad — Use my link to get 30 days free! — https://skl.sh/3Swd9SK I'm just dropping this bonus episode to say hi, I miss you, and I will be back at it in September. There will be some changes around here, and I talk about what those are. Also, please don't miss my new class on Skillshare, Inky Maps (Procreate Edition).
    7 August 2024, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Lisa Bardot, Procreate Artist and Brush Designer
    Take Lisa's class, Imaginative Map-Making in Procreate on Skillshare — Use this link to get 30 days free! — https://skl.sh/3z8zI9a Join in on my conversaion with Lisa Bardot, who teaches people how to make art on their iPad. But that job description is deceivingly simple. She may be best known for her vast catalogue of analogue inspired procreate brushes, aka Bardot Brush. (She’s kind of the Kyle T. Webster of procreate brushes). But she also teaches making digital online in places like Skillshare, YouTube and her own membership platform called Art Maker’s Club. She also runs in-person art trips — her most recent one being in France. If that weren’t enough, she’s also the author of a brand new book called Drawing Digital, The Complete Guide for Learning to Draw and Paint on Your iPad, AND she even provides monthly prompt lists for inspiration-seeking artists, which she calls Make Art Every Day. Lisa has created an entire universe of creativity and community around her passion for drawing and illustrating in Procreate. I really think she’s a perfect guest for the podcast, as she embodies the whole ethos of this podcast of showing up everyday and growing through it, no matter what (and thriving because of it). >>> Video edition available on YouTube. <<<
    18 June 2024, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    Illustration is Not Dead with Chris Piascik
    Learn how to make better art! Take Composition for Illustrators on Skillshare — Use my link to get 30 days free! — https://skl.sh/3TLdkeh Today I chat with my friend Chris Piascik. Chris is an illustrator for clients like Nike, Nickelodeon and Google. He's also a YouTuber and a Top Teacher on Skillshare. We have a free-ranging, loosey goosey conversation about things like: Whether you need to go to art school to become an illustrator; Why Chris and I feel like we don’t quite fit into the “traditional illustrator” mould; We discuss whether the ability to draw realistically is necessary for illustrators today; We commiserate about angry dudes leaving nasty comments on our videos and — We start off with an unexpectedly long conversation about vector files (but as far as these kinds of conversations go, I think it was pretty interesting).
    4 June 2024, 7:00 am
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