Stapleton Kearns. Brushes. Gurney Journey. Art Tutorials at Epilogue. How to Start as an Illustrator. June 8th, 2010 How to Start as an Illustrator (originally published in 2005) So many people have written me asking for advice I decided to put this short list together. Some of these things may be stating the obvious but I wanted to start simply so that you don’t get too overwhelmed with an enormous load of things to do.
Be gentle with yourself. The goal in the beginning it to just start, forward movement in any direction is good. It helps to just get that feeling of accomplishment, when you come back from the mail and feel really good about sending out some cards. 1. 2. 3. -read designer Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto I particularly like, “Don’t enter competitions, Just don’t do it, it’s not good for you.” PSG Art tutorial.