✤ FREELANCING MASTERPOST ✤
Freelancing has never been easy, and there is always a lot to ponder about it. At the end of the day, what matters is also to never give up and to push your abilities every day. Putting in the mileage is (hopefully) made easier with this master post that I gathered. It contains lots of topics which are not technical per say, because art is not only technicalities but also a lot of thinking and planning ahead. As I’m a freelancer myself, I also added essential tips for both Illustrators and Concept artists. (This post assumes you use at least Photoshop)
Introduction to Freelancing
✤ What is a Freelancer? - on Wikipedia.
✤ The Art of Freelancing - by Noah Bradley.
✤ DO’s and DON’Ts - by Jazza.
✤ So you want to be a professional artist? - by Cubebrush.
✤ Discipline - by Ahmed Aldoori.
✤ Creativity - by Ahmed Aldoori.
✤ Money - by Feng Zhu.
✤ Illustrator - by Cubebrush.
✤ Concept artist - by Cubebrush.
✤ Getting into Concept art Industry - by Ahmed Aldoori.
✤ Learning Patience - by Rob Brown.
✤ Diversity in your Art - by Aaron Blaise.
✤ Talent vs Training - by AsapSCIENCE.
✤ What is talent? - by Cubebrush.
✤ The Emergence of Talent - by Sycra.
✤ What great artists have in common - by Bobby Chiu.
The right approach to learning
✤ How to LEARN to draw - by Bobby Chiu.
✤ Learning On Your Own - by Feng Zhu. Very long but very important if you want to always push your boundaries.
✤ Iteration - by Sycra. Drawing over and over.
✤ Draw from reference - by Ahmed Aldoori. Basically how to approach a reference and transform it.
✤ The importance of lineart - by Cubebrush.
✤ Draw poses - by Ahmed Aldoori.
✤ Composition - by Aaron Blaise.
✤ Understanding Composition - by Blender Guru.
✤ Visual Library - by Feng Zhu.
Techniques and Ressources
✤ How to color from greyscale painting - by Artgerm. This method is good because you focus on the values first, only to worry about the colors later.
✤ Best anatomy Youtube channel - by Proko.
✤ Royalty free photo ref packs - mainly used for matte painting.
✤ Costume references - from Greek to 20th century styles.
✤ Quickposes - a site to help with your gesture.
Portfolio, Website and Art Store
✤ Portfolio tips: get that art job! - by Rob Brown.
✤ 5 tips to make your Portfolio - by Bobby Chiu.
✤ My experience using Wordpress to build my art website - by Lachri.
✤ How to set up an online art store - by Baylee Jae.
✤ Lazy Nezumi Pro - “Lazy Nezumi Pro is a Windows app that helps you draw smooth, beautiful lines, with your mouse or pen tablet.It works with many of your favorite art programs, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash.”
✤ Color Constructor - “Colour Constructor is a study and workflow tool that is designed to help you design the colours and values for a painting or image you are making according to a light source and ambient term.”
✤ Art prompts generator - “The only prompt generator made just for artists.”
Important Sites / Dailies
CreativeBloq ★ ConceptArt.org ★ High-Resolution Paintings (Facebook group) ★ CubeBrush tutorials ★ Desk exercises ★ Gumroad tutorials ★Ctrl+Paint ★ Reddit: Art Fundamentals
Concept Design Academy ★ FZD School ★ The Gnomon Workshop ★ DigitalTutors ★ CGMWOnline Workshops ★ Schoolism
DeviantArt ★ Artstation ★ Behance ★ Tumblr (duh!) ★ CGSociety
Inspiration - speedpaints/real time
✤ Diana - timelapse - by Apterus.
✤ An encounter - timelapse - by Jeremy Paillotin.
✤ Realtime landscape - by Feng Zhu.
✤ How I paint Landscapes - by Noah Bradley.
✤ Sketchbook of Drumond - by Drumond.
✤ Isolated temple - by Jeremy Paillotin.
✤ Red or White - by TamplierPainter.
✤ Graphics tablets - by Sycra.
✤ Which tablet should I get? - by Michael Russell.
✤ Digital tablets, how much, why, who, etc - by Jazza.
✤ Cintiq 22 or 13HD? - by Rob Brown.
✤ Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet.
✤ Big Bad World of Concept Art for Video Games by Eliott J Lilly.
✤ Color and Light by James Gurney.
✤ The Art of Animal drawing by Ken Hultgren.
✤ Show your work! by Austin Kleon.
✤ Art studio tour - by Lena Danya.
✤ Art studio tour - by Andrew Jones.
✤ Room tour - by HappyDartist.
✤ Workspace - by Zira Bañez.
✤ Workstation - by Sluggie.
