Becoming a Professional Illustrator in 1 Year – Interview & Tutorial

In this live stream, we have Joanna Varró and she’s going to share how to improve your illustration skills by simplifying the creative process to make drawing easy. She’s also going to showcase how to show feelings in your illustrations to connect with your audience on an emotional level. Joanna is a brand strategist and an illustrator. She specializes in the mental health and education industry because she believes that both should be more accessible to everyone. Check out Joanna here: Books Mentioned: Start With Why The power of self confidence The courage to be disliked Delivered from distraction Becoming by Michelle Obama The art of therapy 00:00 - Start 02:00 - to make something good, you need to make it bad first* 10:00 - you are the concept 13:40 - Feel the feelings, feelings help you illustrate 22:00 - Make your life easy* 26:00 - Show up everyday* 27:50 - How did Joanna show up everyday 50:03 - don’t be afraid of copying to learn, give credit* 55:00 - get rid of the problem 1:13:00 - How Joanna got her first client 1:16:00 - What made Joanna get switch from branding to illustration 1:20:00 - How much does Joanna charge for illustration** 1:23:00 - How to come up with your own style* 1:25:00 - is there a market for more simple designs in comparison to more complicated realistic ones? 1:29:00 - Have an idea cooler === 👉Subscribe: 👉See our main channel: #TheFutur Want a deeper dive? Typography, Lettering, Sales & Marketing, Social Media and The Business of Design courses available here: If you’re a complete beginner, consider taking any of these Adobe Creative Cloud fundamental courses from our friends at Bring Your Own Laptop: — Love the content? Become a sustaining member for $5/mo today. Our recommended products and Booklist: Kits & Proposals: Visit our website: FREE resources: Mandarin (Chinese) Subtitles on UiiUii futur — AFFILIATE LINKS* 🙏 Support The Futur but purchasing through our affiliate links: Amazon: Webflow: Retro Supply Co.: Creative Market: Design Cuts: ✍️ Sharpen your skills by taking a course, using our affiliate links: Skillshare: School of Motion: Bring Your Own Laptop Tutorials: 🎧 Do you like the music? Check out the music libraries we use in our affiliate links below: Epidemic Sound: Musicbed: Artlist: *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — Futur Podcast on iTunes: 🎙 Spotify: 🎙 — We love getting your letters. Send it here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA — Host– Chris Do Content Director– Matthew Encina Cinematographers– Ricky Lucas, Jona Garcia Editors– Ricky Lucas, Jona Garcia Live Editor– Jona Garcia Social Team– Elle Money, Alex Burlui Futur Theme Music – Adam Sanborne Typefaces: Futura, DIN, Helvetica Neue, Calibre, Champion Gothic Futur theme song— Adam Sanborne