When COVID hit, I found myself spending all of my time at home, and contemplating where my passions lie. Thinking of what gave me inspiration as a child, I remembered choosing books from the library based solely on the illustrations on the cover and on the pages inside. I never read a single word from these books but spent hours staring at the beautiful drawings. I've always known that being an illustrator is a dream of mine, but being a classically trained animator / artist I didn't have the digital knowledge or skill that the industry expects from its artists. So I took the plunge, bought a Wacom Cintiq drawing monitor, watched hundreds of YouTube videos from inspiring successful digital illustrators on how they use Photoshop, and taught myself how to use my classical training (through the Cintiq) to produce digital illustrations in Photoshop. Last May I produced my first proffessional digital illustration. A book cover for a Sudbury publishing house, Prise de Parole....
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