I’ve discovered so many illustration blog gems since I started this blog. Some of them I’ve stumbled on while meandering from one blog to the next, others have been from the wonderful Illustration Friday. One of the best places for links to great illustrators and their work has been the Drawn! blog. I visit it daily and have been in turns inspired and intimidated by the talent it has introduced to me.
Here are just a few more illustration-related blogs that I’ve become a regular visitor to in a completely “follow the cool kids around trying to summon up the courage to talk to them” way.
LoobyLu
Claire Robertson is an artist and illustrator from Australia who creates wonderfully expressive yet simple characters. My favourites are from a series she did for the Big Issue illustrating different aspects of being a new mum.
A Girl Who Creates
Holly Conger’s is a great blog to read for some insight on what it takes to become a successful freelance illustrator. Right now she has a great post about the different head samples she’s submitting to a client. Because I’m such a big illustration geek I find that stuff fascinating. She also has a great series of 12 articles charting her journey in becoming a full-time illustrator working for herself. She does the coolest 3d illustrations too.
Robh Ruppel
Robh’s online portfolio is a good place to go if you’re feeling good about your artistic skills and need to be brought back down to earth.
Bolt City
The home of Copper and Clive & Cabbage.
Flight
And lastly for now, Flight is a blog about comics and also the home of one of the most beautifully illustrated graphic novels of the same name.
