Illustration Improv – Loosen Up and Find Your Weirdest Ideas! by Tom Froese

Unlock the secrets to creating more creative, original, and delightfully weird illustrations in this engaging project-based class by Award-Winning Illustrator and Top Teacher, Mr. Tom Froese!

Throughout the journey, you’ll not only master the art of overcoming creative block and self-doubt but also discover the joy of using simple and, at times, awkward shapes to generate wonderfully strange yet highly creative ideas. If you’ve ever pondered how illustrators conjure unexpected concepts, this class is the key to unraveling those mysteries.

Who This Class is For:

• Anyone seeking new ways to foster creativity in their art.
• Especially suitable for illustrators, but equally enjoyable for everyone.
• Tom is passionate about helping individuals tap into their creativity, regardless of their background or profession.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to discover MORE ORIGINAL IDEAS.
• Techniques to LOOSEN UP your drawing style.
• The art of BREAKING FREE from REALISM.
• Strategies to OVERCOME CREATIVE BLOCK and SELF-DOUBT.
• The process of creating illustrations from the initial ROUGH sketches to the FINAL artwork.
• Gain DEEP INSIGHTS into Tom’s illustration process.

Minimum Required Skills and Experience:

• No prior experience or special skills needed.
• Basic sketching tools like plain paper, pencil, eraser, and optional tracing paper or light table.
• Your favorite illustration tools, whether physical or digital.

Recommended Tools:

• iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.
• Procreate for sketching.
• Photoshop on iMac for final illustrations.
• Astropad to use iPad as a graphics tablet for Mac.

You don’t need any experience to embark on this creative journey, and there’s no requirement for fancy tools. Whether you prefer pencil and paper or digital tools like Procreate and Photoshop, bring what you love working with, and let the fun and creativity unfold! While knowledge of illustration tools is beneficial, it’s entirely optional, making this class accessible to everyone.