Resources for Authors and Illustrator

We've gathered together a few resources for you which include podcasts, books and YouTube videos.

NB: links for books will generally take you to GoodReads. 

Illustration Podcasts

 The Illustration Department - lots of kidlit creator’s interviews

  https://illustrationdept.com/idpodcast


 Draftsmen - art related talks

  https://www.youtube.com/draftsmen


 Schoolism - online art school + creators interviews

  https://www.youtube.com/@Schoolismlive


 Chew on this - motivational speaker

  https://www.youtube.com/@chiu-on-this


 3 points perspective - chats by and with kidlit creators

  https://www.svslearn.com/3pointperspective


 Comic lab - comic making chats

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDcPhJDakZc&list=PLg5rXnPN46CqUzQIUMMPhRM6fxwRL_G3z&ab_channel=ComicLabPodcast


 Off panel - comic artist interviews

  https://sktchd.libsyn.com


 Windowsill Chat

  https://tantaustudio.libsyn.com


Online Illustration Tools and Resources


 Ctrl Paint - amazing library of free short and to the point how to videos about digital painting:

   https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library


 Proko.com - online art school with quite a few free resources:

   https://www.proko.com


 James Gurney blog – all kinds of art related tutorials, essays, etc.:

  https://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/


 Color with Kurt - all about colors, color palette, etc. mostly digital but lots of concepts apply to        traditional too:

   https://www.youtube.com/@colorwithkurt


How to draw…. Library – presenting examples of how to draw anything and everything.

  Awesome library of how to draw


 Visual library – character and background design, vehicles, perspective,….

  Character design visual library


Online Art of Animation Movies

   Like Art of Books but online


Comic Sound FX Database

  Comics sound effects, onomatopea, etc


Illustration Related Books


Watercolour 

The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: A Treasury of Watercolour Secrets    Discovered through Decades of Painting and Experimentation by Gordon MacKenzie

  Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook


Colour

About Colour and Light by James Gurney

  Color and Light


Composition

Composition for visual storytellers – Marcos Mateu Mestre

  Framed Ink 1


Picture this by Mollie Bang

  Picture This


Comic Books

How to comic book - Scott McCloud

  Understanding Comics

  Making Comics


How to comic book - Jessica Abel

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures


Children Picture Books

Writing with Pictures by Uri Shulevitz


Illustrating Children’s Books by Martin Salisbury


The Encylopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books by Desdemona McCannon

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