April 2021 – Nancy Miller Illustration

5.15 Online Schools

On this episode I’m going to discuss some of the online school options for illustration. I did my own illustration boot camp last summer by taking classes on these online schools. I felt like I didn’t have time during classes to brush up on the areas I was weak in. Here are the links below for the 3 online schools I tried.

New Masters Academy https://www.nma.art/
Schoolism https://www.schoolism.com/
SVS Learn https://www.svslearn.com/

This review is based on my personal experience. Everyone is different and some people don’t need a formal art education to be successful. As an art teacher, I’ve seen some really skilled high school students if given the right direction an online program might be a great option for them. These online programs are a great place to start.

To listen visit My Creative Life.

5.14 Adam Strickland, Animator

I interviewed fellow SCAD student Adam Strickland. Adam is a talented graduate animation student that I met during art criticism class. Here is a little more about Adam.

I have several years of motion graphics and graphic design experience. My primary services are creating motion graphics for online advertisements and graphic design for print and digital media. I also do storyboarding, writing, voice narration, and video editing.

Check out his Demo Reel! It’s excellent work!

It was inspiring to speak with Adam. Listen to his interview on My Creative Life.

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5.13 Samantha Cotterill, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator

samantha cotterill childrens book author and illustrator, my creative life podcast with Nancy Miller

I came across Samantha Cotterill’s work will in my graduate class and fell in love with how she creates these magical 3D worlds. I was honored to be able to interview her and learn more about her process. Here is a bit about Samantha Cotterill.

Samantha Cotterill is an award winning picture book author and illustrator of many books for children. Samantha has been featured in The New York Times (as illustrator for Just Add Glitter, written by Angela Diterlizzi) and The Wall Street Journal for her art in The Jinx and The Doom Fight Crime! (written by Lisa Mantchev). She has recently launched a book series for kids on the Autism spectrum and/or with sensory issues entitled Little Senses, with This Beach Is Loud! chosen for Dolly Parton’s 2020 book list for The Imagination Library. Samantha is represented by Kirsten Hall of Catbird, and works out of her studio in Upstate New York where she lives with her husband and two teenage sons.

To see her work visit.

https://www.samanthacotterill.com/

To listen to the interview visit My Creative Life.