This is gonna be a Study Group for those who work better in groups:
Here’s a link to the discord chat

Study Date
(Sun) 03/22 @ 3:00PM
We’re going to stream the podcast and write our thoughts together in the Discussion Post. We’ll be writing individually, but if anyone’s confused about anything, we could help each other out.

Sketch Night
(Mon) 03/23 @ 5:30PM
Mandatory sketches for this class now! This is an option to study the same pose, object, animal, scenery together.

• #1 Robin Yao
  portfolio – twitter – instagram
  role: Freelance Illustrator
  speciality: character design, backgrounds
  I admire how they have such clean lines. Despite having a small color palette, they can create a certain mood with their pieces.
  work experience: Titmouse (background designer), Macy’s (visual graphic illustrator), National Development Research Institute (art consultant)their illustrations:

• #2 Brett Lee
  portfolio – twitter
  role: Freelance Illustrator
  speciality: fanart, character design, composition
  Simple/no backgrounds, which is something that makes me feel a little better about not being a strength of mine (although I would like to improve it). Love their composition and simple colors.
  work experience: n/a
  their illustrations:

• #3 Sara Kipin
  portfolio– twitter – instagram – tumblr
  role: Freelance Illustrator
  speciality: character design, narrative illustration
  I love their battle between simplicity and detailed. Their ability to tell a story in their illustrative pieces is something I aspire to do.
  work experience: Color Design (Thundercats ROAR), Book Illustration (Between the Water & the Woods, NYT), Storyboard Artist (Marvel’s Spiderman, Samurai Jack), Nickelodeon Intern
  their illustrations:
  
• #4 Killian Ng
  portfolio – twitter – instagram
  role: Freelance Illustrator
  speciality: background, comics, illustrations, fanart
  I usually enjoy their more simplistic approach than their painterly talents, but regardless of how I feel, both show a great grasp of anatomy and perspective.
  work experience: colorist (Legend of Korra, Ruins of the Empire, Lost Pets, Turf Wars, Friends for Life), book cover illustrations (Adventure Time, Wayward), backgrounds (Dot, The Arcana)
  their illustrations:
• my illustrations:

This is a spreadsheet of artists that I admire (regardless of location). I will slowly update it as life goes on.