Index

A library of Adam’s Notes. Catalogued and regularly updated by the hands of Adam Ming

Welcome to the library

If you’re new this is a great place to start.

I’ll try my best to keep things organized useful and up to date.

I’m doing this for both of us. Sometimes I get asked questions, that I’ve already answered in a post. This will help both of us find that post. I’ve added an icon to mark free and paid posts, in most paid post I try to include some free content.

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☕️ Discussion

📝 Free-Content

👾 Cheat Codes (Pro Tips for Illustrators)

🍿Extras (Zines, Prompts, Etc)

Portfolio

• 👾 Everything I know about making an illustration portfolio

• 📝 What an illustration portfolio is.

Expert Advice

• 📝 Jim Carrey on doing what you love

• 📝 Christoph Niemann on illustration

• 📝 Advice from top illustrators

• 📝 Notes from a publishing director

Energy

• ☕️ Physical Self-care for desk workers, advice from the community

Time

• 📝 Playing Chess with your schedule

• 📝 On Sequencing

• 📝 What distractions really are

• 📝 Delusional Optimism and the Bonus Level

Tools & Technique

• 📝 How to store ideas

• 📝 How to study a picture book

• 📝 How I make an illustration

• 📝 How to get ideas

Style

• 📝 Style is a commitment

• An Excercise in Style

Shop Talk

• 📝 On Struggle

• 📝 Roughs and other illustration terms

• 📝 On Reaching Goals

• 📝 Getting into a room with Art Directors

Practice

• 📝 Make Art

• 🍿 10 things to draw

Adam Ming

• 📝 Why I write daily

• 📝 The Studio

• 📝 Why be an illustrator?

Extra

• 🍿 Writing Prompt: Thought Pruning