Holiday Gifts for Illustrators
(Illustration by Mike Legan)
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite Illustrator?
Check out the following wish list of great gift ideas for Illustrators and Graphic Designers. You’ll find a good variety of special treats at many price levels. Feel free to click on any of these items to find out more about them.
If you’re an Illustrator who wants to give your family and friends some ideas for the coming holidays, be sure to send them to this post.
Enjoy!
Books
Pricing and Ethical Guidelines
2010 Artist’s and Graphic Designer’s Market
How to Write and Illustrate Children’s Books
15 Steps to Freelance Illustration
5 Qualities of a Successful Illustrator
Tools & Supplies
Wacom Intuos 4 Medium Pen Tablet
Wacom Cintiq 12WX 12-inch Pen Display

Porta-Trace 10″ x 12″ Stainless Steel Frame Lightbox

Software
Workshops
Special thanks to Mike Legan for providing the artwork for this post.
About Mike Legan:
Mike is a 28 year old Illustrator living in Rochester, New York. He currently works in character design, videogames and t-shirt designs with a passion for telling stories stories with pictures and producing fun art..
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Some of these would be pretty generous gifts. Thanks Santa – LOL Don’t forget Leslie Cabarga’s “Logo, Font & Lettering Bible”. What a great book.
Thanks Lou, great suggestion!
What about a subscription to the Visual Literacy Program at the Illustration Academy. What I wouldn’t do for dear old Santa if he brought me this!
http://www.visualliteracyprogram.com/
Seriously, I’m sending this list to my mom. :)
thanks.
Good luck, Crystal. Hope it works out for you :)
Don’t forget ArtRage 3 Studio Pro. A very Nice gift indeed. Or if ArtRage was installed on an iPad. That could be COOL. =)