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Holiday Gifts for Illustrators

November 29, 2010

(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


Writing with Pictures

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

Moleskine Sketchbook – Large


Moleskine Sketchbook – Pocket

Software

Adobe Photoshop CS5


Adobe Illustrator CS5

Workshops

EFII’s Portfolio Workshop


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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6 Comments leave one →
  1. November 29, 2010 8:10 AM

    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.

  2. November 29, 2010 11:36 AM

    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/

  3. November 29, 2010 2:57 PM

    Seriously, I’m sending this list to my mom. :)
    thanks.

  4. Jason permalink
    November 30, 2010 6:21 PM

    Don’t forget ArtRage 3 Studio Pro. A very Nice gift indeed. Or if ArtRage was installed on an iPad. That could be COOL. =)

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