When the Student Is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear
Independant
Art Schools
These are real groups of accomplished artists. They are not colleges or universities, there is no degree at the end. But you do not need a degree to be a successful artist/illustrator you need the skills, knowledge and a good portfolio. The degree helps everywhere else. So if higher education is not for you. Look at these as an addition or alternative.
- The Art Student’s League of NY based in NYC
- Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia PA
- Watts Atelier in San Diego CA
- Schoolism mostly online with in-person workshops.
- smARTschool online
- Visual Arts Passage This used to be 2 separate groups who combined forces during COVID and now operate as a single organization.
- IMC Illustration master class
- Sentient Academy
Online tutorials and learning. These choices do not have a curriculum and leave it up to you to get value out of their material. All use a subscription or purchase price for their tutorials. A search on YouTube will provide a lot of material. Some is very good like Proko. But you are subject to the algorithm if you are just letting Youtube ‘feed you’.
- Muddy colors blog is free, videos and patreon.
- Domestika lots of content in different languages, all subtitled.
- Linkedin learning (formerly Lynda.com) massive library for designers, illustrators and video, all things Adobe.
- Stan winston School Stan was one of the most prolific VFX designers in the history of movie special effects.
- James Gurney is a huge resource - look at his tutorials on Youtube, books etc.
- So many more out there…
Professional Societies
Though not schools, they are professional networks to help you connect.