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Tom Froese

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Currently working on. Sorry.
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#buttocks

Last year was a rewarding yet hard year in that I had more large scale, long term projects, some of which lasted the entire year. This is one of them. Working with CG Partners and @mendolaartists, I illustrated many of the numerous properties owned by the client, @thedurstorg. Said client is one of the oldest family-run real estate companies in New York City.
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The artwork is now on the glass walls of Durst’s corporate HQ—hoping to find some photos to show what I mean soon!
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This project was very much outside my comfort zone, involving many hours of research and piecing together views of the properties from various reference sources including archival photos, google map 3D models, street view, and even hashtag and location searches on Instagram.
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Another unique challenge was working in a style that would show well on the glass from both sides, and also work whether the electronic privacy/frosting feature was activated (the glass walls are smart glass that can switch between opaque and transparent).
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It’s an honour to have my work so prominently featured in one of New York’s most well known firms.
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It was a really interesting project, and I learned a ton about one of my favourite cities in the process!
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Do you know any of these buildings or neighbourhoods? Do they call up any stories or memories for you?
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#newyorkcity #thedurstorg #illustratedarchitecture #architecture #urbanillustration

#FROZEN2 SPOILER ALERT
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Real time: I ugly cried when Elsa had “died” and Olaf had melted, and, in the dark of the cave, Anna had to figure out how to move on to save the town from its impending doom, without any certainty as to how—by herself.
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The idea is so simple, that in hard circumstances, when you are the most likely to give up, you need shut out the doubts about being able to do the big impossible thing, and just do one small thing that is possible right now.
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This is obvious very important with life’s most serious challenges, but it also applies to less serious but important things like the creative process. When faced with a project, where the job is to create something amazing out of nothing, we don’t actually know what we’ll end up with. If we only focus on the end goal, “this must be amazing”, we can be paralyzed and never start. Or we try to jump too eagerly across a chasm from nothing to amazing, and of course, we fall short and make nothing. So what can we do?
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Paradoxically, original, unpredictable work (every creative’s task) relies on a repeatable, predictable process. A process is a framework that guides you step by step from nothing to something. You don’t know what thing you will end up creating, but you do know what you need to do right now, because the process tells you. When you figure out your creative process, you know that no matter how insurmountable the larger job is, you know you can do the next right thing. It might be an easy task like powering on your device or creating a new folder. Or it’s a hard one like sitting down iterating concepts. But your process tells you that the task at hand is necessary and will be fruitful. With that promise, you can go on, confident that what you’re doing is worthwhile. Focus on the task at hand and don’t worry about anything else. Then you can pour your heart into it. And it is the outpouring that all good creative work needs.
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When you’re faced with the staggering uncertainty of a creative task, do the smaller things you know you can do now. Each small step gets you closer to the end, and it’s only by taking that step that the end will reveal itself.
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#inspiration #handlettering

One year anniversary of this guy. He’s wearing a chapka for some reason, but at least it’s not a fedora! For @gqfrance 2019.
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Have a nice day!
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#drummer #besthits #tomfroese #mensfashion #fashionadvice #fedora #chapka #drumkit #drummersillustrated

A medieval servant from my upcoming picture book, written by Rebecca Colby, published by @nosycrow. You’ll get to meet all the characters from ye olde castle times in a few months. I can hardly wait!
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#servant #medievalillustration #castles #castleillustration #characterillustration #swan #waiter #server

It's time to celebrate! It's been just about one week since I launched Sweet Spots on @Skillshare. The class is already at 940 students (as of this post), and growing! And the quality of the student projects is astounding! Each person's style is so unique. I can scarcely believe these have anything to do with my class. To be honest, I was very worried this class would be just fall flat. It's really long (4 hours!) and does not do a step by step of my actual illustration techniques, which I have always done in my other classes. It's really asking a lot of students to sit there and follow along for so long, and to figure a lot out on their own. But wow — you guys are proving me wrong!
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My aim with every class is to empower students with insights and techniques that help realize their own creative potential. Too often people feel they are somehow not good enough to even consider trying their hand at illustration. I want to peel back the curtain and show that, yes, there's a lot of effort and ability at hand, but also — so much of it can be learned!
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Toward this aim, I would like to share a few of the glowing reviews the class has received so far:
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I find it always super inspiring to follow his works and classes. This class particularly covers almost every struggle that I have as a beginner in the illustration career. Keep up with the great work! — Andrea Bojkovska
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This class is outstanding! I have watched and learn from Tom since the beginning and his classes only get better, sharper and more enjoyable to watch. I haven't drawn in more than a year but I can feel the desire to do the projects along. Super quality content, inspiring teacher and an amazing artist -it's a must watch for illustrators of all sorts! — Mira Metzler
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There are so many more, that you could read if you go to the class page.
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Meanwhile, I just want to say thank you to everyone who's taken the class or who will be taking it soon. And a huge thanks to all who posted a project so early on!
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Have a good weekend!
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#sweetspotsillustration #inspiringstudentprojects #tomfroese #spotillustratoin #illustration #weekendlearning