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For illustrators

Nobody needs the brush. They want the decisions.

Illustration audiences ask which brush, which palette, and how you make characters feel alive. We turn those questions into a researched, designed guide in your voice. We build it first, at our cost.

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For creators with an engaged, English speaking audience, typically between 10,000 and 100,000 followers.

Already built in this world

A product we have already made.

Real pages from real products. Creator names stay private until they choose to launch.

Cover of Reading the Warmth Interior page with an illustrated workspace Bonus: the five-part warmth checklist

Built by the studio · Digital illustration

Reading the Warmth

For an illustrator constantly asked which brush makes the work feel so warm.

The honest answer was five decisions, not a brush. The guide names light, value, space, color and edges, with a worked example in every chapter.

  • 63 pages
  • 7 chapters
  • 2 bonus tools

The questions

The guide is already in your comments.

Your audience asks the same questions every week. Those are buying signals. We read your content, comments and questions as evidence, then group the recurring asks into one clear product.

  • What brush is that?under every finished piece
  • How do you pick your colours?the DM you get every week
  • All my characters look the same.a problem, described in their words
  • Do you have a tutorial for this?asked under three different posts

Examples of the kind of question, not collected data

What a guide could look like

An example outline. Yours comes from your audience.

Illustration · example outline

Characters From Shapes

A character design workbook, from first silhouette to a finished turnaround.

Bonus tools

  • Silhouette practice sheets
  • Character design checklist

Example outline for a different illustration guide, written for this page. It is not one of the products above. Yours would come from your content and your audience's questions.

  1. Shape languageRound, square, triangle, and what each says about a character.
  2. Silhouette testsDesigns that read at thumbnail size.
  3. Proportion and exaggerationPushing a design without breaking it.
  4. Expression sheetsFaces and poses that stay on model.
  5. Colour for characterPalettes that carry personality.
  6. TurnaroundsFront, side and back views that match.
  7. From brief to finalOne character, worked through every step.

Who buys it

The people already asking you.

  • Hobbyists who can draw but whose work does not feel finished yet.
  • Students who want a method, not another brush pack.
  • Followers who ask about your process under every post.

Why a guide

The honest answer to 'which brush' is almost never a brush. It is a set of decisions you make without thinking. A guide names them, one chapter at a time, with a worked example in each.

What you get

A complete product kit. Not a PDF.

  • The ebook

    60 to 90 designed pages. Chapters, exercises, diagrams and illustrations.

  • Bonus tools

    Checklists and worksheets your readers actually fill in.

  • Cover & identity

    One product world, built from your aesthetic.

  • Launch kit

    Sales page, gallery images, a 90 second video script, launch posts, stories and captions.

  1. 01Listen
  2. 02Find the pattern
  3. 03Validate
  4. 04Build
  5. 05Package
  6. 06Learn

How it works, step by step

The partnership

We win when the product wins.

  • We build it first, at our cost. You see the finished product before you agree to anything.
  • Nothing is published without your approval. You see a preview, then the full file, then the sales page.
  • Little of your time. A few short emails, one look at the finished product, and your own launch posts. No calls required.
  • Your content stays yours. We do not publish anything under your name without your approval, and we do not claim your audience or your content.
  • A short written agreement. Who owns what and how revenue is shared are set in writing before launch, not on this page.
  • Checkout and delivery on Whop. We set up the sales page and the store. You launch to your audience.

Legal and financial terms are confirmed in the written agreement, not on this page.

Questions

Before you apply.

You already built an illustration guide. Would mine be the same?

No. Each product is built from one creator's content and one audience's questions. The guide shown here belongs to another creator's launch; yours would start from what your followers ask you. We build the full product first, at our cost, so you can judge it before agreeing to anything.

Do I need to write the guide myself?

No. We research, write and design the whole product from your content and your audience's questions, in your voice. You read the finished product and approve it before anything is published.

Who owns the product?

This is set in the written agreement before we start. We do not publish anything under your name without your approval, and we do not claim your audience or your content.

More answers in the full FAQ.

Other niches

Build what your audience already asks for.

Tell us where your audience lives. We read every application and reply personally.

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Applications are read by a person. Expect a reply within a few days.