The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
Making Rough Colour
A course by Steve Simpson , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Making Rough Colour
Overview
“In this lesson we will apply the final rough colour based on the colour palette we made in the previous lesson.”
In this video lesson Steve Simpson addresses the topic: Making Rough Colour, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering. Combine illustration and lettering to create unique designs that complement the music they accompany.
Partial transcription of the video
“MAKING ROUGH COLOUR In this lesson we are going to start the rough colour. We will refer back to the tonal sketch that we made earlier. In my case, I've made a very dark background. That will be my starting point for the colour. It's good to keep referring back to this if needed, you can see which are the lights, dark areas, shadows... The first thing I'm going to do is to drop in a dark tone. I'm using the palette I previously created, it still works well for this, the colours are nice and bright. Now I have a very dark background. One of the hardest things to do is put that first piece of...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Lettering, Traditional illustration
Steve Simpson
A course by Steve Simpson
With over 30 years of experience, Steve Simpson is renowned for his hand-lettered packaging design, whimsical characters, and illustrated barcodes. His distinctive style, inspired by the arts & crafts movement, 50s advertising, and folk art, has appeared on everything from a 1" postage stamp to a 200 feet screen in Times Square. His work has adorned whiskey bottles and cough bottles, boardgames and board rooms, hot sauces and ceramic saucers.
Since 2008, Steve has won over 50 awards for both packaging design and illustration, including Gold awards from the Association of Illustrators, Illustrators Guild of Ireland, the IDI and ICAD. He's been an awards judge for Adobe, 3x3, and the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators, and is also a founding member of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland and OFFSKETCH.
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