Composition and Color for Creative Illustration

Overview

“Now that we've been talking about the materials and the importance to experiment, let's move into the basics of composition. We'll talk about the rules of thirds, how to create movement symmetrical vs asymmetrical compositions, and also about triangulation and visual rhyming. ”

In this video lesson Marcos Chin addresses the topic: The Basics of Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Composition and Color for Creative Illustration. Learn how to visually interpret a written piece and turn it into a meaningful illustration.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Basics of Composition In this lesson we'll learn about the basics of composition, the basics of color and we'll put both of them together. But, for now, we'll focus on the basics of composition. Composition is how you arrange visual elements on your page in order to create a harmonious composition or picture. You're going to hear me say this word over and over again, harmony. When you arrange certain visual elements on your picture page, plane or surface what you're essentially doing is you're guiding the viewer or who's looking at your illustrations through the picture. We try to activ...”

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Course summary for: Composition and Color for Creative Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (232)
• 4417 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (3h 6m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration