Conceptual Illustration: Big Ideas in a Single Image

The Importance of Topic

A course by Lennart Gäbel , Conceptual Illustrator

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1,917 students

Audio: English

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About the video: The Importance of Topic

Overview

“Choosing what to draw isn’t easy. In this lesson, we’ll discuss why it’s so important to find the right topic.”

In this video lesson Lennart Gäbel addresses the topic: The Importance of Topic, which is part of the Domestika online course: Conceptual Illustration: Big Ideas in a Single Image. Discover how to generate powerful ideas and translate them into compelling illustrations that attract your dream clients.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Importance of Topic Choosing what to draw isn't easy. In this lesson, we'll discuss why it's important to find the right topic. How to find a topic? First of all, there are two things. On the one hand, there's a job assignment. That is someone contacting you and asking you to do an illustration for them. On the other hand, there's personal work. No one tells you what to do. You just create art for the fun of it. With the job assignment, 99% of the time, a certain topic is given to you, so there's not much choosing here. But now comes the important part, personal projects, and the kind o...”

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Course summary for: Conceptual Illustration: Big Ideas in a Single Image

Level: Beginner
95% positive reviews (82)
1917 students
4 units
16 lessons (3h 59m)
6 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Designer
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration

Lennart Gäbel

A course by Lennart Gäbel

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Conceptual Illustrator

Lennart Gäbel is a conceptual illustrator from Germany. After studying economics at university he took a job in marketing but his strong interest in drawing and creativity prevailed and he quit his job to study illustration at the Willem de Kooning Art Academy in Rotterdam. An exchange program took him to the School of Visual Art in New York City and this is where Lennart truly discovered his style.

His illustration of Donald Trump, which he shared on Facebook prior to the 2016 US election, was shared globally in newspapers, blogs and in demonstration imagery. Since then he’s worked for numerous clients including Playboy, Huffington Post, Volkswagen, and Der Spiegel. One of his covers for Der Spiegel also saw him win Germany’s Cover of the Year in 2018.