Conceptual Illustration: Big Ideas in a Single Image
Brainstorming Ideas and Thumbnails Sketching 2
A course by Lennart Gäbel , Conceptual Illustrator
About the video: Brainstorming Ideas and Thumbnails Sketching 2
Overview
“Let's continue to brainstorm symbols and thumbnails that have the potential of making a good illustration. We'll then pick the three ideas that we like best before transforming them into presentable sketches.”
In this video lesson Lennart Gäbel addresses the topic: Brainstorming Ideas and Thumbnails Sketching 2, 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
“Brainstorming Ideas and Thumbnail Sketching When we stay at sports symbols, we have this track situation of him about to start on a starting block, and the woman holding two kids and trying to run as fast as a man without kids just because, as we know from the gender pay gap, there is this huge disadvantage for women. First, because they bear children and second, society expects women to raise a kid, or to a larger amount than men. They are not able to work 100% while raising young children or bearing children, of course. They're missing out on a couple years. Statistics say these eight to ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Conceptual Illustration: Big Ideas in a Single Image
-
Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Designer -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration

Lennart Gäbel
A course by Lennart Gäbel
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.
- 95% positive reviews (82)
- 1,917 students
- 16 lessons (3h 59m)
- 17 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever