Editorial Illustration: Sharpen Your Conceptual Skills
Working with Art Directors
A course by Nicholas Blechman , Art Director, Illustrator, and Designer
Joined January 2020
Joined January 2020
About the video: Working with Art Directors
Overview
“Let's start by understanding what exactly an Art Director is. I'll explain what their responsibilities are, what kind of tasks they perform, and how these differ from what an illustrator does. But also, how do they choose with which illustrator they will work?”
In this video lesson Nicholas Blechman addresses the topic: Working with Art Directors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Illustration: Sharpen Your Conceptual Skills. Turn ideas into images and deliver professional illustrations for articles from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Working with Art Directors Now that you know a bit about me, in this lesson, we are going to talk about working with art directors. There is a sense of mystery surrounding art directors. Who are these people who call you up with tight deadlines, tiny budgets, sometimes they never even email you back once you send them your sketches? Sometimes working with art directors can be... hell. Why'd you bleep me? I said, sometimes working with art directors can be great. Let me introduce you to the art director we will be working with in this course. That's me, I'm the art director. Let me explain t...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Illustration: Sharpen Your Conceptual Skills
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration
Nicholas Blechman
A course by Nicholas Blechman
Nicholas Blechman is an award-winning illustrator, art director and the current creative director of The New Yorker. He was first introduced to illustration and design at a young age by his father, a cartoonist, author, and filmmaker; and later went on to study studio art and art history at Oberlin College.
During his 20-year career, he has illustrated for the biggest publications in the U.S., including GQ Travel + Leisure, Wired, and The Atlantic. His passion for telling stories through images has seen him co-author books, run his own design studio, and work as the art director for The New York Times. In 2012, Nicholas was also awarded the Rome Prize in Design at The American Academy in Rome.
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