Editorial Illustration: Sharpen Your Conceptual Skills
Pro Tips
A course by Nicholas Blechman , Art Director, Illustrator, and Designer
Joined January 2020
Joined January 2020
About the video: Pro Tips
Overview
“Now that we have completed our assignment, I want to share with you some things to keep in mind for your next illustration projects.”
In this video lesson Nicholas Blechman addresses the topic: Pro Tips, 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
“Pro Tips In the previous lesson, you finished your final project, so now I'm going to give you some pro tips on illustration. The first thing to keep in mind when you finish a sketch is to make sure it communicates clearly. It's an excellent idea to show it to someone else, to make sure they understand it. If they don't understand what you're drawing, you're going in the wrong direction. Make sure your sketch communicates CLEARLY Before you hand in your final illustration to the art director, it's a good idea to compare it to the sketch to make sure it's not completely different than the sk...”
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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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