Vector Art: Reflecting Your Style with Illustrator
Rough Drawing with Basic Shapes and Forms
A course by Daniele Caruso , Illustrator
About the video: Rough Drawing with Basic Shapes and Forms
Overview
“Here I am going to show you how I take my thumbnail and start to turn it into something with more form. In this stage, we are looking to have the shapes of our illustration done whilst not being too precious with how it looks. ”
In this video lesson Daniele Caruso addresses the topic: Rough Drawing with Basic Shapes and Forms, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Art: Reflecting Your Style with Illustrator. Perfect your use of color, shading, and lighting to create unique vector graphics.
Partial transcription of the video
“Rough Drawing with Basics Shapes and Forms So, in this lesson, I'm gonna develop my thumbnail further. I'll apply the same sort of rules and I'll be very rough, but I'll lay down the basic shapes a little bit further and in more detail and then I'll pick all the lines I've drawn and then utilise them to create my final sort of shapes. I can't draw my final sketch straight away. I need an intermediary step in between to be able to pick out all the best shapes and lines I want to use for the final sketch. I'll look at my thumbnail for references as well as my mood board, and this will help me...”
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Course summary for: Vector Art: Reflecting Your Style with Illustrator
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Daniele Caruso
A course by Daniele Caruso
Daniele Caruso is a freelance illustrator and brand developer from the UK, who specializes in creating logos and mascots for brands. His clients range from rock bands such as Slipknot to YouTubers like Snipzy, and record labels such as TGDS Records.
He currently works for snowsports and motorbike brand Ruroc, creating original illustrations for their line of products. He also does freelance illustration work for skateboard brands and creates fierce animal logos for Esports brands.
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