Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
Collecting and Shooting References
A course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Collecting and Shooting References
Overview
“Now let’s take a look at our concept sketches and choose the one that best illuminates the topic in the brief. This will usually be the role of the art director or commissioning editor. Once we’ve made a choice, it’s time to get to work on the actual illustration. The first step is to decide what reference material you need, and where best to find it. A good rule of thumb is to shoot as much of your own reference material as you can, but of course, this isn’t always possible, depending on the subject matter. ”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Collecting and Shooting References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration. Use your imagination to develop a conceptual illustration from start to finish using acrylic paints.
Partial transcription of the video
“Collecting and Shooting References Now that we've sent off our concept sketches to our imaginary art director, while we wait for the art director to make a decision on which one to pick, we will go through the process of collecting and shooting reference pictures, which are needed for most illustrations. As an example, I'll show you a movie poster that I worked on, a Bollywood movie poster from some years ago, which was a really, really enjoyable job and involved a lot of picture research, so it's a good example to see how that works. This was a movie called "Son of Sardaar" and it dealt wi...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration
Jon Berkeley
A course by Jon Berkeley
Jon Berkeley is an Irish illustrator and children’s author who has worked in the field for almost three decades and traveled to places like London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Barcelona for illustration work. His passion for illustration began in his youth during the vinyl era, amazed by the artwork that adorned his favorite album covers, prompting him to further his intrigue and study Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland.
Most of his work is for editorial clients in major news and current affairs magazines like L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and others. He also works on major advertising campaigns and illustrates book jackets, packaging, as well as commissioned portraits for clients like Ted Baker, Vodafone, and Smirnoff.
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