Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art

A course by Melanie Chadwick , Illustrator

Illustrator. Mullion, United Kingdom.
Joined September 2020

Learn how to illustrate food by mixing digital and analog techniques to make your creations richer and tastier

97% positive reviews (245)
5,653 students
Audio: English
English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Learn how to illustrate food by mixing digital and analog techniques to make your creations richer and tastier

You eat with your eyes first and nowhere is that more evident than in Melanie Chadwick’s illustrations. Melanie’s a British illustrator who specializes in food and maps, both of which she brings to life through the playful use of color and lines. Her clients include Cornish Seasalt, Foodimentary, Ferment Magazine, American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic, among others.

In this course, learn how to create an illustrated food recipe using a mix of analog and digital techniques. Discover ways to create textures with ink and paint, use hand lettering to give your illustration personality, draw your shapes to life, and finally use Adobe illustrator to color and combine all your artwork to create a freshly illustrated recipe.

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What will you learn in this online course?

19 lessons & 15 downloads

Cook Recipe
8 minutes, 29 seconds
Sketching 1
18 minutes, 46 seconds
Ink Drawing
10 minutes, 11 seconds
Creating textures
17 minutes, 30 seconds
Combining Texture and Colour
13 minutes, 36 seconds
  • 97% positive reviews (245)
  • 5,653 students
  • 19 lessons (3h 4m)
  • 15 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

What is this course's project?

Create your own illustrated recipe by combining analog and digital techniques.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone who wants to experiment, students looking to add original work to their portfolio, professionals looking for new ways to combine analog techniques with their digital process using Adobe Illustrator, and those who want to further explore the software.

Requirements and materials

You’ll need basic Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills.

As for materials, you’ll need black ink, acrylic paint, a range of brushes and items to create textures with, tracing paper, drawing paper, a sketchbook, pencils, and pens. For the digital side, you’ll need a computer, a scanner, and the aforementioned software.


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Melanie Chadwick

A course by Melanie Chadwick

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Illustrator

Melanie Chadwick is a freelance illustrator and designer currently based in Cornwall, UK. She specializes in map and food illustration and enjoys mixing analog and digital techniques in her work.

She has worked with numerous clients across a range of projects including book illustration, food packaging, restaurant menus, magazine editorials, branding projects, maps, greeting cards, postcards, and more. Her clients include Cornish Seasalt, Foodimentary, Ferment Magazine, American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic, among others.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Introduction
    • Influences
    • What Will We Do in This Course?
  • U2

    Get Cooking!

    • Cook Recipe
    • Infographic Language
    • Sketching 1
    • Sketching 2
    • Sketching 3
  • U3

    Getting Inky

    • Ink Drawing
    • Creating textures
    • Hand Lettering
    • Scanning Textures and Ink Drawings
  • U4

    Illustration Creation

    • Live Tracing
    • Colour Palette
    • Combining Texture and Colour
    • Final Composition
  • U5

    Share Your Food Illustration Recipe

    • Print It
    • Share It
    • Illustrate More Food
  • FP

    Final project

    • Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art

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Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art. Illustration course by Melanie Chadwick

Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art

A course by Melanie Chadwick
Illustrator. Mullion, United Kingdom.
Joined September 2020
  • 97% positive reviews (245)
  • 5,653 students