Art Deco Style for Digital Illustration
What Is Art Deco?
A course by Mads Berg , Illustrator
Joined September 2020
About the video: What Is Art Deco?
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain what is art deco and why it is still relevant today. Let’s start by understanding the historical background of this movement. ”
In this video lesson Mads Berg addresses the topic: What Is Art Deco?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Deco Style for Digital Illustration. Create elegant artwork in Illustrator using dynamic compositions and minimalist color palettes.
Partial transcription of the video
“What is Art Deco? Well, in this lesson we'll be looking at Art Deco style. What is actually the style and how does it look and what are its characteristics. We'll be looking at some of my favorite Art Deco pieces, see what is special about these. So, let's begin. Art Deco is a style that developed early in the last century, from 1915, you can say. It comes in form of architecture, fashion, industrial design, and graphic arts. It's a very strong form of visual expression, thus it keeps popping up over the years and sort of blending into the current style that goes on. Now, why is it so stron...”
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Course summary for: Art Deco Style for Digital Illustration
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Fine Arts, Poster Design, Traditional illustration
Mads Berg
A course by Mads Berg
Mads Berg is a Danish illustrator with twenty years of experience in creating commercial illustrations. After studying at the Academy of Art and Design in Copenhagen, he started his illustrating career as a character designer and concept artist for a games studio. He set up his own studio in 2000 specialized in creating posters, brand illustrations, key visuals, editorial illustrations, cover art, and murals.
Mads has illustrated for clients such as Coca-Cola, Orangina, San Diego Zoo, Lego, Monocle, and Wired. His illustrations have been exhibited internationally and celebrated with awards such as "Best Danish Children's Comic" prize in 2010 and the Danish Design Prize in 2009. He also lectures at his former art school, the Academy of Art and Design in Copenhagen.
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