Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork

What Is a Brief? What Information Should We Focus On?

A course by Tim Peacock , Illustrator and Cartoonist

Illustrator and Cartoonist. New York, United States.
Joined October 2020
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2,009 students
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About the video: What Is a Brief? What Information Should We Focus On?

Overview

“In this lesson, I’ll go over how an Art Director could reach out to you, what information they will often give and what you’ll need, and how to get started.”

In this video lesson Tim Peacock addresses the topic: What Is a Brief? What Information Should We Focus On?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork. Learn how to build strong visual concepts and gain a comprehensive understanding of the editorial industry.

Partial transcription of the video

“What Is a Brief? What Information Should We Focus On I've talked about the history of illustration and how it's structured today. Now, we're gonna focus on the brief and what sort of information we should be focusing on. Assignments almost always start out with an email from an art director or a phone call if they're old school, with usually a lot of essential information, a lot of which we'll cover in the course. One of the important things to be looking out for is the deadline. Illustration operates in really tight deadlines, and newspapers and magazines' time lines are usually within a w...”

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Course summary for: Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (87)
  • 2009 students
  • 6 units
  • 27 lessons (4h 28m)
  • 4 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration

Tim Peacock

Tim Peacock
A course by Tim Peacock

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Illustrator and Cartoonist

Tim Peacock is an illustrator and cartoonist currently based in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA in illustration. Specializing in editorial and advertising, Tim’s work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, The Society of Publication Designers, and CMYK, to name a few.

His client list includes editorials such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, NBC News, The Atlantic, Playboy, Billboard, MIT Technology Review, and Vice.


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Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork. Illustration course by Tim Peacock

Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork

A course by Tim Peacock
Illustrator and Cartoonist. New York, United States.
Joined October 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (87)
  • 2,009 students