Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork

Overview

“In this lesson, I will begin to break down the brief using symbols and word associates to spark ideas. I will also talk about a few of the visual tools to build upon those symbols to create new ideas and try to avoid cliches. ”

In this video lesson Tim Peacock addresses the topic: Coming Up with Original Concepts from Our Brief, 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

“Coming Up with Original Concepts from Our Brief In the last lesson we talked about the importance of thumbnail sketches and how you should do them for the client. In this lesson we'll focus on how I take the brief and come up with new ideas through my conceptualization. As I've said, there's no one right way to approach an illustration. Everyone has a different voice and perspective, so there's tons of solutions to come up with a good concept for an illustration. My personal approach is I like to try and come up with more smart, creative and sometimes funny ideas using symbols and metaphors...”

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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