Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors

Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors

“You have finally reached the end of this course, thank you very much for all the time you dedicated to get to this point. As a final project I made an illustration based on elements of nature such as flora and fauna, but now it's time for you to make your own project. Let your imagination fly and dare to carry out your illustration. I share an example of how I would like to see your final project: Look for the idea and sketch Find motivation in the references, explore with drafts on notebook sheets all the possible solutions and do not stress about it, do it as freely as you allow it. Make a lot of mistakes and make friends with your mistakes, live with them. Then make a sketch where you start to refine the elements that will remain in your final drawing.

Work on your illustration Start vectoring and remember to do it in stages, starting with the color splats. Then work with the patterns that you will add to your illustration. The final details Carry out the final finishes such as gradients. If at any time you find it heavy, allow yourself to have breaks. As a last piece of advice, don't forget to spend time thinking about what you would like to achieve, enjoy every moment of the process and don't let yourself be overwhelmed by how big it can be. The small steps will take you to the end little by little. This is only one method that can help you, but you can also find other ways, they are all very valid. I invite you to follow this method so that once you feel comfortable, you allow yourself to continue exploring new solutions. The goal is to come up with something you're happy to work with. Share the results you have obtained with the Domestika community. I invite you to comment on the other projects of your colleagues in the forum so that we can all help each other. Feel free to consult me with any questions you may have, I will also really like being able to see your final project and comment on it. Thank you very much again for taking the course, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing some of my work. I really hope it can help you in your career. See you soon.”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project We have reached the end of the course. Thank you very much for the time you took to get to this point. I made an illustration based on elements of nature such as flora and fauna. Now it's time for you to make your own project. Spend time thinking about what you would like to achieve. Enjoy every moment of the process And don't let yourself be overwhelmed by how big it can be. The small steps will take you to the end little by little. Find motivation in referrals. Explore with drafts in notebooks all the possible solutions and don't stress about it. Make it as free as you allow...”

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Course summary for: Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (50)
• 952 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 8m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration