Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design

Adding Illustrations and Patterns 1

A course by Justin Poulter , Graphic Artist

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986 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Adding Illustrations and Patterns 1

Overview

“Once the main elements of typography are all considered, let's take a look at creating the main illustrations and some smaller ones along with patterns to help fill out the overall composition.”

In this video lesson Justin Poulter addresses the topic: Adding Illustrations and Patterns 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design. Explore the sweet spot between art and design by learning how to create memorable book covers with Procreate and Adobe Illustrator.

Partial transcription of the video

“Adding Illustrations and Patterns Now that I'm happy with how the typography is looking, I'm going to spend some time focusing on the illustrations. I'm going to start with the statue of the bear and the strawberry tree. First, I've imported my mood board again, and I'll use a photograph of the statue as a reference. I've set the layer to a low opacity, so it dulls it and that way I can see my brushstrokes on top of it easily. I've taken the image from my mood board and I've copied it in and placed it the way we decided on when we did the rough layouts. As we've done before, what we'll be d...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (31)
986 students
5 units
21 lessons (3h 38m)
2 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Design, Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Procreate
Areas
Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design, Vector Illustration

Justin Poulter

A course by Justin Poulter

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Graphic Artist

Justin Poulter is a London-based graphic artist from Capetown, South Africa. Growing up, he loved to draw and always knew he wanted to be an artist. He eventually went on to study communication design at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, where he discovered a love for commercial illustrations that inspired his career.

Justin’s work combines illustrations with hand-drawn typography. With over 10 years of experience in his field, he’s designed a book cover for the Britannica Books, and a coloring book for National Geographic. He’s also created illustrations for Nike, Levis, Bud Light, Cadbury, and Delta.