Minimalist Graphic Design for Big Ideas
Illustrator Tools and Sketching
A course by Julian Montague , Graphic Designer and Artist
About the video: Illustrator Tools and Sketching
Overview
“Now you will learn how to use the tools in Illustrator that you will need for your final project. Besides, I will show you how I sketch in Illustrator as a way to generate ideas. ”
In this video lesson Julian Montague addresses the topic: Illustrator Tools and Sketching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Minimalist Graphic Design for Big Ideas. Create bold graphic elements that communicate big ideas by exploring a visual design process that experiments with the digital tools in Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“Illustrator Tools & Sketching We learned how words and images are used to create meaning. In this lesson, I'll show you how I use Illustrator as a tool for sketching and developing some of the abstract forms that I use. Let's get to it. I'll show you how I use sketching in Illustrator as a creative practice. It's a good way to generate ideas, develop visual techniques and play around and experiment. You never know what you'll come up with in the process that'll be useful later. When we talk about sketching, we often think of pencil and paper, sketching in a notebook, and that's a very v...”
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Course summary for: Minimalist Graphic Design for Big Ideas
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Design, Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Poster Design
Julian Montague
A course by Julian Montague
As an artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer, Julian Montague’s professional repertoire spans a wide range of approaches and mediums. His father taught art and design history and as such, Julian was exposed to the arts as a child, which he attributes to being his initial influence.
With a bold, recognizable, and often conceptual aesthetic, his work has appeared in numerous galleries, books, on posters, as murals and more. Julian’s clients include Sonos and Continental Tires, and he won a Silver National Addy award for his 2013 poster series State of America. He has also published a book on his satirical and abstract take on the science behind the stray shopping carts entitled The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification.
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