Spot Illustration: Depicting Freelance Life

Spot Illustration: Depicting Freelance Life

“Here we are at the end of the course. First of all, thank you for following me and for your patience. I really hope that the things I have told you will be useful to you on your journey to become a freelance illustrator. It is true that more than half of the work is not drawing, but this is the time that allows you to be lucky enough to get paid for what you love. Lastly, I would like to invite you to create a course project, as different as possible from mine. Find your interpretation of the brief, use the style, colors and technique you want. The beautiful part of this work is that, in the end, the difference is made only by the head behind the instruments. It will be fun to discover together how, faced with the exact same brief, we will arrive at so many completely different conclusions. It will be just as fun - if not instructive - to see how many have had similar ideas. The ideas are there and they belong to everyone, let's go and get them. These are the 5 key steps you need to follow to complete your project: Analysis and research: Analyze the brief and see if anything is missing. Then dig deeper into the topic by doing a little research to come up with ideas.

Sketch: Make your sketches and clean them up for the client. Black and white: Create your own black and white illustrations. Colors: Add the colors. The illustration: Layout the six illustrations in a single layout, add the title and share on the forum. I can't wait to see you on the forum: by sharing your work and having access to other people's work, you will grow, learn new things and become part of a creative community, a vital resource for a freelance illustrator.”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project Hello. Here we are at the end of our course. Thank you for coming here and for your patience. I hope the things I told you are useful to you in your career as a freelance illustrator. My goal was to teach you to create a series of spot illustration, but also to share my experience with you, and my experience is that of a freelance illustrator. I assure you that when you get used to it it's really manageable and satisfying. It gives you the ability to range from projects where your hands are tied to others where you can really express your full potential. These are the projects...”

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Course summary for: Spot Illustration: Depicting Freelance Life

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (21)
• 500 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 25m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator

• Areas

  Art Direction, Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Digital Illustration, Sketchbook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration