Excellence in Illustration: From Intuition to Method
Color Illustration 1
A course by Emiliano Ponzi , Illustrator, Artist, and Author
About the video: Color Illustration 1
Overview
“Getting the perfect illustration: should we try? Here I will show you how to transform the sketch chosen by the client into what will be the best possible definitive illustration for you. I'll start by defining each element of the sketch with precise lines. Then, I'll add monochromatic shadows. ”
In this video lesson Emiliano Ponzi addresses the topic: Color Illustration 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Excellence in Illustration: From Intuition to Method. Learn a method to cultivate lateral thinking, find inspiration, and create evocative images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Coloring Your Illustration In this lesson, we’ll look at how to transform the sketch that the client has chosen into the best possible illustration. Remember that the illustrations you are going to make, like all illustrations you make throughout your career, also have another purpose as well as being beautiful designs made for customers. They're also able to help you develop your potential, your expressive, artistic, communicative potential. Now, we’ll begin research, with our greatest ambition being the creation of a perfect final illustration, although that’s a bit nonsensical because pe...”
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Course summary for: Excellence in Illustration: From Intuition to Method
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Emiliano Ponzi
A course by Emiliano Ponzi
Emiliano Ponzi is an illustrator, visual artist, and author. He loved drawing from an early age and later decided to pursue this passion by studying at the Europeo di Design in Milan. In 2004, he produced his first major work as an illustrator for The New York Times and since then, his career hasn't stopped reaching new heights.
Throughout the years, he's worked for brands, magazines, and newspapers like Le Monde, The New Yorker, Louis Vuitton, MoMa New York, Der Spiegel, Penguin Books, Amnesty International, Armani, Bulgari, Gucci, La Repubblica, Feltrinelli, Lavazza, TIM, Pirelli, Ferrari, and many more. He has also received multiple awards and recognitions, among them a silver medal at the 2008 New York Society of Illustrators for his editorial drawing for the New York Times Book Review. After many years in Milan, he now lives and works in New York, carrying out projects for magazines, advertising and publishing agencies, and brands.
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