Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories

Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories

“This is the end of the course, congratulations! You can feel proud of yourself! Thank you for joining me. I hope it was helpful and that it inspired you to explore who you are as an artist. Hopefully, you've also had loads of fun during the process. It is now time to work on your project. This could mean finishing the illustration you started while completing the exercises or you could start a brand new project! Either way, I strongly suggest you take the time to gather inspiration and make a unique project of your own. Make sure to keep track of your progress with different pictures of each step. It'd be great if you could also explain the choices you've made along the way, the techniques you used, and tell me if you have any doubts. This will help me understand your creative process and guide you better if you need advice. These are the steps you should follow: The Topic Make a mood board with images that inspire you and think of a topic you would like to illustrate for your project. You can work with keywords and build a mind map. Thumbnails and Sketch Start by drawing loose thumbnails with all of the ideas you came up with, playing around with composition and scale, then pick the elements you will gather into one sketch.

The Digital Illustration Set up your digital canvas in Photoshop, including the color mode and the scale. Draw an initial sketch on it and choose the color palette you'll use. You can then move on to the linework, add flat colors and, finally, work on the details, such as highlights and shadows. Don’t forget to add to your illustration some deserved final touches. Have fun with all the Photoshop tools, including "Selective Color", "Hue and Saturation" and "Color Balance". And you're done! I am excited to see what you have created! Submit your project to the forum by clicking on "Create your project". I’ll be checking in from time to time to look at your posts and answer your questions, but the forum is also an amazing opportunity to give and receive feedback from fellow creatives. Get involved with your peers! Have fun and see you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“ Final Project This is the end of the course. Congratulations, feel proud of yourself. I hope it was helpful and that it inspired you to explore who you are as an artist. Hopefully, you also had loads of fun during the process. In the spirit of teaching, I will share some friendly advice. For a long time, I struggled to find my visual voice by trying to be someone else. I copied other artists' styles, color palettes, and even visual language. As a result, my work didn't translate well and there was not much joy in the process of creating them. It wasn't until I went to the School of Visual...”

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Course summary for: Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (15)
• 535 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 17m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration