Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions

Brainstorming Ideas

A course by Erikas Chesonis , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

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2,648 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Brainstorming Ideas

Overview

“What are the reasons you love the place you chose? Consider and write down the things that you generally associate with this place and the things that you have a more personal connection to. This project should be one part travel postcard, another part love letter.”

In this video lesson Erikas Chesonis addresses the topic: Brainstorming Ideas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions. Create simple vector graphics and transform them into cohesive compositions that reflect your artistic style by exploring typeface, color, and texture.

Partial transcription of the video

“Brainstorming Ideas We've gone over what we'll be covering in this course. In this lesson, we're going to choose a place that we love and just brainstorm some reasons that we love it. So what place do you love? Is it your country of heritage or your hometown? Is it a place that you've always wanted to go to? Is it a vacation spot you went to a lot as a kid. It can even be a fantasy world in some video game that you play a lot, anywhere that you really love to spend your time. Your selection can be as broad or as specific as you like. So, there are a lot of places I love, but I'm going to ch...”

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Course summary for: Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (85)
2648 students
5 units
20 lessons (3h 45m)
7 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration

Erikas Chesonis

A course by Erikas Chesonis

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Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Erikas Chesonis is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Austin, Texas. He’s been drawing his whole life, and started creating sports logos and uniforms in early high school while learning to use Photoshop. He later went on to study marketing and communications with a minor in information design. Alongside his studies, he continued to learn through online tutorials while creating artwork for friends, as well as event posters that were displayed on campus. After graduating, Erikas began working at different agencies on branding, web design, and presentations.

Since then, he’s worked as an in-house designer for Apple, as well as with brands like HP. Erikas currently works as a designer at Seige Media, helping to make information easily digestible through illustration for brands like Audible, Intuit, and more.