Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions
Exploring Your Style
A course by Erikas Chesonis , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Exploring Your Style
Overview
“The sketching phase is where the foundations of the piece are laid out and infused with our own natural style. Since we're creating around a dozen illustrations, this is a great project to explore and try out a new style, or develop your own further.”
In this video lesson Erikas Chesonis addresses the topic: Exploring Your Style, 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
“Exploring your style We've got some of our basic sketching out of the way. In this lesson, we're going to refine them a bit more and try to discover our own style. One of the most widespread concerns artists have is developing their own style, but I really wouldn't fret about it too much. It took me a long time to find a style I'm comfortable with and only really discovered it in the past couple of years. Whether we're consciously or subconsciously taking things, we're always being influenced by something. Our style will just come naturally to us through our influences and inspiration in ou...”
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Course summary for: Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration

Erikas Chesonis
A course by Erikas Chesonis
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.
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