Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions

Cleaning Up the Sketches

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: Cleaning Up the Sketches

Overview

“The next step is to refine your sketches by tracing over them and preparing them for digitizing and coloring, finalizing them as much as you can. ”

In this video lesson Erikas Chesonis addresses the topic: Cleaning Up the Sketches, 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

“Cleaning Up The Sketches Now that we've explored our style a bit more, in this lesson, we're going to push our sketches as far as we can to get them ready for the line art. So, the first step is to self-edit and choose your favorite sketches to finish up. So, I'm just going to choose a few of these that I like and I'm going to refine them a bit more. So, I'm going to start with this grackle and "howdy" here. And to combine two layers in Procreate, all you need to do is pinch them together and now it's one layer that we can move around. So, I'm just going to resize it so it's a little bigger...”

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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.