Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions

Choosing the Color Palette

A course by Erikas Chesonis , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

100% positive reviews (85)

2,649 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Choosing the Color Palette

Overview

“Next, I'll demonstrate how to explore online resources to find already curated color palettes or create your own according to the mood of your piece. You will learn the importance of keeping the palette limited to help embrace the abstraction of your artwork.”

In this video lesson Erikas Chesonis addresses the topic: Choosing the Color Palette, 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

“Choosing The Color Palette In the last lesson, we built our line art and added typography to get to this coloring book look. Now we're going to explore some color options and build out some really limited palettes that will help us embrace the abstraction in our artwork. Let's find some colors. All right, let's talk about colors. I like to set limits for myself and use a limited palette of only four to seven colors per piece. And I encourage you to set limitations in your project as well. I found that not only do the stricter parameters help free us from the stress down the line of trying t...”

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Course summary for: Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (85)
2649 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.