Vector Illustration for Vibrant Compositions

Applying Color 1

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: Applying Color 1

Overview

“With your line art made and colors selected, it's time to start filling in your illustrations like a coloring book. In this lesson, I will teach you how to set some rules about using color to manage how they'll interact with each other. You will see your piece come to life with your own style and details. ”

In this video lesson Erikas Chesonis addresses the topic: Applying Color 1, 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

“Applying Color We've chosen a few color options that we can work with. It's time to start filling our illustrations with those colors and really start to bring them to life. Let's start coloring them in. So, now, that we have our line art made, let's start to bring these illustrations to life a bit more with some color, because they are just begging for it. So, with my armadillo group selected here, I'm just going to double-click inside of it to isolate it. And we can start going to town just picking colors that we think fit here. And since we grouped these different objects together before...”

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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.