Turning Personal Artwork into Commercial Illustrations
The Poster Design
A course by Sophie Mo , Tattoo Artist, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
Joined July 2020
About the video: The Poster Design
Overview
“Now, I will adapt the artwork into a strong visual poster. It's essential to keep it simple but include all the key information—the brand name, your name, and the logo. ”
In this video lesson Sophie Mo addresses the topic: The Poster Design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Turning Personal Artwork into Commercial Illustrations. Build a professional illustration portfolio by learning to give your artwork a commercial use by applying it to a variety of products.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Poster Design In this lesson, I'll talk you through how to adapt your artwork into a strong visual poster as a part of our collaborative campaign. For that, we'll be needing both Photoshop and InDesign. Let's get to it. Now, we will move to creating additional collateral for the campaign. The next one up is a poster and here is an element of the background that we've created on paper. You can do it both ways, whether you prefer to work on it in Photoshop or InDesign, but I quite like to finalise my image completely in Photoshop before I place it into any layout software. To do that, f...”
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Course summary for: Turning Personal Artwork into Commercial Illustrations
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Category
Illustration, Marketing & Business -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Portfolio Development

Sophie Mo
A course by Sophie Mo
Sophie Mo is a London-based illustrator, designer, and tattoo artist. She specializes in blackwork tattoo design, taking inspiration from the worlds of cinematography, music, Japanese culture, and botanical-style Victorian illustration.
She is a tattoo artist at Parliament Tattoo in Finsbury Park, London. Her custom designs have been privately and commercially commissioned by brands like Airbnb, Microsoft, Squarespace, BBC Radio 6 Music, Major League Baseball, Andaz London/Hyatt, Bulleit Whiskey, REVLON, and more. In 2020, she won a D&AD wood pencil for best illustration across all magazines and newspapers.
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