Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint

Preparing for Our Conceptual Illustration

A guided course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author

Illustrator and Author. Sitges, Spain.
Joined May 2020
50 students
Audio: English, German, Spanish (Latam), French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish
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About the video: Preparing for Our Conceptual Illustration

Overview

“There are two main sketch stages in preparing for an illustration. We will call these Concept Sketches and Working Sketches. In the next three lessons I will guide you through the process of creating rough concept sketches from a text, choosing the most effective one, collecting any necessary reference material, and working up a more complete sketch which can then be transferred to your paper to serve as the basis for your finished illustration. But before we start on this, we need to ask some important questions. ”

In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Preparing for Our Conceptual Illustration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint. Create editorial illustrations using acrylic paint, from concept sketches to final touches, mastering composition and color techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“And now we come to our final project, where we're going to create a conceptual illustration from start to finish. there are two sketch stages in the preparation for the conceptual illustration, which we'll get to in the next lesson. But before we embark on the sketch stage, we need to ask ourselves a few important questions about format and how our illustration is going to be used. First, And main question is if you're doing illustration for a newspaper or for a magazine. Is it going to be used on the cover? Is it going to be used inside? Does it need to be vertical, horizontal, and so on? ...”

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Course summary for: Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint

  • Level: Beginner
  • 50 students
  • 1 unit
  • 13 lessons (2h 47m)
  • 7 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration

Jon Berkeley

Jon Berkeley
A guided course by Jon Berkeley

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Illustrator and Author

Jon Berkeley is an Irish illustrator and children’s author who has worked in the field for almost three decades and traveled to places like London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Barcelona for illustration work. His passion for illustration began in his youth during the vinyl era, amazed by the artwork that adorned his favorite album covers, prompting him to further his intrigue and study Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland.

Most of his work is for editorial clients in major news and current affairs magazines like L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and others. He also works on major advertising campaigns and illustrates book jackets, packaging, as well as commissioned portraits for clients like Ted Baker, Vodafone, and Smirnoff.


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Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint. Illustration course by Jon Berkeley

Guided Course: Create an editorial image with acrylic paint

A guided course by Jon Berkeley
Illustrator and Author. Sitges, Spain.
Joined May 2020
  • 50 students