Expressive Line Work in Illustration

Overview

“In this lesson we will start working on the sketch. I will sketch the main lines of the illustration and once its composition is defined, I will go on to work on the details. I will teach you the aspects of composition and its importance in the whole of creation.”

In this video lesson Carlos Arrojo addresses the topic: Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Line Work in Illustration. Discover the possibilities of the line to create illustrations that are visually appealing and dynamic.

Partial transcription of the video

“COMPOSITION In this lesson we will work on composition. What I will do is define how I will distribute the content of my illustration. More or less I already have in my head the elements that I will draw, how I will distribute them. It is about distributing them so that the whole is as harmonious as possible, as balanced as possible and also to play around with the visual weight. There are elements that maybe have more visual weight, others who have less, then we will see how to place all those elements. What I will do here will be very simple drawings because what we will work on are the m...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Line Work in Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (105)
• 1491 students
• 4 units
• 19 lessons (3h 22m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration