Classic Illustration - Drawing From Objects & Images

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Free Online Course: Classic Illustration - Drawing From Objects & Images provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Classic Illustration - Drawing From Objects & Images is taught by Bärbel Dressler.

Overview
  • ABOUT THIS CLASS

    This class is for anyone who wants to learn to create artistic, sophisticated and life like illustrations to use for different purposes - like art prints, greeting cards, stationery, pattern designs or illustrations for books, websites and magazines. With the help of an easy step-by-step process you will learn to draw your illustration by hand, from a real object or image/images and turn the drawing into a monochromatic and vectorized illustration. You can be a total beginner when it comes to drawing!

    THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

    • Planning you illustration, choosing style and create a vision of what you want to draw and illustrate.

    • Building you motif from big outlines down to details.

    • Find the characteristic shapes and lines.

    • Include and exclude components for a distilled version that is unique for you.

    • Two techniques for making shadows, light and texture to make your illustration come alive and get that 3D-look.

    • Tracing your drawing.

    • How to scan your illustration.

    • How to turn your illustration into a vectorized image using Adobe Illustrator.

    • How to edit your illustration in Adobe Illustrator.

    • How to print your illustration in the best possible way.

Syllabus
    • Intro to Artistic Illustrations - Learn how to draw from objects
    • Class Overview
    • About illustrations
    • Techniques and my process
    • Preparations
    • Practicing Characteristics
    • Drawing your motif
    • Tracing
    • Scanning
    • Vectorizing
    • Editing
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