Creating Commercial Illustrations

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Free Online Course: Creating Commercial Illustrations provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Creating Commercial Illustrations is taught by Bert Monroy.

Overview
  • Master illustrator Bert Monroy walks though the process of creating realistic commercial illustrations with Photoshop.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Magazine Cover
    • Project overview
    • Establishing perspective and basic shapes
    • Creating the lamp shape
    • Detailing the lamp shade
    • Detailing the body of the lamp
    • Creating the base of the lamp
    • Designing the lamp lighting
    • Creating the wood floor texture
    • Separating the wood texture into planks
    • Creating the reflections on the wood floor
    • Creating the bush
    • Incorporating the bush and shadow into the scene
    • Creating the book
    • Creating the marquee light bulb base
    • Creating the marquee light bulb
    2. Temperature Control Unit
    • Project overview
    • Creating the grill path
    • Creating the grill face
    • Creating the bolt paths
    • Colorizing the bolts
    • Shaping and coloring the button base
    • Shaping and coloring the face of the button
    • Creating the cutaway
    3. Nail Polish Bottle
    • Project overview
    • Creating the basic shape of the nail polish bottle
    • Adding color to the exterior of the bottle
    • Adding color to the nail polish
    • Incorporating shadow to the bottle
    • Adding shadows to the glass
    • Detailing the bottle cap
    • Adding the logo
    • Adding the main shadow and final touches
    4. Eye Shadow Compact
    • Project overview
    • Establishing the perspective
    • Building the compact shape
    • Adding highlights and tones to the compact
    • Creating the compact drawer paths
    • Colorizing the drawer
    • Creating the contents of the drawer
    • Adding color tones in the drawer
    • Detailing the compact with highlights and shadows
    • Adding the final shadow and finishing touches
    Conclusion
    • Next steps