To learn illustration, you must first determine whether you draw by hand or by computer. If you draw by hand, you need to know some materials and brushwork needed for hand drawing. If you use a computer to draw pictures, you need a drawing machine first. If you choose a hand-painted screen, you need to learn his tutorial from scratch. It's best to draw a few pieces by hand first, and then draw them by machine when you are almost proficient, so as to lay a good foundation.
Let's talk about material selection. Hand-painted, you can buy colored lead or gouache. If colored lead is used, China can dissolve anything. Gouache is best to buy Mary, cherry blossoms, and 24 colors will do. Well, gouache needs gouache, and gouache is preferably made of wool, which has strong water absorption and dirt resistance. For computer painting, just buy a hand-painted version. Hand-drawn board can also draw cartoons, with many functions.
Learning illustration still needs a lot of skills and techniques. When shaping, use semicircles and ellipses to shape, and the general shape will do. First, brush a layer of water on gouache paper, wait until the water is half dry, then brush a layer of basic color, draw from shallow to deep, and dye layer by layer. The brushwork doesn't need a lot of skills, so you need to leave a blank space first. If you don't leave a blank, even if you use white paint, it won't be very bright. Try to adjust the shape more accurately in the process of painting. You can watch video tutorials on the hand-painted screen.
Generally speaking, to learn illustration, we must first look at the works of some masters. To find inspiration, we must lay a good foundation and learn from scratch. After laying a good foundation, you can play freely in the later stage to help yourself develop.
How to get started if you want to learn illustration? The above two pictures are illustrations I drew for my family, which were made into derivative tableware and bags.
Many people ask me what illustrations are. How to learn? Does it work? Starting today, I will share my understanding of illustration and my experience on how to teach illustration by myself without foundation for non-art majors.
First, the definition of illustrations
The first two pictures.
You should be familiar with these two pictures, illustrations in primary school Chinese textbooks. In fact, this is illustration, commonly known as illustration.
Illustration is to emphasize and publicize the meaning of the article or create a visual effect, and then visualize the text content.
Second, the types of illustrations
Classification by application
1. Poster publicity belongs to outdoor advertising, which is mainly distributed in a series of public places such as urban streets, commercial areas, parks and stations.
Public welfare category
film
2. Illustration of product packaging
3. Children's picture book field
4. Comedian
5. Publications, WeChat official account headlines, Weibo articles.
6.CG animation
All of the above can be classified as commercial illustrations. One more thing, commercial illustration is just one of many art forms, which is short-term and efficient, and is essentially different from professional painting, which is why even zero foundation can quickly enter the world of illustration.
According to tool classification
1. Colored lead
2. Watercolor painting
3. Oil painting
4. Needle pen
5. Digital illustration, which I want to focus on, because most illustrations are made of digital illustrations, that is, software. For example, PS, AI, SAI these mainstream design software. These two paintings are made of AI.
Let's call it a day. The next article will share the tools and resources related to drawing illustrations, and how to become a commercial illustrator with zero foundation. Welcome attention.
Introduction to illustrations The introduction to illustrations is as follows:
Tools/Materials: Brush, Paper
1, first smear Santa's most prominent belly with a red brush.
2. Then draw Santa's legs with different shades of red brushes.
3. Paint the shoes with crimson and yellow.
4. Draw Santa's belt in crimson and yellow.
5. Draw a thick edge for the coat with light yellow to reflect the thickness of the clothes.
6. Draw the basic outline of the head with a yellow brush and a red brush.
7. Draw a beard for Santa Claus with a white brush.
8. Finally, draw the movements of the arms with a yellow brush and a red brush.
9. Use a black brush to smear shadows, modify details, and increase the three-dimensional sense.
10. Finally, draw a golden gift bag carried by Santa Claus.