Learning illustration is not a simple matter, and it is even more difficult to learn from scratch.
First, we should start with the simplest modeling. The essence of painting is form and color, and no matter how complex the picture is, it can also be summarized as these two things. Therefore, mastering modeling is the only way to learn illustration. From simple shapes such as squares, triangles and circles to complex shapes, we must have strong observation ability and accurate description ability.
Second, master the color processing method. Color is very important. We should start with monochrome, gradually master the collocation and application of complex colors, gradually transition from the use of bright colors to the use of primary colors, master the use of contrast colors and complementary colors, and make ourselves a color master.
Third, from plagiarism to originality.
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How to learn to draw illustrations from scratch? If you know what illustration is and what tools you can use it, you can practice directly with pictures. After taking the first step, the next operation will be much easier.
This is a picture I drew when I first studied illustration. It belongs to flat style and is easy to use among many illustration styles. Next, I will take this picture as an example to tell you how a complete illustration is made.
This illustration is actually made up of several small objects.
Because of space reasons, here I will take the simplest mobile phone as an example to show the whole painting process.
The first step is to open the digital drawing software AI and create a new canvas. Students who don't have a software foundation should first go online to find free courses to familiarize themselves with software, such as Netease Cloud Classroom and Youyou.com, which all have complete introductory tutorials.
After creating a new canvas, a window will pop up. You will see several commonly used canvas sizes. You can select one of them or create a new size in the list on the right. If it is a new size, it is best to change the name of the canvas first, then adjust the width and height of the canvas, and then adjust it vertically or horizontally. The color mode is generally RGB mode, so don't change it casually.
After creating the canvas, drag the picture on the desktop into the created canvas window.
The first step after dragging in is to adjust the brush. There is a brush tool at the bottom of the menu bar. Click the drop-down box with the word "basic". There is a list box on the right side of the drop-down box. Click to create a new brush. Click.
A new calligraphy brush appears, and then click OK.
The Calligraphy Brush option appears. Now we just need to change the size and change the brush size to 3pt.
Next, change the stroke color, because the mobile phone is composed of color block filling and strokes, and the strokes are unified, so change the strokes first.
Press the shortcut key m to pull out the shape of the mobile phone.
Press the shortcut keys Ctrl+C and Ctrl+F, and paste a rectangle in place to make a mobile phone screen.
Continue to paste in place to make the top layer of the mobile phone screen.
Locate the rectangle tool in the toolbar, and then click the rounded rectangle tool.
Use the mouse to pull out the rounded rectangle and fill it with blue color. You can also directly use the color absorption tool I to absorb the color of the reference object next to it.
Similarly, click Change Tool to Polygon Tool on the rectangular toolbar.
Click in the blank space to pop up a window and adjust the number of sides to 3.
Click OK, and a triangle will pop up immediately.
Adjust the size of the triangle, and put the triangle at the lower right of the rounded rectangle to make a dialog style.
Select rounded rectangles and triangles with the selection tool V, and find the path finder in the window of the menu bar.
The figure behind the path finder completes the dialog box.
Then ctrl+C, ctrl+V, copy three dialog boxes, rotate one of them, and lengthen the dialog box.
According to the previous method, copy the shape of a mobile phone and fill it with gray as the shadow of the mobile phone to give it a three-dimensional effect.
Press the shortcut key L, and then press alt+shift. Don't let go of your left hand. Press the left mouse button with your right hand to pull out a perfect circle, which is the home button of your mobile phone.
The size of the mobile phone came out. If you want to be more detailed, you can add shadows and other details of the phone.
Other small objects are similar. Many simple and interesting flat objects can be drawn by using shortcut keys, strokes and padding.
Therefore, illustration is not as difficult as imagined.
How to learn illustration based on zero is divided into several steps: the first step is to sketch every day, the second step is to sketch in fantasy, and the third step is to practice color.
The first step is to sketch every day.
If you want to improve your painting skills quickly, you'd better have at least five paintings a day. We can start with copying. Copy a few copies and you can start drawing entities. The time should be controlled within 5 minutes, and the later the shorter. Finally, when you can control modeling, you should start practicing dynamic sketch.
(For example, at the railway station, you watch people around you draw pictures, and they won't stop for you. Remember the action with your eyes and then realize it on the brush. Practice this for a while, and you will find that no matter what kind of action you think of, you can draw it even if there is no real person posing in front of you.
The second step is fantasy sketch.
Of course, you still can't let go of sketching in the second exercise, but at this time, the modeling direction of sketching needs to be changed, that is, instead of drawing real people and things, start sketching in fantasy and draw your favorite style. Determine one of your styles, such as comic book style, Q version style, realistic style, etc. And start targeted sketch training. You can choose to copy first in the initial stage.
The third step is color practice.
First of all, you should choose a good tutorial, learn according to the software you are good at, give priority to learning the software, and then learn the coloring steps of others. Remember that it is impossible to learn the specific methods of coloring in the early stage, but the steps can be used completely (for example, draw a draft first, then tick the line, then tile the background color, then add dark colors and highlights, etc. )
After getting familiar with the painting steps, close all the books and close all the tutorials. Draw a color draft according to the existing level, XDDD. You'll find that OMG draws badly by himself. At this time, open the tutorial, carefully look at other people's specific coloring methods, and compare the retouching. The final picture will still be very bad, but it will be improved compared with before.
After a while, I suggest you copy the color illustrations. To what extent did you copy them? The action, background and color are all others', but the shape is different, that is, the face looks different, or the hairstyle and clothes are different. This can avoid the risk of losing style after copying for a long time. Of course, if you haven't found your own style, you can totally copy it.
Then in the coloring stage, you must absorb the color of the original image with a straw (including every inch of different colors of the highlight shadow). Then recall the coloring steps and specific methods I learned before, and restore the painting with reference to the original picture as much as possible. Practice like this for a while, and you will find that your coloring level has advanced by leaps and bounds.