Very nice illustration-how to learn illustration?

Do you remember any illustrations in the primary school textbook? As a post-90s generation, six-year primary school textbooks were basically used in China at that time, but there were also different versions. The most widely used textbook is PEP, and we are no exception. People's Education Edition textbooks accompanied me throughout my childhood. Among them, what impressed me the most was the illustrations in the primary school Chinese textbook. The illustrated Chinese course is my favorite book of all subjects. The most impressive primary school text is Little Tadpole Looking for Mom. I was surprised to see this article when I was a child. Tadpoles and frogs used to be a family. ! Tadpole: "Aunt Carp, where is our mother?" Carp mother said, "Your mother has four legs and a big mouth. You go there and look for it! " From aunt carp's answer, the little tadpole knows that her mother has four legs and a big mouth. Then I saw a turtle swimming in the water, its four legs swinging. I quickly caught up with it and cried, "Mom, Mom!" " The tortoise smiled and said, "I'm not your mother." "Your mother has two big eyes on her head and is dressed in green. You go there and look for it! " After mistaking the tortoise for mother, the tadpoles finally found their mother, but they themselves changed and grew hind legs. It is also a variety of exquisite illustrations in the picture, which makes me remember for the first time and forever that tadpoles grow their hind legs first and then their front legs. In addition, there are many stories in the primary school texts that attract me, such as Luo's Ode to the Goose. This is my first time to learn poetry in primary school, and I think the big white goose is very beautiful. Grandma's geese are all kept in captivity. I have never seen a big goose swimming in the water. Only after learning the text did I know that the goose could swim. At that time, although I thought Sima Guang was very clever, I could think of such a way to save my friends, probably because of illustrations. I wonder if there is any way to mend it, just like sewing clothes. Moreover, when I looked at this illustration and thought of Sima Guang's name, I once thought he was bald and hairless. . . . . . As a child prodigy representative of Cao Chong primary school, I envy him for seeing elephants, and it is the first time to know this giant animal through illustrations, which is an eye-opener! As a southerner, little painters in the snow seldom see snow. I only remember that it rained once in the year of kindergarten (maybe in 2002), and it didn't rain for several years after that. I am especially looking forward to another snow. I can make a snowman and draw pictures in the snow. "Teen Run" Run! In the moonlight, the scene of stabbing people in the watermelon field is deeply rooted in people's hearts. It seemed to be a hot summer at that time, and this text just came. Looking at this large watermelon field, this round watermelon is too attractive. I can also look at the illustrations in class and fantasize about eating watermelons in Gua Tian. When I studied this text as a child, I only thought it was too bitter. The burden is on them, and the mountains in the distance are really endless ~ I also know that it is not easy for parents to make money and even dare not ask for pocket money! When I was in primary school, I only thought their friendship was really good, and they even sent each other away. The relationship between Wang Lun and Li Bai is really good. Later, since seeing some people's "love triangle" of Tang Dynasty poets, Du Fu appreciated Li Bai and Li Bai's sincerity to Meng Haoran, and he felt that Wang Lun had made cannon fodder! Remember the little illustration in Chinese class? Chinese class runs through our whole student life. From the first day of school to the day when I graduated from school, Chinese class has been with me, and Chinese class is the most complete testimony of our whole student career. The word "reciting the whole text" in Chinese textbooks has become a generation's nightmare. Especially those ancient poems, it is a headache. However, now that we are all grown up, recalling the Chinese class that once made us extremely afraid is full of warmth. It's even warmer to see those illustrations in primary school Chinese textbooks. Even through these illustrations, we can recall the past campus time. This is an illustration of the text Camel and Sheep. Do you remember the content of this text? This is the text of grade two in primary school. It's a debate between camels and sheep about whether it's better to grow taller or shorter. They all gave examples, but none of them convinced anyone. Finally, they asked the old cow why. The old cow said, "You each have your own strengths and weaknesses. It is wrong to see only your own advantages and not your own shortcomings. " This is an illustration of the text of Cao Chong's Talking about Elephants. Do you remember the content of the text? In order to weigh the elephant, young Cao Chong thought of a good way. You want to know what it is? Remember it quickly! I guess many people can't remember which text this illustration comes from. In this painting, a beautiful white swan floats on the water and looks down at its reflection. He was shocked and ashamed, and couldn't believe that the reflection in the water was himself. Speaking of which, you should know which text this is! This is an illustration of the classic text "Grass Boat Borrows Arrows". Zhuge Liang and Lu Su were talking and laughing on the boat, and Cao Cao shot all the arrows at the grass boat. The task of 100,000 arrows was thus easily completed. This is an illustration of the text "Two iron balls landing at the same time". This is a passage from the second volume of the fourth grade Chinese textbook published by People's Education Press. I don't know if there are any more. After reading this text, did you throw two balls downstairs in the teaching building? Time flies, people who used to sit in the classroom and have Chinese classes are now middle-aged people with old age and young age. After reading these text illustrations, I can still vividly remember the campus time. Want to learn how to get started with illustration? One _ Ye Yongpan's invasion of Egyptian customs is a pity.

My major in university is science and engineering. I resigned after working in a state-owned enterprise for two years. How did I learn illustration one year after I resigned?

It's been a whole year since I started to learn illustration at this time last year. Like most people, when I first started to learn illustration, I also received many obstacles, such as: you started too late now ... making illustrations requires a lot of skills, but you didn't ... all these are true, but they still didn't stop me from starting.

The reason is love, of course. If you can do what you love, you are really lucky.

Especially now illustrations have been widely used in all walks of life, including startup pages, banners, special topics, refresh pages, details pages, icons, pop-up boxes, background pictures, holiday splash screens, expression packs, packaging, vi design, book illustrations, and many illustrations. Even now, illustrations in ui design have become a plus item. It is so important to know how to illustrate. Even if it's just a hobby, you will find the whole life better.

Two _ quail coward ≡ pure support шшш appearance! _ It is right to bear the burden of consumption.

This year, many people asked me, can I really learn illustration well without taking classes and laying a foundation? Are you really zero-based? My study experience tells me that it is possible! No one is born to be an illustrator. Excellent illustrators learn a little, so can we. And many illustrators are very good at sharing, and I have benefited a lot from it. Although there is still a big gap between my paintings and theirs, I am glad that I have made rapid progress in sorting out my works this year.

Three _ There is no way to teach yourself illustrations. In fact, I am just digging a hole for myself.

At the beginning, when I taught myself illustration, I knew that I was reading with a book or pulling a bunch of video tutorials from the Internet, but I always felt that I was stuck in my study. My study was always in a mess and my mind was in a mess. On the road of self-study, the more you go forward and work harder, the more you have an impulse to give up. My heart really broke down.

Later, I consulted my college classmate Wang. After graduating from college, she made illustrations. She said you didn't even reach the level of half a bottle and less than one bottle. How dare you play self-study You're confused about the most basic concepts. You are not teaching yourself. You are deceiving yourself. Then Wang put me in a large learning resource (skirt) with original pictures and illustrations, in which all kinds of video tutorials are systematic, and teachers share relevant knowledge every day, so I listen to them every day, not to mention really studying illustrations, and my inner doubts are swept away.

Many friends have been asking me how to find a large-scale learning resource (skirt) for original painting illustrations. Let me share it with you. The first set of numbers is: 239, the second set is: 869, and the last set is: 377. Personally, I think I can have a good learning foundation to accompany me on the road of learning.

Four _ I can copy the process of learning illustration, believe in myself and expect the future.

(1) If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

My usual tools include a computer, PS software and wacom hand-drawn board. My computer is a macbookpro 15 inch notebook. At present, all my illustrations are drawn by PS, which is the most comprehensive software compared with SAI, AI and SKETCH. Hand-drawn board needs some feel, many friends say it is not very good, just practice it a few times. Maybe it's because I just don't have a hand-drawn foundation. The first time I used the hand-drawn board, I felt very good. I thought a few strokes on the board could be presented by PS. It's so interesting. I fell in love with the hand-drawn board, so I didn't transition from paper to hand-drawn board when I came into contact with illustrations, but started to use hand-drawn board directly, and repeatedly checked the missing parts according to the problems I encountered.

(2) Copy-if you can't copy it, copy it first.

Because there is no art foundation, hand-drawing is the most difficult for me. At first, I really couldn't draw it I found some beautiful illustrations from the internet and picked some simple pictures, such as some plants, a small animal and a villain.

(3) semi-copying-imitation is boring, and imitation requires skill.

I copied about three or four. In fact, I have mastered several expressions of board drawing, and I will find that compared with the original, the copied ones are still good. Next, I found it useless to just plagiarize, because even the best plagiarism is the result of others. You are just imitating, and all you can learn is the expression of the original, that is, some software technologies. If you really want to draw by yourself, there is no idea in your mind and you don't know how to write in your hands.

At this time, I began to try semi-copying, that is, adding some of my own ideas on the basis of the original work, which is equivalent to adding some of my own hand-painted ideas to the mastered techniques. By collecting materials (first drawing a draft on paper, then taking photos with my mobile phone and sending it to PS for painting), or changing the composition of the original picture, I replaced or modified what I thought was useful into the original picture. In short, it is to modify the original works according to your own ideas. These are all works of that stage. It is difficult for me to do this step well without an art foundation. At that time, I thought it was difficult to draw anything, so I practiced in my notebook, but I still felt that the progress was too slow behind closed doors.

From the learning foundation mentioned by Wang, I found a set of sketch courses to make up for the artistic skills that everyone has always mentioned. At first, I couldn't draw straight lines, so I began to practice drawing straight lines, shaping geometric figures, tuning, shaping the relationship between light and shade, and so on. By learning sketch, I began to have a systematic understanding of the expression and modeling of light and shadow.

Learn sketch-geometry, still life, landscape, structure and sketch. I will apply what I have learned to my board painting as much as possible, and gradually feel less laborious and hand-drawn will be better.

(4) originality-learn from others and form your own.

The next step is originality. In fact, originality is not completely conceived out of thin air and then drawn, but based on many materials. My method is to collect pictures and photos of what I want to draw online, find out what I like, and then collect the elements involved in the picture in my mind from different fields and combine them into a picture according to my own ideas. This confirms a sentence: innovation is a new combination of old elements.

In addition, at this stage, I also began to learn more board painting techniques. I often ask teachers in the learning base for many video tutorials, and then draw with them, because illustrations have many styles, such as realism, plane, texture and so on. For me, I like the plain and fresh style, so I will analyze how these illustrations are represented, what brushes are used, how the graininess is made, what materials are superimposed, and why the colors are beautiful. Then I began to summarize these techniques and become my own things, but I can't copy them, but use them invisibly to form my own style.

Five _ _ An Hui, one bladder, one bitter tip, one miscellaneous punishment, one stool and one pepper.

Learning needs a process and hardship. Don't always think about getting there in one step. This is unrealistic. We should be down-to-earth, pay attention to ways and means, show wisdom in our efforts, and make efforts in wisdom.

(1) About software

There was an episode in the study of PS software, because I studied illustration before, and of course I didn't know what a hand-drawn board was at that time. At that time, I studied photography. Because I like photography better, photography will inevitably be done later, so I began to learn PS retouching or making posters. Well, the episode is over and the real dry goods are here.

I learned PS by reading a book called PS Non-trace. This book is very thick. I just resigned in June last year,165438+1October. I watched it for almost a month, but I really studied very carefully at that time. After graduation, I seldom read reference books so hard, and I also made various marks. I admire myself now. After reading this book, I really felt that I was proficient in PS, haha. In fact, if you just paint, you don't need to master it. What you use is nothing more than those tools.

(2) About the website

The websites I use the most every day are Station Cool and Petals, which have many excellent works that can be used to copy and practice. There are also some design competitions on the China of Station Cool and UI. Interested parties can take part in it. I have participated in poster design competitions and some pattern design competitions, which are all good experiences, mainly because I can learn what ideas and expressions other excellent designers will use under the same topic.

It is also helpful to make good use of petal net. Usually, you can collect all your favorite illustrations or materials into the petal net, and you can go directly to see them when you use them, like a fortune of your own. I also have a special collection of my inspiration library, which is full of some creative materials I have browsed, and basically there will be a point that I can hardly think of. Then, when I am not inspired, I will go through it and often get something.

(3) About books

I used to work in a state-owned enterprise. State-owned enterprises really feel like frogs boiled in warm water. Now think about that time, either going to work or doing nothing after work. On weekends, I think about how to relax, where to go shopping, Taobao and buy all kinds of clothes. The wardrobe is full, but I still have no clothes to wear when the season changes. ......

I have changed a lot since I resigned last year. What buy buy bought was not clothes, but various books, such as design, illustration, photography, learning methods, copywriting, operation, quality of life and so on. Personally, I think it's very helpful to learn some books that the teacher showed me in the resource library.

Principles of color matching design

Practical sketch course

Elaboration of illustration design skills in illustration classroom.

How to be an illustrator

84 creative skills of illustrators.

(4) About creation

Creation is actually an effective presentation after a lot of accumulation. I think the accumulation here is to watch more, practice more and record more.

Look at more optimistic works that stimulate the desire to create.

To practice more is to practice more hand-drawing skills and improve the creative speed.

Remember more is to remember more instant inspiration and increase creativity.

I summarized all the above by myself, I don't know if it's right, but I suddenly found that my summary is quite good, at least very neat, like serious nonsense, haha.

If you watch too much, don't say it. It has written in detail where to go. If you practice more, you won't say it. Just practicing. I am not afraid of too much. I'm also practicing.

Remember that I have to say a few words, because I found that many inspirations are instantaneous. I don't know if you feel this way. For example, when I was cooking, I suddenly thought of drawing a picture, and then I thought, I must write this idea down when I was cooking, but when I was cooking, I suddenly asked myself that I would write it down, so no matter what I was doing or going out, I usually put it in my bag. Of course, if you have a special function that you can't forget, you can ignore this.

These are some of my main learning methods, I hope I can help you. Remember, watch more, practice more and record more!