Illustration Crash Course (Тар – Иллюстрация – Russian, Eng sub)

Learn to create illustrations that will not only decorate your project but also make it more relatable to readers and viewers. Teachers will talk about the principles of visual materials, the laws of composition, graphic techniques, and working with color in illustration.

The course consists of 6 hours of practice and 7 lectures. Teachers will talk about what illustration is, the different approaches to illustrative materials, and where and how the art of illustration is applied. During the learning process, you will also be completing homework assignments and receiving feedback from the teachers. The result of the course will be a series of illustrations for a book (or another source) of your choice.

What you will learn:

• About the stages of creating an illustration
• How to use literary techniques
• How to find clients
• What materials are used
• About the requirements for illustration
• About existing techniques
• How a book is formatted
• The features of illustration

Course Program:

History through images

• Interaction of illustration with illustrated material
• Techniques: repetition, adding meaning, associations on the topic, etc.

Illustration: two levels of techniques

• Literary level: tropes and figures
• Material and technical level: use of textures, tones, colors, shapes

Some aspects of illustration

• Composition, spot, texture, color

Principle of work

• Series of illustrations: general concept development
• Sketches of composition
• Sketches in material
• Working in the format of drawing
• Working with material
• Post-processing