Description
In this course, you will :
- Continue with a course overview and learn how to read a brief to better understand your client and their project. Then, look for references to help you develop your design.
- Once you've decided on an idea, it's time to start working on your illustration. Begin with a rough sketch, then fine-tune your linework and add features such as shading, texture, and contrast. Sophie demonstrates how to adapt your completed design to a number of items.
- Digitise and edit your design in Photoshop before applying it on a label, poster, or T-shirt.
- Learn to make mock-ups for each and come up with creative methods to show them to the customer.
- Finally, Sophie provides advice on how to create social media assets to promote your work, as well as how to develop your own briefs to grow your portfolio.
Syllabus :
1. The Subject
- The Materials
- The Brief
- Researching the Subject
2. The Main Design
- The Main Illustration: The Sketch
- Developing the Image
- Finalising the Image
- The Main Illustration: Various Graphic Techniques
3. Going Digital
- Understanding the Space You Will Be Working
- Transferring the Artwork into a Digital Space
- Using Mock-ups
- The Poster Design
- The T-Shirt Design