Digital illustrator Fundamentals

Digital illustrator Fundamentals

https://spark.adobe.com/page/oPlOExGspIX4e/

Introduction to Digital illustration: 

1.History, contemporary practice.

• PowerPoint presentation
• Start an adobe spark journal

 2. Familiarity with the digital painting interface, graphics tablets, scanners and printers.

• see research and timelines

3. Digital painting brushes and techniques.

• https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/7-exercises-to-improve-your-digital-painting-skills--cms-25133

• Anna Wray Tutorial 

4. The cube, sphere, cone and cylinder – drawing

• 3D tools in illustrator, extrude, revolve and rotate.

• Jessica Walsh ...typography exercise

5. The cube, sphere, cone and cylinder – digital painting

Composition: Golden section and divine proportion, creating an underlay grid system. 

Perspective: 1, 2 and 3 point basics.

Using the perspective grids in Illustrator and photoshop

Developing a grid for digital painting.

https://ipoxstudios.com/dynamic-symmetry-grids-for-photographers-and-painters/#cinemagrids

Form: shift in plane = shift in value, hard surface, soft form modeling.

Mesh tool

Polygon illustrations

 Diana Hlevnjak and Diana D'Achille....tutorials

Light: Sunlight and artificial light, reflected light.

https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/improve-your-artwork-by-learning-to-see-light-and-shadow--cms-20282

Depth: atmospheric perspective, recession, levels of detail.

see how colour can be used to create depth and perspective

Colour: warm and cool, understanding 

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/illustrator/using/color-groups-harmonies.html

Colour temperature. Basic environment illustration

Design and presentation: organization of work, InDesign layout and typography, placing images, exporting portfolio for screen and print use.