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Creating Full Color Digital Illustrations From Your Hand-Made Drawings

Learn illustration techniques for commercial design! Perfect for artists & designers seeking to enhance their skills. Explore various methods to boost your portfolio.

4.4(218)
4,645students
28m
Certificate
Sara Blake
Sara BlakeIllustrator, Fine Artist, Designer, Art Director

Course Content

Creating Full Color Digital Illustrations From Your Hand-Made Drawings is an intermediate-level Skillshare course taught by Sara Blake. It runs 28m, is taught in English, and includes a certificate of completion. Learners rate it 4.4 out of 5 from 218 reviews, with 4,645 students enrolled. It is a paid course, first published May 2013.

Unlock your creative potential and transform your artwork with this comprehensive illustration course! Whether you're an independent artist or a designer aiming to enhance your illustration skills for commercial work, this class provides practical techniques to bring your drawings to life in Photoshop.

Here's what you'll master:

  • Artboard, Concept & Sketch: Learn to define your project's scope and develop compelling concepts. We'll start with a drawing assignment of your choice – explore poster design, typography, character design, or even children's book illustration – and build a powerful mood board to guide your creative process.
  • Hand Made Elements: Discover effective adjustment tips and powerful methods for creating vibrant, full color illustrations from your initial line art.
  • Digital Elements: Step into the digital realm and seamlessly transition your artwork from paper to a polished finished digital form.
  • From Sketch to Finished Illustration: This course is a unique blend of art class, design and composition instruction, and a detailed technical walkthrough of Photoshop. You'll refine your drawing style and technique while gaining practical skills to develop and finish your art digitally.

What You'll Create: By the end of this course, you'll have a stunning digitally colored print created from one of your original hand drawn sketches. Perfect for building your portfolio and taking your illustrations to the next level!

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