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Explore illustration

Explore illustration

(upbeat electronic music) - Being an illustrator means being a visual communicator obsessed with making images that connect with audiences, whether they're in a book, on a magazine cover, in comics, or on a T-shirt, animated, or splashed across a billboard. Making that core connection between the idea and the audience is essential. We'll begin with the core elements, drawing, composition, color, and the creative process. Breaking art and illustration down to its most basic elements helps us see what is most important and why. - No matter what type of art or illustration you do, and what media, digital or analog, all of these elements will remain fundamental to your process. - So first thing we're going to look at is the amazing power of upside down drawing as it helps you abstract what we're looking at, and really helps you learn the concepts and the principles of how drawing works and how you can learn to see like an artist. - In a nutshell, vector artwork is made up of anchor points…

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