From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics: Linear Line Illustration

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Building a simple linear line illustration

Building a simple linear line illustration - Illustrator Tutorial

From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics: Linear Line Illustration

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Building a simple linear line illustration

Once you have your linear illustration refined, you're ready to move to digital and start fleshing it out in vector form. Your drawn design will work as your roadmap for building and placing your anchor points. The same principles I covered in my original course, Drawing Vector Graphics, will come into play with this type of illustration as well. The graphic aesthetic of a linear illustration is simple. It's just a singular continuous line. The beauty of this style is the elegant curves and movement of the line that carries a viewer's eye. So the vector artwork needs to be executed well. So let me show you how to build a linear illustration with greater ease without degrading the elegance we captured in the refined drawing we stand in. So here are two iconic linear illustrations that I'm going to now show you how to approach building your, in this case, freestyle drawn linear illustrations. You saw me sketch out a bunch in a previous movie and now I'm going to build one of those here.…

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