At the moment I finished painting, I felt a little sense of accomplishment and excitement. At this point, I finally got rid of the trouble of not creating a series of illustrations. Although all the pictures are not perfect, there is still a long way to go in the future, but the end of this series is also a great encouragement for an illustrator Xiao Bai.
I also want to record my growth and creative process here, hoping to bring some inspiration to friends who have the same troubles.
First, determine the theme.
I choose yoga as the theme of this series. I always wanted to practice the human body at first, but I didn't know where to start. I accidentally saw many friends who love sports in the circle of friends, and posted good morning fitness pictures every morning. One by one graceful figure is particularly charming. So as long as I see good pictures, I will save them. At that time, I didn't know I was going to paint this series, just because I love beautiful things.
Second, find a reference map.
When I decided to create with yoga as the theme, I found that my picture reserve was insufficient 12, so I searched around the Internet and finally found 12 pictures that satisfied me. Search websites: Bing, Baidu, Pinterest, etc.
Third, draw a draft outline
This step is drawn according to the bone structure-filling the meat-putting on clothes after finding the picture.
Fourth, think about composition.
After painting the main characters, I began to consider the scene, and I felt dissatisfied with several designs. It's too difficult for me to draw them. Just at this time, I saw someone sharing in Weibo: inspired by the great creative way of painting small objects, I can try boldly without sticking to the inherent form. So I decided on the composition of vases, cups and people.
Fifth, find a color reference.
This part has been tangled for a long time, and there are many favorite color matching series. How to make a choice? Because I want to show warm colors, warm colors and bright colors in the picture, I finally chose the color matching of my favorite illustrator's works as a reference, but later I also adjusted it.
Sixth, draw the first picture.
According to the previous steps, I drew the first picture, and I can find that my color is obviously darker than the reference picture. This is because in the post-processing, I accidentally tried the effect made by a brush, but found that it was better than the original color, so I later had a different color scheme. Try more and there will always be new surprises!
Seven. Drawing of other pictures
Similarly, find the elements you want to draw and deal with the scene-line drawing-coloring-post-effect. At this point, the rest of the screen output will come naturally!
Eight, make a small video with clips.
Nine, send Weibo, update the collection.
This series of pictures is over. Although the introduction was just a short article, it took me nearly two months to actually operate it. Intermittent other work has affected the progress, but I draw a few strokes every day. This creative process also gave me great inspiration. Don't worry, blindly see how fast others finish their works. That is also the result of others' accumulation and precipitation for many years, or others are just gifted.
And I, as an ordinary white, need a long time to draw a series of pictures. I accepted that I am an ordinary person, an ordinary fortune, and everything is difficult. But even so, I enjoy the process of filling the canvas with strokes every day, which is enough. Of course, I am very satisfied with the final result.
Finally, I still want to end my sharing with a bowl of chicken soup.
The name of this series is: be the best yourself in 2020.
That's what I keep telling myself.
No matter what the outside world is like, no matter what others are like.
The only thing we can control is our own life.
It is enough to be the best yourself in 2020!
May we all get what we want.
Where there is time, there are people dancing.
As long as there is art, life will not be deserted. ____
How to prepare the illustration portfolio, from the first draft to the completion of the illustration professional portfolio?
1, determine the theme
When you decide to prepare a portfolio, all kinds of ideas may appear in your mind, but all your ideas cannot be reflected in the portfolio. Therefore, students need to choose the most interesting and core points according to what they are best at.
In other words, choose specific topics as much as possible, rather than abstract and broad topics. Too broad a theme is often not conducive to your next creation, and later creation is not easy to control.
2. Preliminary investigation
Speak with facts and show with data. After determining the theme of the portfolio, students should use various channels to collect information. You can go to official website to consult or refer to books. It is necessary for qualified students to ask their seniors and sisters. However, it should be noted that while collecting a lot of inspiration materials and divergent thinking, it is also necessary to systematically integrate the information collected by the investigation.
3. Inspiration transformation
Illustration involves a wide range, and in the process of creation, it will involve the use of various elements. In the first two steps, the direction of the portfolio has been roughly determined. In this step, it is necessary to transform inspiration, refine important elements, and make a concrete deliberation on the content of the story according to the previously determined theme, and refine each part as much as possible. In this process, we should also constantly refer to the information collected in the previous period.
Draw more sketches and take more pictures. Pay more attention to some websites, such as some domestic art bloggers, foreign websites such as viemo and nowness, and many fashion-related websites.
Step 4 draw a sketch
Sketch painting will lay an important foundation for your own satisfactory writing, which is extremely critical in the creative process. The composition, tone, style, elements and the arrangement of the relationship between elements of the work will be basically finalized in this step.
5. Manuscript creation
With the previous sketch as the blueprint, it is relatively easy to create this part. This part only needs to be planned and implemented carefully. After finishing the picture according to the sketch, pay attention to the steps in the drawing process. First determine the position and area of blank and coloring, then tile the color, and then describe the details.
6. Final typesetting
After all the projects are completed, the Bronze Beard Gate needs to typeset the portfolio. Some students like typesetting after completing a project, while others like typesetting after completing all projects. However, no matter which typesetting method, the ultimate goal is to make the work perfectly presented. However, in the process of typesetting, we must put the theme, style and logic throughout the whole portfolio typesetting.
What is the most important thing when creating illustrations? Newcomers learning illustration should not focus on the so-called * * of excellent works. Illustration creation is not the most important. To learn illustration, you need to sort out every creative step and make every step in place, or this is the most outstanding work worthy of * * *.
Here's the creative process:
1, "Looking for inspiration → determining the theme → collecting materials. In the initial creative stage of looking for inspiration, people generally don't have scientific and systematic cognition, but just grope in the process of painting, which often happens, that is, they lack creative ideas and inspiration. In fact, as long as we carefully observe life, pay attention to people or things around us, or start from personal interests, it is not difficult to determine the theme of illustration.
2. Draw a draft. The idea of drawing a draft is mainly embodied in exploring various possibilities from the perspectives of composition, perspective, characterization, body language, visual element arrangement and background selection on the premise of in-depth understanding of the creative object.
3. Screening and finalization. The standard of measurement is, first, examination of questions, second, ingenious thinking, and third, visual impact or aesthetic feeling.
4. Post-coloring and overall fine-tuning.
Coloring mainly reflects the illustrator's control of hue and the expression of color emotion. The final touch-up adjustment is to further control the integrity of the work.