Illustrator: Digitizing and Refining Sketches
2h 42mIntermediate2015-02-23
Authors
Von Glitschka
Designer, Illustrator
Course details
In Artist at Work, accomplished illustrator Von Glitschka takes members through the development of different types of illustrations—working from reference materials all the way to finished vector graphics. Join Von in this installment, as he looks at sample images of a Native American headdress, makes sketches, scans the final drawing into Adobe Illustrator, creates a vector work, and finishes the piece with color and shading.
Learning objectives
Developing mockups
Taking a rough composite to a refined sketch
Importing the sketch into Illustrator
Drawing feathers
Uniting vector shapes
Colorizing the illustration
Learning objectives
Developing mockups
Taking a rough composite to a refined sketch
Importing the sketch into Illustrator
Drawing feathers
Uniting vector shapes
Colorizing the illustration
Skills covered
IllustrationIllustratorProjectAdobeAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
From Concept to Sketch
- Developing initial mockups and combining them into a rough composite
- Taking the rough composite to a refined sketch
- Getting started on the refined sketch
- Sketching downy feathers in the tribal style
- Determining the profiles of additional feathers
- Finalizing the sketch for Illustrator
From Drawing to Vectors
- Importing your sketch
- Creating the face in vectors
- Drawing the side feathers in vectors
- Sketching in the headband
- Creating the quill in vectors
- Drawing the ponytail
- Creating the down in vectors
- Drawing feathers
- Continuing to draw the feathers
- Uniting vector shapes
- Colorizing the vector image