A student should have basic drawing skills, basic digital tool skills (Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop) and understanding in fundamental design theory, in order to take this class.
Schedule
Session 1: What is good Illustration?
How do you achieve originality? A good illustration should communicate the right message to the right audience. This session will focus on graphic design principles that make illustration effective for communication. We will also look at artistic expression—your illustration should show your passion!
Session 2: Digital Tools Demos
This session will offer several tutorials in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, covering basic to advanced techniques for professionally presentable images, including cover some of the most useful functions to create an image.
Session 3: General Project Process
Introduction to the process of creating a professional graphic illustration.
Session 4: Compositional Study
In this lecture, using design principals, I will explain different ways to achieve effective composition in illustration.
Session 5: Projects
This session will focus on hand-drawn typography using illustration/illustrative typography. Illustrative poster. Illustrative trade ad using a product photo.