Digital Illustration: From Doodles to Skillshare Original Designs - Skillshare Course

I am an artist and illustrator who creates busy, bold, fun, humorous and colorful works of art. Everything I create starts as simple drawings made with a pen in my sketchbook. Then, using a series of tools, tips and tricks, these doodles are turned into works of art for... well, anything from t-shirts, posters, stickers, home goods to murals, performance pieces, animations and more . In this class we will make a fun doodle illustration that can be used as an art print or screen print (or even a t-shirt design). The work will come from your doodles! There is no need to worry about being an expert sketcher or artist. The work will retain a charming hand-drawn and imaginative quality. Hopefully, you'll leave class feeling inspired and energized to do your work and have a cool art print that you can sell on your website. I'm going to share with you some of the processes I use to create my work. What You'll Learn As you walk through my own creation process, I'll arm you with a cavalcade of skills to create a versatile art print. The artwork can be appropriated for anything you want, whether it's a t-shirt, album cover or skateboard, etc. We will cover: Doodles. The first step of my process is always drawing. Output of ideas. I will explain the considerations to take into account when making a design for an art print. Assessment. You will assess your scribbled work and prepare your drawing before we use the computer and move towards creating the final artwork. Digitize. You'll adjust and arrange your drawings and then I'll show you how to digitize them in some easy ways. Polishing and then publishing. They'll take a look at the details of your job and make sure everything is clean and ready for a potential client or print job. What you will doYou will use your hands, heart, eyes and brain to draw things on paper with a pen. You'll relax, get inspired, and create an unexpected hand-drawn composition. You'll then use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create a digital graphic that can be an art print (that you can sell) or repurpose as a design for a multitude of products (such as t-shirts, posters, packaging design, etc.) The process will move to along these lines: Think > Draw > Digitize > Adjust > Vectorize > Color > Output. You will learn computer and cognitive skills to create an artistic print from your doodles to publish it to the world. You will have fun and feel inspired to create, draw and dream!