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Dynamic Vector Illustration: Keys to Color and Composition

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Overview

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Learn how to create impactful vector illustrations with balanced compositions and limited colors in Adobe Illustrator
  • Introduction
  • Training Your Eye
  • Let’s Draw Vectors
  • Optional Finishing Touches and Exporting Your Work
  • Final project
Even the most eye-catching illustrations are built on the basics of design. By learning how contrast and color work together, you can use minimal tools to create bold visual worlds that stimulate the imagination and connect with viewers.

By balancing multiple shapes and limited colors, Pietari Posti has developed a unique aesthetic which has led him to work with companies like Apple, Starbucks, and Nespresso, as well as publications like Monocle, The Guardian, and The New York Times.

In this course, Pietari shows you that beautiful design doesn't have to be complex. By focusing on composition and color basics, he shows you how to train your creative eye and create lively vector illustrations from sketch to final product.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • What We Will Do in the Course?
  • Finding References 1
  • Finding References 2
  • The Basics of Composition
  • The Basics of Color
  • Sketching
  • Choosing and Refining Final Sketch 1
  • Choosing and Refining Final Sketch 2
  • Drawing the Basic Elements 1
  • Drawing the Basic Elements 2
  • Drawing the Basic Elements 3
  • Drawing the Basic Elements 4
  • Drawing the Basic Elements 5
  • Applying Color
  • Applying Gradients, Shadows, and Highlights 1
  • Applying Gradients, Shadows, and Highlights 2
  • Refining and Cleaning up Your Illustration 1
  • Refining and Cleaning up Your Illustration 2
  • Adding Textures and Analogue Feel to Your Vector Illustration
  • Exporting Illustration - for Digital Use and Print Use
  • Dynamic Vector Illustration: Color and Composition

Taught by

Pietari Posti / Studio Posti

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