From the course: The Elements of Composition for Illustrators
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Style and substance
From the course: The Elements of Composition for Illustrators
Style and substance
Style plays a dramatic and important role in exploring the composition and expressing content of an illustration. Although you might not be able to change your style with a snap of your fingers, you can shift gears to express different aspects of your creative personality. Knowing when and how to change things up in creating illustration flexes your creative muscles and helps give more "oomph" and "aah" to your composition and your message. After years of illustrating, there is no question that I've developed a signature style defined by drawing, subject matter, use of media, and mark-making with a variety of tools. When trying to figure out the best way to illustrate the children's book, "A Mouse Told His Mother", I thought I'd try working with another artist to create a more graphic, clean look to the imagery. I created the line drawing, and he translated it with pen and ink scratchboard. But the publisher decided that they really wanted my usual style, so using the same…
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