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12/21/2012- What is illustrative design?
- Establishing a creative brief
- Defining client expectations
- Exploring creative thinking exercises
- Art directing your drawing
- Selecting an appropriate style for each project
- Drawing and thumbnail sketching
- Discerning anchor point placement
- Building vector drawings with shapes
- Presenting your illustrations
Skill Level Intermediate
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- My name is Von Glitschka and I love to draw. I've been drawing professionally for over 25 years. My work reflects a symbiotic relationship between design and illustration. I like to call it illustrative design. Often, a graphic problem requires an illustrative approach to solve it, be it a brand character design, an app icon, a promotional graphic, or a new logo design. Design is an amazing alchemy of images and text that can powerfully communicate ideas.
But developing and executing on those ideas requires an illustrative style that can be very challenging for a designer not adept at drawing. The key to success is developing a systematic creative process, starting with creative thinking and refining your drawing skills and ultimately, turning your ideas into precise vector graphics that can be used virtually anywhere. The approach and methods I share in this course will introduce you to illustrative design, making the creative task easier and more efficient.
Ultimately, helping you to produce a greater range of ideas in your own work.
Q: This course was updated on 12/01/2015. What changed?
A: We updated 17 movies to reflect changes to the vector drawing workflow in Illustrator CC 2015.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 20s
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Exercise files1m 18s
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1. The Process
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Exploring analog tools2m 39s
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Exploring digital tools21m 9s
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2. Creative Preparation
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Creative preparation1m 12s
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The creative brief2m 24s
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Word associations1m 55s
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Mind mapping1m 55s
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Before. During. After.1m 25s
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I think, therefore I design2m 45s
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Using reference material2m 51s
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3. Drawing Your Design
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Anyone can draw2m 16s
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Thumbnail sketching2m 33s
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4. Workflow Enhancements
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Using custom scripts8m 29s
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Using layers7m 32s
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5. Building Vector Shapes
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The clockwork method13m 4s
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Prime point placement5m 4s
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The point-by-point method7m 27s
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The shape-building method9m 13s
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Symmetry is your friend10m 11s
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Art directing yourself1m 25s
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6. Presenting Your Designs
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Presenting your designs1m 3s
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Presentation formats9m 19s
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Revealing your designs1m 34s
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Writing a design rationale1m 55s
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Renewable creative energy13m 20s
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Conclusion
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Next steps39s
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