This video is part of our new series when we interview talented designers and illustrators about their works and techniques. Stay tuned for the new upcoming episodes.
You will learn how to start as an Illustrator. In our first illustrator interview, our guest is George Tonks a final year illustrator form the AUB university in Bournemouth. You will found out more about how he learned to draw and his approach to creating amazing illustrations of animals and different characters. He will show you behind the scenes footage from his final year space themed animation project.
GEORGE TONKS
YOUTUBE ( N-Orbit – Short Film)
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Table of contents:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Artist Introduction
2:10 Inspiration for illustration
3:23 Lines & Textures in Illustration
4:10 Creative tools
4:30 Character sketch workflow
5:30 General balance in illustrations
6:13 Anatomy in illustrations
8:40 Working with colours
10:20 Dynamism in illustrations
12:00 Details in artworks
12:58 Bear workflow
17:10 Popular culture characters
20:20 Experimenting is important
21:52 Star wars inspiration
22:50 Carrier change
24:10 Other characters
25:18 Challenge yourself
26:40 Final year project
In this video, we will give you inspirations how to use illustrator, work more efficient, learn different workflows and create amazing illustrations, will give you also tips and tricks on how to use Adobe Illustrator. You can take away a lot of new ideas from this illustrator tutorial and apply to your own Adobe Illustrator workflow.
Have fun learning.
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