Hand-drawn pictures of dog illustrations with colored pencils-how to make good illustrations?

What are the famous colored pencil works?

1. Marcello Barenghi’s colored pencil works

This colored pencil painter from Italy once used a

fried egg

picture It blew up the social circle and set off a craze for hyper-realistic colored pencils. Some people call Marcello Barenghi a "texture madman". Indeed, Marcello Barenghi's shaping of texture has reached the point of making people feel numb. If the works were not deliberately artistically processed, I believe it would be difficult to tell whether these are photos or works at a glance.

2. Colored pencil works of Heather Lara

Heather Lara, a master of colored pencils from the UK, the animals in her paintings seem to come alive in the next second. She likes nature and wild animals very much. She has four cats, four dogs, five turtles, two mice and many fish. She even made friends with them. Many friends who keep wild animals in captivity just hope to have more contact with them and draw their expressions and charm.

3. Colored lead works of yvonnegilbert

Yvonnegilbert uses her unique colored lead painting techniques to give the colored lead an oil painting-like texture. The colored lead is as gorgeous and thick as an oil painting in her writing. The stamps she designed for the British

Post Office

were not only rated as the most beautiful stamps in the world, but her works also often appeared in major illustration exhibitions in Europe.

4. LaureS’s colored pencil works

French illustrator LaureS is a self-taught artist who is good at drawing all kinds of cute and beautiful colored pencil illustrations. She focuses on children’s illustrations. Creation, with warm and healing style. LaureS's colors are bright and warm, and her soft and healing painting style warms readers' hearts every minute.

5. Becwinnel’s colored pencil works

Becwinnel is an artist from Australia. She is keen on painting exquisite and moving makeup for women. The beautiful girls in her paintings are delicate, quiet and natural. . Her paintings have delicate brushstrokes and ethereal compositions, as if glowing with the soft light of morning mist. Their creative methods are artistically

re-creations

of other people's photographic works, and through their own depictions, they show another style. Are these paintings made with gouache? Or water-soluble colored lead?

This is the work of the new domestic illustrator group "Snow Doll". They are a pair with extremely high output. The drawing tools are computers + hand-drawn tablets + drawing software. The painting style is to imitate the feeling of gouache. It’s not really gouache painting with paint.

The following is an exclusive interview with the author by Chengdu Evening News:

Otakus and Otakus interpret fairy tales with paintbrushes

In less than a year since its establishment, the number of visitors has reached nearly 10,000 ! Yang Xue, who lives on Yulin South Road, was very happy to see that her and her boyfriend Chen Xi’s online blog was so popular, with fans even calling themselves “Snowflakes”. The blog run by Yang Xue and Chen Xi is called "Snow Doll's Children's Illustration World", which displays all the illustrations they provide for children's books. Now friends prefer to call them "Xue Xue" and "Baby". They are the "Snow Baby", a well-known freelance illustrator group in Chengdu.

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It’s normal not to go out for a week to catch up on drawings

The reporter visited the home of the “Snow Doll” the day before yesterday, and it was the “Snow Doll” who opened the door. . "Doll" welcomed the reporter into the room and hurriedly returned to the computer on the left: "I am working on a manuscript, so I can only chat while drawing." After that, "Doll" started operating the writing pad and followed his strokes. , a "lion" gradually became more vivid. He was drawing characters for Aesop's Fables. Two months ago, a local children's publishing house came to them with the manuscript of this set of masterpieces and asked them to write 150 illustrations. "There have been too many manuscripts recently, and I am really busy. I have been putting it off for a few days." "Baby" has only slept three or four hours a day for a week in a row, and this night is destined to be another all-nighter. This time, the illustration style requested by the other party was more realistic, so "Wawa", who had more solid basic drawing skills, was the main author, and "Xue Xue" assisted from the side, responsible for composition reference and image adjustment. Whenever there is a large number of orders, "Snow Baby" will work side by side like this. After finishing the manuscript, I would sleep for a few days. "It's normal not to go out for a week."

All freelance business depends on online negotiation

There are 365 days a year, and "Snow Baby" is at home for almost 300 days, either working on manuscripts, sleeping, or playing games. "Snow Baby" calls their living situation "home", so naturally they are "home boys" and "home girls". "Snow Doll" is a frequent visitor to shopping websites, and even the illustration business is contacted through the Internet. "Snow Doll" is an illustration for classic fairy tales and children's literature. Princes and princesses, kittens and puppies, exotic scenery, and fantasy worlds are the main contents of the "Snow Doll" illustrations. The first thing they do every day is to turn on their computers and check their emails, QQ and MSN for requests for children's books. If the cooperation conditions are OK, they use chat software to discuss it in detail with the other editor. "Snow Baby" has cooperated with many editors for many years, but most of them communicate through online chats and rarely meet offline.

With a high income, it is no problem to earn 10,000 yuan a month

"Xuexue" and "Wawa" met in 2001 and marveled at the "genetic attraction" of the two young illustrators. I quickly got the right look. Although "Xue Xue" and "Doll" are different between men and women, the various images in the paintings are all round and very cute.

In 2002, the "Snow Baby" group was established. The couple are both idealists and agreed to only draw illustrations for children's books, depicting the beautiful and simple things in the world. Today, the painting skills and reputation accumulated over the years have made "Snow Doll" somewhat famous. With enough confidence, "Snow Baby" is more cautious when choosing clients to cooperate with, and tries its best to create some high-quality illustrations. This year, they turned down most of their invitations and retained only seven or eight regular collaborators. The free time was used to learn and recharge. Although the workload has been reduced, the income is still considerable. The starting price for a single illustration of "Snow Baby" is among the highest in the industry, and the monthly royalties are at least RMB 10,000.

Recently, the two have a new plan. They are going to follow their idol, master illustrator Tony Wolfe, and spend a year or more to independently plan a children's picture book.

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The competition is fierce, and there are people who accept the price of just a few yuan a piece

“Now in Chengdu, black and white illustrations are more than ten yuan a piece, or even "There are people taking the job for just a few yuan a piece." "Wawa" told reporters that illustration is an emerging fashion profession. Some illustrators work as freelancers, such as "Snow Doll", while others work in studios or companies. According to "Xuewawa", young people born after 1975 are the main force of illustrators in Chengdu. There are currently dozens of local illustration studios in Chengdu and thousands of freelance illustrators. Nowadays, many colleges and universities have opened illustration majors, and various commercial illustrator training courses are emerging one after another in the society. A large number of people have begun to enter this emerging profession. There are more people competing, and there are still people who accept the lowest invitation price.

○Extended reading

Illustrators, also known as commercial illustrators, are professionals who draw illustrations for companies or products and receive compensation while giving up ownership of their works. Commercial illustrations are further divided into advertising illustrations, publication illustrations, cartoon mascot illustrations, film and television illustrations, game illustrations and other categories.

How does trainee reporter Chen Zhuo and Feng Shi make good illustrations?

Illustrations, also known as illustrations, are illustrations drawn in the form of hand-drawing, mouse-drawing and computer board drawing. They have different styles due to their wide range of uses. The film, television, animation and game industries are called CG illustrations, which are widely used in Design industry, film, television, animation, and game industries.

Illustrations use pictures to express image, life and appeal. The main difference from graphic design can be simply understood as "illustrations focus more on telling stories rather than attracting attention." Illustration is also a form of visual expression art, which mainly includes three categories: photography/painting/three-dimensional illustration. Illustration has a specific status in the art field and is closely related to the publishing industry. It is required for both e-books and physical books. There is room for employment in other directions such as the music/film and television/media industries.

Extended information:

Common tools for illustration:

1. Hand-drawn illustrations are drawn with paper and pens - common tools: markers, colored pencils, watercolors .

2. Mouse-painted illustrations—common tools: PS, AI, etc.

3. Tablet drawing illustrations—commonly used equipment: hand-drawing tablets, digital screens, iPads, and mobile phones.

4. The hand-drawing tablet needs to be connected to a computer to draw in PS, AI, and SAI. The digital screen and ipad can draw directly without connecting to a computer. You need to purchase a capacitive pen for mobile phone to draw.

The basic standard for learning illustration whether it is reliable or not: whether there is a trial class.

There are indeed many places to learn illustration now, and they are all mixed up. This makes many students confused. How should they choose? There is a saying that is good, just saying it won’t help. To practice fake tricks and judge how good a learning place is, you must at least first look at the other person's strength. The trial class is to see where the other person's strength is best and at the same time see how the course quality is. If you don't even have the trial class If the lecture is not good, then the other classes will be useless. And if you choose to study, you should choose a big school, so that you are guaranteed.

If you don’t know where to look, you can go to the online class I studied before. That’s where I studied. Every night at 8 o’clock, a master painting teacher will give a free live broadcast on illustration boards. The painting course is online. The teacher's lectures are easy to understand and humorous. He can also explain the painting techniques that trouble everyone in a simple and clear way. Watching the teacher's video is much better than reading a book. One class can solve many of your problems. You can also learn about the development issues of the entire industry. Anyway, it is free and you can listen to it. The lectures are given in the evening and will not delay your work or study during the day. Students who want to listen can enter Weixin (homophone):

The first group in the front is: gon_浯文膤蟟叟曟蔭：699_ Just combine the above two sets of numbers in order. Note: Illustration.

Since students like to learn board drawing and illustration, then give it a try and give yourself a chance. Only by trying can you know whether you are the material, instead of always wandering around in your inner world and wasting your talents. It is irresponsible to oneself.

The earliest illustrations in China appeared in the form of prints. With the introduction of Buddhist culture, "disguised" illustrations were used to illustrate scriptures in scriptures in order to promote doctrines. Current historical records record the earliest printmaking work in my country, the "Dharani Sutra Mantra" published during the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty. The exact date is recorded on the title page of the "Vajra Prajna Sutra" written in the ninth year of Xiantong, Yizong of the Tang Dynasty (868).

In the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties, book illustrations made great progress. The scope of application expanded to medical books, historical geography books, archaeological catalogs, daily encyclopedias and other books, and color overprinted illustrations appeared. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it can be said that ancient illustration art developed greatly, and there was a book engraving industry all over the country. Different regions have developed different styles.