Color Geometric Illustration —— Summary and Appreciation of Several Illustration Styles

Illustration in the form of geometric expression Illustration (painting) is an image expressed by patterns. Based on the principle of unity of aesthetics and practicality, the lines and shapes are as clear and lively as possible, and the production is convenient. Illustration is a universal language in the world, and its design is usually divided into characters, animals and commodity images in commercial applications.

Commodity image

Product image is the expansion of animal personification in the field of goods, and anthropomorphic goods give people a sense of intimacy. Personalized modeling has a refreshing feeling, thus deepening people's direct impression of goods.

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As far as the idea of commodity personification is concerned, it can be roughly divided into two categories:

The first category is complete personification, that is, exaggerating goods and using the characteristics and modeling structure of goods to personify performance.

The second category is semi-anthropomorphism, that is, adding hands, feet and heads unrelated to commodities as anthropomorphic characteristic elements.

The above two anthropomorphic molding technologies make the goods humanized and personalized. Through the form of animation, emphasizing the characteristics of goods, its actions and words are directly related to goods, and the publicity effect is more obvious.

Illustrators often draw illustrations for graphic designers or directly for magazines, newspapers and other media. They are generally professional illustrators or freelance artists, and have their own themes and painting styles like photographers. Their professional sensitivity and desire for new forms and tools have led many of them to use cg animation design tools to create illustrations. The software function of Cg animation makes their creative talent play a greater role. Whether it is simple or complex, whether it is traditional media effects, such as oil painting, watercolor, printmaking style or the endless new changes and new interests of digital graphics, it can be completed more conveniently and quickly. Digital photography is the latest development of photography. Photographers shoot objects with digital cameras or scan traditional positive films into computers through scanners, then adjust, combine and create new visual images on computer screens, and finally output positive films or negative films through film recorders. This brand-new photography technology has completely changed the creative concept of photographic optical imaging, taking digital graphics processing as the core, and is also called "darkroom photography". It blurs the boundaries between photographers, illustrators and graphic designers. Nowadays, as long as they are talented, they can complete all three tasks on the same computer.

Summary and Appreciation of Several Illustration Styles Some people like watching TV dramas, others like watching variety shows, and so do I like watching pictures. A good work will show you the world built by the artist. Through this painting, you have a different imagination of the world. There are many beautiful things you haven't found. This is the beauty brought by illustration and the reason why I love painting very much. As a non-professional, based on my recent painting experience, I made a small summary of several kinds of illustrations. Just like studying notes, I hope we can learn something from these excellent illustrations.

* Plane style:

The elements in the painting look flat and consist of simple shapes and lines, but the colors are very rich and harmonious.

The clothes of the characters have a strong sense of cloth, which is a bit like a tapestry. Various elements are composed of simple geometric shapes, and some small lines are supplemented by embellishments. The expression of light makes simple geometric figures present a more realistic scene.

The lines are outlined with granular pencil lines, which makes the picture full of childlike interest.

* Rock color style:

Rock paintings generally refer to all works of art with mineral color as the main tone. In my opinion, the works in rock color style are very textured. In order to achieve different painting effects, traditional rock-and-roll works are mostly pasted with gold foil or silver foil on paper.

The following works should be computer-drawn, but they also reach the rock-and-roll style. According to observation, most of the works in rock color style are dominated by gold, black, red, sapphire blue and other main colors, which are very similar to Dunhuang murals.

* semi-realistic style:

The characters are three-dimensional and close to realism, and the clothing has a strong texture. The picture below shows the works of Taiwan Province talented woman illustrator De Dezhen (deceased). I especially like the illustrations of Dezhen series. The characters' eyes are emotional and their costumes are gorgeous and complicated. The background has the texture of rock painting.

The picture below shows the works of Zhang, the first painter in China who won the gold medal in the international comic contest. Successful illustrators' works have distinct personal characteristics. Just like this work, Zhang's illustration has a certain feeling of meticulous painting, but it also has a three-dimensional sense of CG painting. Her color tends to be big red, and the characters in the paintings usually show arrogant and indifferent attitude. I remember that the cover of Scarer, my favorite magazine in college, was a picture, all in this style.

* clear style:

The picture below is the work of my favorite illustrator "Fat Snake". Her blog is called "Fat Snake Wonderland", which should be the title. Her works are clear and full of light, presenting a beautiful and mysterious fairy tale world, with many elements such as little girls, fairies and small animals, which should really be a fairyland.

Her paintings have a delicate and fluffy texture, perhaps relying on tiny and hazy lines. The colors are mostly light brown, light green and light yellow. If you like her works, you can search "Fat Snake Wonderland" on the Internet to see other similar works.

The picture below is similar to the style of a fat snake, and the overall picture presents a clear and warm feeling. This painting is a watercolor painting, unlike the last one, which has many tiny lines. The characteristic of watercolor painting is that the fluidity of pigment is easier to form rich colors.

A good work must be rich and uniform in color. For example, this painting has no trace of light, but it makes you feel that it is in a very bright room. This is the success of color application.

There are many wonderful illustrations, too numerous to mention.

I hope everyone can see more, draw more and think more, improve their painting level as soon as possible and create their own works.

How to learn illustration watercolor? Watercolor painting is not only an artistic style, but also widely used in books, magazines, advertisements, animation and other fields because of its transparency, water rhyme, carefree, elegant and good at expressing artistic conception. Because of the simplicity and convenience of watercolor materials, it coincides with the timeliness of commercial illustration. The difficulty of watercolor painting is well known. To become a professional watercolor illustrator, you need a systematic and comprehensive learning process to realize your dream. Let's take a look at how to become a professional watercolor illustrator!

A preparation (from Nana, Zhihu):

paper

Watercolor painting can save the cost of pigments and pens. Only paper must be of high quality. The quality of paper can directly affect your painting feeling and fun. It saves you a lot of unnecessary detours. You can buy the ready-made No.4 bottle, or you can buy the largest bottle from the painting tool shop and cut it into small pieces to draw.

Watercolor Pigment _ Marley Watercolor

Many foreign forums have given good comments. The price of sex is the highest. I have been painting for a while. If I have more requirements for color, I can try the watercolors of Windsor, Smunk, danielsmith and other brands (of course, there are many more, so I won't list them one by one). Many watercolors are divided into student level and painter level. It is recommended not to rush to buy more and better colors. Being familiar with and making good use of the limited colors at hand will help you better understand the use and collocation of colors. More colors will only make the choice more difficult.

Chinese brush

So many pens will really dazzle people! Need to remind novices that if you just start painting and have limited funds, it is enough to buy a No.6 mink hair round brush. When buying, you should pay attention to the fact that the tip of your hair must be able to form a tip after being dipped in water. No.2 and No.4 can be purchased as needed. 0- 1 can also be considered for extremely detailed paintings.

Fiber brush

It absorbs less water than mink hair and is suitable for applying less pigment. Use a fiber pen when drawing small illustrations, which is less water, easy to control and easy to draw details. I have used Windsor's series of student pen covers, which I personally find very useful.

Sable brush

Mink brush is the most commonly used in watercolor painting. Absorb enough water and feel good. Of course, there are other things similar to squirrel hair, but not as good as mink hair. Find a convenient brush and you can start painting.

Toner cartridge

Cleaning rag

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Second, the learning process:

Week 1 week: geometric still life

Week 2: Monochrome Watercolor Still Life

Week 3: Simple Still Life Watercolor

Week 4: Combination of Still Life Watercolor

Week 5: Still Life Watercolor of Flowers

Week 6: Watercolor Landscape Sketch and Creation

Week 7: watercolor landscape copying

Week 8: Watercolor Landscape Sketch

Week 9: Watercolor Landscape Creation

Week 10: Watercolor Portrait Painting

Week 1 1: watercolor portrait sketch (end)

Week 12: Watercolor Street Shooter (Sketching)

Week 13: watercolor street shooting figures (drawing sketches)

Week 14: watercolor figure illustration copying

Week 15: watercolor figure illustration copying

Week 16: watercolor landscape and still life illustration creation

Week 17/ 18: illustration and copy creation

Week 19: flower illustration creation

Week 20: Illustration Creation