Illustration Self-study —— How do illustrators teach themselves?

How to teach yourself how to teach illustrations;

First of all, you need to have a graphic tablet, and then practice your lines on the software; Choose the painting software that suits you. If you don't know enough about painting software, practice with ps first.

Second, to learn color, you can first find several groups of simple color pictures for analysis, and then copy them;

Third, studying light and shadow is a bit like photography. Only when there is light can there be a shadow, and light and shadow are inseparable. If a painting wants to have a three-dimensional sense, it must have highlights and shadows;

Fourth, keep practicing and strive for originality. When you start learning, don't look down on your eyes. Both lines and colors should be copied simply. The practice of light draft is very maddening. People who learn illustration well must have enough patience.

If you find it difficult to study by yourself, you can also sign up for a training class in the early stage to see your actual situation online or offline. I also reported to the training class in the early stage. Only when I have a good foundation in the early stage will my promotion in the later stage become more and more obvious.

First of all, we should have the mentality of "painting is not good-looking" and "painting is not right or wrong". In short, different people have different views on whether a painting is good-looking. There is a reference for drawing the wrong picture, which can be said to be right or wrong.

Painting, especially illustration, should be free and casual, without being too nervous. Painting is not good-looking, painting is not right or something, which are all bad attitudes that hinder you from painting. It is the first step to learn illustration from scratch to dare to draw.

The illustrator's suggestions on how to teach himself are as follows:

First of all, you should be familiar with the software you want to use. You can find many tutorials of this software online and sign up for some online courses. It doesn't cost much to buy a hand-drawn board. Buy a cheap hand-painted painter. Hand-drawn and mouse-drawn feel different. You can personally experience the strokes and strength of the hand-drawn board. Imitation, you can find some simple illustrations to copy first, and then find some relatively difficult illustrations you like to practice after you achieve satisfactory results.

When the painting is almost finished, you can slowly add your own ideas and ideas and complete your own independent creation. Read more pictures at ordinary times, learn more painting skills from others, and exercise more to strengthen yourself. Persistence is victory, and success is a long and arduous process.

Illustrator:

An illustrator is a person who draws illustrations as a profession. His main work includes drawing illustrations and covers for books, magazines, newspapers, manuals, novels, textbooks and other publications, as well as drawing greeting cards, posters, advertisements, ink-jet paintings and humorous paintings.

Illustrator is a general term: among them, there are illustrators, children's illustrators and cartoonists facing the media publishing industry, and the works of some cartoonists in China have been published in overseas markets such as Europe, becoming the pioneers of China's cultural export; There are also realistic illustrators in the advertising industry; Then there is the animation mascot designer.

There is a great demand for game and film illustrators. Similar to the game industry, each film and television work will also have a lot of mirror drawing and scene design work, which undoubtedly has a great demand for illustrators in the game and film industry.

As an illustrator, how to teach yourself to draw? First _ Comment on Emperor: _ Even if illustration is based on zero, you should have a good attitude.

For many friends who want to learn illustration, learning illustration on the basis of 0 is a blank number. 0 stands for everything, you should learn and experience from scratch. 0 means that you are still useless in this industry, and 0 also means many challenges, which makes many 0-based friends walk to the door of the illustration and can only walk around twice. They silently said to themselves, I like illustrations, but I ...

In fact, there is absolutely no need to have such a mentality. If you want to be an illustrator, you need to first determine a correct concept: no matter who you are, you can't be born with an illustrator. Now even the top experts in the illustration industry are learning from scratch. No matter who you are, you must have a growing process. 0 is not our destination, but our starting point. 0 is where we rise, and it is the beginning for us to enlarge ourselves constantly.

Second _ Comment on Shuo Shuo: Even if you are confused, you should have a good teacher.

It's normal to have all kinds of confusion in my heart when I just started to learn illustration. Don't wait until the confusion is solved to learn illustration, because your confusion can't disappear. Whose life is not confused? Confusion is actually a common psychological state of human beings. We can't be dominated by such forces. Admit confusion, respect confusion, break through confusion, confusion can accompany you, but not confusion. Many times, learning illustration is the best way to break through confusion.

Many classmates will say, I don't know where to find a good teacher. Even with a good teacher, people have no time to teach me. If this was the case 20 years ago, it is very convenient to study in the internet age now. I know a great board drawing illustration teacher. He broadcasts relevant knowledge points online for free at eight o'clock every night. After listening to this teacher's lecture, I have a sobering feeling. It turns out that painting is so simple, and real master teachers can explain complex things easily. Students who want to learn can go to Mr. Yu Rou's Wei Xin (homophonic): The above one is:

Because of learning, it is strong, because it is strong, it has a future, and the future is not waiting, nor complaining, it is useless, it is all learned, and it is born to be strong.

The third _ comment on "Talk": Even if it is difficult to learn, it is easy to learn.

Many students always stay in their own thinking space. I don't know which ghost says illustration is so difficult, so I have a fear. Can you learn this? Does it suit me? Actually, what I want to say is that everything is easy these days. You must endure everything. To put it bluntly, don't you just want to take a shortcut among shortcuts? Don't you just want to be successful? Frankly speaking, this situation exists, but it is rare and does not belong to us. Learning in a down-to-earth manner is the most reliable. It is ridiculous to wait for the illustrator to become simple and wait for the pie to fall from the sky. This is also a great waste of time. We're all adults. Don't have such childish dreams again. If you want to learn, open posture. I'm afraid I'll get nowhere in the end.

Send everyone an old saying: Is it difficult to do things in the world? For it, it is easy and difficult; If you don't do it, it's hard for easy people. Is it difficult for people to learn? Learned, difficult people will be easy; If you don't learn, it will be difficult for easy people.

Fourth, it is very difficult and ugly to make a bed scene. Think about it.

1. Improve the painting function as much as possible.

If you are determined to draw illustrations, picture books and the like, there is an interesting fact that painting is not that important.

Even stick figures and pencil drawings are ok, as long as you can convey the information clearly.

Of course, under the same conditions, the winner must be a good painter.

If possible, try to improve your painting skills, but if you can't draw well, don't be sad. You can still draw illustrations.

1. Draw first, then solve the problem.

Normal people suddenly have a strong desire to paint, and generally have their own emotions to express. In this case, slowly talk about composition, picture composition, color, three-dimensional deconstruction and so on. It will only dampen the enthusiasm of painting and make you feel that painting is not fun. It's best to draw first, because you have strong feelings and are not limited by rules, and the picture may be interesting. Picture Caton, find the answer according to the question.

Improper modeling, etc. , and then make up the sketch. The color is ugly. Read the color correlation again.

There is nothing new in composition, etc. Find the right keywords, and all the missing points can be filled in.

Use related words to search, videos, blogs, books, all of them, and you can find more suitable suggestions according to the comments.

If you can PS, AI is naturally good. If not, then learn slowly. You don't have to learn all the functions at once. You can go back if you have problems. The most important thing is the ability to draw by hand. When you encounter a problem, first look for the answer from the art knowledge. Sketch, structure, color, etc.

After this lap, if you encounter problems again, try to find answers from photography knowledge, such as composition, story, key moments and so on. This lap is stuck, try to find the answer from the film knowledge.

In addition, both Japan and South Korea have Chinese versions of how to become illustrators, which can be chosen according to their own direction.

Fifth _ Do you want to stand out?

1: Determine your own style.

My works have my preference for shapes and colors. I like Van Gogh, Jimmy and Miyazaki Hayao.

CG games are also very interesting, but I don't like them.

After determining the style, the learning speed is faster, and some things don't need to be learned at all.

I didn't study perspective, mapping and so on, which are not very important in my picture, and can be solved slowly later.

But if you prefer the human body, game warships and the like, perspective, mapping and even 3D are all necessary knowledge.

Step 2 don't copy

After a thorough understanding of a work, it is by no means plagiarism to be able to make something similar in style.

If you can only copy but not create, the theoretical part needs to be supplemented. After understanding the theory, it is not difficult to create.

If you don't understand, you can only paint according to your skin.

3. Learn from the master, and only after sending out the works can you have correct guidance.

Experts suggest that you keep your personal characteristics and point out the direction.

And some good teachers will often remove your characteristics and give modular suggestions to make the picture mediocre. Painting skills are not so important, but your thoughts, feelings and expressions are more important.

Many people draw better than Miyazaki Hayao, but not everyone can compare with us.

For example, in Beijing, Chen Danqing, old painters and painters, Huang Yongyu, etc. Be sure to go to the offline exchange meeting. What he said on the spot is very different from the video, and he often has the opportunity to ask questions on the spot. Ask experts, ask more theoretical questions, and don't ask low-end hands-on questions.

4. Participate in difficult competitions.

Only in this way can we keep up with the first-line experts and know where we are.

Try to do something slightly above your ability.

I used to draw only one page, and I drew a picture book for the first time. I made many mistakes in my haste before I realized my shortcomings. Look at the award-winning works in previous years after submission. The composition and creativity are excellent. The gap between them is even more obvious. Although you can take some foreign orders and understand the degree of market recognition, newcomers don't have to spend too much time on it. When the skills are not mature, try different skills and draw more.

Foreign orders often specify the theme and style, and will also give you some illustrations and even composition sketches. The two most difficult problems in painting have been omitted for you. And these two questions are what illustrators need to think most: "What to draw?" "How to draw?"

I like this sentence very much:

The history of the whole art development is not a history of skilled technology, but a history of changing ideas and requirements.

-Gombrich: The Story of Art

Painting skills are not so important, but the idea of the picture and the information you want to convey are more important.

I hope it helps.

After reading the comments, add one more point, how to keep the right direction:

5. Be sure to communicate with the master.

Although their feedback is only a few words, there is enough information for you to adjust your direction.

Once comments talk about color, composition, or lack of story. Look for knowledge points from the keywords they feedback. Be sure to remember humility, courtesy and gratitude. Thank you for your patient comments. Don't hesitate to reach out to the parties and ask them to elaborate in 8 thousand words. Once you give the key words, buy a book and find a video to show your sincerity.

In this way, the next time you send a picture, you have got rid of the old problems and developed a new style. They will see your sincerity and are more willing to communicate with you.

I often meet good people who tell me about the picture in private. Thank you very much.

Don't be afraid to lose face, don't be afraid to ask silly questions, make more mistakes and quickly add blank knowledge points.

From beginners to serious learners, the feedback information has changed from "awesome" to "here, here is not quite right" If you are badly hit, you can stop and show this painting to friends who appreciate it and ask for encouragement and praise. Then try to draw it again, change it again, and ask for criticism and suggestions after promotion.

Always remember your original heart. If you paint for fun, you don't have to go to the fork in the road. Rest when you are tired, not for quick success, just be happy. If you are happy, your work will be happy:) Really ~ ~