Self-study of illustration-How do illustrators teach themselves?

How to learn illustration by yourself

How to teach yourself illustration:

1. First, you need to have a digital tablet, and then practice lines on the software; choose the right one that suits you Painting software, if you don’t know enough about painting software, practice with PS first;

2. To learn colors, you can first find a few sets of simple color pictures to analyze and then copy them;

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

4. Keep practicing and try Original. When you start learning, don't be too ambitious. Whether it's lines or colors, look for simple copying. The practice of light drafts is very frustrating. Those who learn illustrations must have enough patience.

If you feel that self-study is difficult, you can also sign up for training classes in the early stage. Whether online or offline depends on your actual situation. I also signed up for training classes in the early stage, taking online classes at Jidanxue. Only when the foundation is established in the early stage, the subsequent improvements will become more and more obvious.

First of all, we must have the mentality of "there are no good-looking and bad paintings" and "there are no wrong and right paintings". To put it simply, whether a painting looks good or not depends on the benevolent and the wise; whether a painting is wrong or a painting is right is based on reference, and only then can one say whether it is right or wrong.

Drawing, especially illustration, should be free and casual. You don’t need to make yourself too nervous. Drawing poorly or drawing incorrectly are all bad mentalities that hinder you from drawing. , to quit, dare to draw is the first step to learn illustration from scratch. How to teach yourself as an illustrator

The suggestions for self-study as an illustrator are as follows:

First of all, you must be familiar with the software you want to use. You can find many tutorials on this software on the Internet, and you can sign up for some online classes. . It doesn't need to be expensive to buy a hand-painted tablet. Buy a cheap hand-painted one. The feeling of hand-painted and mouse-painted is different. You can experience the strokes and strength of the hand-painted tablet yourself. To imitate, you can first find some simple illustrations to copy. After you achieve a satisfactory effect, you can find some relatively difficult illustrations that you like and practice.

When the painting is almost complete, you can slowly add your own ideas and conceive to complete your own independent creation. I usually read more illustration works, learn other people's painting techniques, and exercise them to strengthen myself. Persistence is victory, and success is a long and hard process.

Illustrator:

An illustrator is a person who makes illustrations as a profession. His main work includes drawing for books, magazines, newspapers, instruction manuals, novels, textbooks and other publications. Illustrations, covers, and also engaged in painting greeting cards, posters, advertisements, spray paintings, humor paintings, etc.

Illustrator is a relatively general term: among them are illustrators for the media publishing industry, children's illustrators, and comic book authors. The works of some Chinese comic book authors have been published in overseas markets such as Europe and have become part of Chinese culture. There are pioneers in output; there are also realistic illustrators for the advertising industry; and then there are cartoon mascot designers.

There is a huge demand for game and film and television illustrator designers. Similar to the game industry, every film and television work will also require a large amount of storyboard drawing and scene design work. Illustrators are in great demand. As an illustrator, how do you teach yourself to draw?

First_夤朔缙 commented on the emperor:_Even if you have zero foundation in illustration, you must have a good attitude.

0 Basics of learning illustration is a confused number for many friends who want to learn illustration. 0 means everything. You need to learn and experience it from scratch. 0 means If you are still useless in this industry, zero also means a lot of challenges. This makes many friends with zero foundation, when they walk to the gate of illustration, they can only wander around for two times and then leave, silently saying to themselves, I I like illustrations, but I don’t know anything, so let’s go.

In fact, there is no need to have such a mentality. If you want to become an illustrator, you first need to determine a correct concept: no matter who you are, it is impossible to be born with illustrations, even if you are at the top of the illustration industry Masters all learn from scratch. No matter who they are, they must go through a process of growth. 0 is not our end point, but our starting point. 0 is where we rise and where we continue to enlarge ourselves. It doesn't matter if you start with 0 basics, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will eventually use your hands to draw beautiful illustrations, look at problems with a developmental mindset, and don't limit yourself to the present.

Second_Wang Shuojin commented: Even if you are very confused, you still need a good teacher.

It is normal to have various confusions in your heart when you have just started learning illustration. Don’t wait until your confusion is resolved before you start learning illustration, because your confusion will never disappear. Who is not confused in life? Confusion is actually a common psychological state of human beings. We cannot let such a force dominate our lives. Acknowledge confusion, respect confusion, and break through confusion. Confusion can accompany you, but you cannot be influenced by confusion. Many times The best way to break through confusion when learning illustration is to have a good teacher. A good teacher will allow you to see the future, see hope, and see the possibility that you can learn well.

Many students will say, where can I find a good teacher? I don’t even understand it myself. Even if there is a good teacher, they don’t have time to teach me. If this was true 20 years ago Yes, but now is the Internet era, learning is already a very convenient thing. I know a very good illustration teacher. He gives free live broadcasts on the Internet every night at 8 o'clock to teach relevant knowledge points. Listening to this teacher's lectures, I have a feeling of enlightenment. It turns out that painting is so simple. I am a real master. The teacher will explain complex things in an easy-to-understand manner. Students who want to learn can go to Teacher Yurou’s Wei Xin (homonym): The one in front is: w9, and the one in the back is: kaka. Combine the above two groups Just combine the letters in order.

Because of learning, you are strong, because you are strong, you have a future, and the future is not something you wait for, nor is it something you complain about. It is useless. It is all learned and done. It is born. Strong.

Third_Wang Shuojin commented on Chen: Even if it is difficult to learn, it will become easier if you learn it.

Many students always stay in their own thinking space. I don’t know who said that illustration is so difficult, and I feel a sense of fear in my heart. Can I learn this? Is it suitable for me? What? In fact, what I want to say is that it is easy to do anything these days, but you have to endure hardships to do anything. To put it bluntly, don’t you just want to take the shortcut among shortcuts? Don’t you just want to reach the sky in one step? Frankly speaking, this situation exists, But there are very few, very few, and they do not belong to us. The most reliable thing is to study down-to-earth. Waiting for illustration to become a confidant, waiting for pie to fall from the sky, is a very ridiculous thing, and it is also a very special thing. We are all adults now. Stop having such childish dreams. If you want to learn, just open up and learn, otherwise it will end in nothing.

I’ll give you an old saying: Is everything in the world difficult or easy? If you do it, the difficult ones will become easy; if you don’t do it, the easy ones will also become difficult. Is it difficult or easy for people to learn? If you learn something, the difficult things will become easy; if you don't learn, the easy things will also become difficult.

Fourth_It’s difficult to shoot the roses while lying on the bed. Thoughts on the beauty.

1. Improve the drawing function as much as possible.

If you are determined to draw illustrations, picture books, etc., there is an interesting fact that drawing skills are not that important.

Even if it is a simple drawing or a pencil figure, as long as you convey the message clearly, it will be fine.

Of course, under the same conditions, the one with better painting skills will definitely win.

If possible, try to improve your drawing skills. But if your drawing skills are not good enough, don’t be sad, you can still draw illustrations.

1. Draw first, and solve problems later.

Normal people suddenly have a strong desire to draw, and usually have their own emotions that they want to express. In this case, slowly talking about composition, picture composition, color, three-dimensional deconstruction, etc. will only dampen your enthusiasm for painting and make you feel that painting is not fun. It's better to draw first, because you have strong emotions and are not restricted by rules, so the picture may be very interesting. When the screen freezes, look for answers based on the questions.

If the shape is not accurate, please make up the sketch again. The color is ugly, read more about color.

The composition is not innovative, etc. Find the right keywords and all the missing points can be supplemented.

Use related words to search, videos, blogs, and books. They are all available. You can find suggestions that are more suitable for you based on the comments.

If you know PS, AI will be good. If not, learn slowly. You don’t have to learn all the functions at once. If you encounter problems, you can try it again. The most important thing is your hand-drawing ability. When you encounter a problem, first find the answer from art knowledge. Sketching, structure, color and more.

After this round, if you encounter problems again, try to find answers from photography knowledge, composition, storytelling, key moments, etc. If you get stuck again after this circle, try to find the answer from movie knowledge.

In addition, Japan and South Korea have Chinese translations of how to become an illustrator, and you can choose to read them according to your own direction.

Fifth_How to make yourself stand out?

1: Determine your own style.

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

The game CGs are also very beautiful, but I don’t like them.

After determining the style, you will learn faster and some things do not need to be learned at all.

I didn’t particularly learn perspective, texture, etc. These are not too important in my paintings and can be solved slowly in the later stages.

But if you prefer human bodies, game battleships, etc., perspective, textures, and even 3D are all must-know knowledge.

2: Don’t plagiarize

After deeply understanding a work, you can make something similar in style but not plagiarized.

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

If you don’t understand it, you can only paint the skin as it is.

3: Learn from the masters and get correct guidance after publishing your works.

Advice from experts, pointing out the direction while retaining your personal characteristics.

Some people who like to teach others often remove your characteristics and give modular suggestions, making the picture mediocre. Painting skills are not that important, your thoughts, feelings, and expressions are more important.

There are many people who draw better than Hayao Miyazaki, but not everyone can move us.

For example, in Beijing, you must go and listen to offline exchanges held by Chen Danqing, Laoshu Huahua, Huang Yongyu, etc. What he said live was very different from what he said in the video, and there were often opportunities to ask questions on the spot. When asking questions to experts, ask more theoretical questions and avoid low-end hands-on questions.

4: Participate in difficult competitions.

This way you can keep comparing yourself with the top players and know where you are falling short.

Try to do things that are slightly above your abilities.

I used to only draw single pages. It was my first time to draw a picture book. I was so busy and made a lot of mistakes that I realized where I was lacking. After submitting the manuscript, I looked at the winners from previous years and found that their composition and creativity were excellent. The differences between them are more clearly understood. Although you can take some external orders and understand the market's recognition of you, newcomers don't need to spend too much time on this. When your skills are immature, try more different techniques and draw more.

Outside orders often specify the subject matter and style. Some illustrations even give you a sketch of the composition. The two most difficult problems in drawing have been omitted for you. These two questions are what illustrators need to think about most: "What to draw?" "How to draw?"

I like this sentence very much:

The entire history of art development It is not a history of the development of technical proficiency, but a history of changes in ideas and requirements.

——Gombrich: "The Story of Art"

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

Hope this helps.

After reading the comments, I would like to add one more point on how to stay in the right direction:

5. Be sure to communicate with experts,

Although their feedback is only a few A few words, but enough information to make you adjust your direction.

Once the comments mention color, composition, or lack of storytelling, etc., you can find knowledge points yourself from their feedback keywords. Be sure to remember to be humble and polite, and be grateful. Be grateful to others for their patience in making comments. Don't reach out to others and ask them to explain in detail in 8,000 words. Once the keywords are given, buy books and videos to learn by yourself, so that others can see your sincerity.

In this way, the next time you post a picture, you have corrected the old problems and developed a new style. They will see your sincerity and be more willing to communicate with you.

I often encounter kind-hearted people who tell me about screen problems through private chats. Thank you very much.

Don’t be afraid of losing face, don’t be afraid of asking stupid questions, make double mistakes, and quickly fill in the blank knowledge points.

From a beginner to a serious learner, the feedback message from the layman changed from "very good, very good" to "here, something is not right here". If you are hit particularly hard, you can pause, show the painting to a friend who appreciates you, and ask for encouragement and praise. Then draw harder, revise again, and then ask for criticism and suggestions after improvement.

Always remember your original intention. If you draw for fun, there is no need to go astray. Take a rest when you are tired, don’t expect quick results, just be happy.

When you are happy, your work will be happy:) That’s true~~