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Illustration: An Introductory Course
This book serves as a general introduction to illustration for the college-level student. In this book, students will learn the basics of putting together illustrations for various purposes, will learn about professional aspects of the field, and will consider assignments in botanical, poster, middle grade narrative, comic and picture book illustration, and illustration for self promotion.
- Author
- Jessica Boehman
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC0 / Public domain
- Language
- EN
Contents· 20 sections
- 01: Illustrating for a Client
- 1.01: The Specifications- Getting Started with Any Illustration
- 1.02: Professionalism
- 1.03: Materials and Media
- 1.04: Working with an Illustration Client
- 1.05: Assignment- Botanical Illustration
- 1.06: Assignment- The Illustrated Poster
- 02: Narrative Illustrations
- 2.01: Where do your Illustrations Belong
- 2.02: Crafting Dynamic Narrative Illustrations--A Checklist
- 2.03: An Introduction to Spot Illustrations
- 2.04: Assignment- Two Spot Illustrations
- 2.05: Assignment- Full Page and Spread Illustrations
- 2.06: Assignment- The Illustrated Book Cover
- 03: Graphic Narrative
- 04: Next Steps- Putting Your Art into the World
- 4.01: Thinking about Artist Contracts- How to Protect Your Work
- 4.02: The Illustrator's Website
- 4.03: Crafting an Illustration Portfolio
- 4.04: Assignment- Illustrated Postcards for Self-Promotion