Issue 2 _ Sharing Guest: Sheena Myth
She has bright eyes, bright smile and a lark-like voice. Gentle and quiet personality, giving people the warmth like spring breeze;
English majors, non-art students, studied from scratch, and started the road of illustration with their love and persistence in painting.
Her illustrations are colorful and eye-catching; Full color+modeling and texture, simply combined into a harmonious and beautiful picture; The characters are exaggerated and interesting, full of creativity, more story-telling, showing a modern fashion side and unique style.
She has many labels:
Founder of Sheena Illustrator/Member of Shenzhen Illustrator Association.
Vision china signed a contract with the founder/illustrator of Sheena Illustration Studio.
Teaching style: natural, cordial, unpretentious, smooth and silent. Combining the thirst, exploration and simplicity of illustration knowledge with my own experience in learning illustration, this paper summarizes and designs an innovative and efficient illustration punching activity-Sheena Illustration Punching.
Comments and guidance on students' homework, direct and meticulous recognition, give students the greatest enthusiasm for teaching, and her love for painting exerts a subtle influence on every student.
Up to now, more than 65,438+0,000+students have participated in punching in.
# Sheena Illustration Punch Card # Weibo Topic Hot 7 million+
April's creative sharing was full of dry goods, which was very wonderful and brought us too many surprises and touches. The most important thing is to open our eyes. It turns out that you can draw like this, an outline, two words, an animal extending into a story;
Creative thinking: My understanding is to learn from other people's excellent works. Learning here does not mean imitation or copying, but learning by watching, remembering and drawing.
The first is to look, and looking is to carefully observe the characteristics of other people's excellent works. From the layout and composition, observe how the works use space and elements to form a picture.
Followed by the rhythm relationship, that is, the contrast between light and dark, cold and warm colors, density and size in the picture. Finally, the technique, that is, the method used to draw this work.
There are no two identical paintings and no two identical people in the world. Everyone is a unique and irreplaceable individual. Even if everyone draws the same element, the state presented in the pen is completely different.
First, the course "on-site" review
Second, the creative painting course "essentials" explanation
1, creative painting materials and methods
Practice in stages:
The first stage: draw an outline, draw an imaginary picture (9 squares) according to the outline, and draw your own elements through the limited outline;
Case 1 (original: the method of Sheena myth)
Try to break away from the original shape and show some objects with limited contours. In this way, we can find that because of some restrictions, we can draw more interesting graphics.
Case 2 (original: glasslinda's method)
Try to set some themes for yourself. Every time you draw a theme-related (9 squares) through this shape, you can also inspire a lot.
The theme of divergent thinking is set as follows:
1. Related to daily necessities;
2. Eat, drink, be merry, eat, wear, live and travel;
3. Animals and plants;
4. Human head, chest and body movements;
5. Different forms of expression (head up, head down, head up);
6. The combination of positive form and negative form;
7. Think about the outline (silhouette);
8. The internal articles are combined into the required shape;
9. Have an epiphany and paint freely;
The second stage: draw a picture by combining completely unrelated keywords. (9) Break the conventional thinking and draw unexpected scenes.
Case 1 (original: method of seven sauces)
The key word of this picture is spring+time.
Divergent thinking: spring outing-spring outing-flying kites outdoors-have a good day; Associating related elements through divergent thinking and extracting+combined elements;
Creative process: In the creative process, I seek inspiration from generation. In these references, I think the girl who flies a kite in the clock points to spring. Later, hair and kites were connected in an exaggerated way.
Case 2 (original: meatball method)
The key words of this picture: spring blue+lock.
Make a mind map through keywords, write out all the elements you can think of, and then extract+combined elements from them;
Divergent thinking: head-key-vast sea of people-find yourself-open your heart-unlock.
Creative process: Turn your head into a key through divergent thinking, and the black line around the lock represents floating waves, struggling to find your own lock in the vast "lock sea".
The third stage: make up a story with an animal element.
Case 1 (original: Alina Alan's method)
Creative concept of story series:
Picture books are designed to express an emotion, convey an idea and tell people some truth, so I considered the story and emotional expression of picture books when I created them.
My Story is a dream, expressing my inner desire. People living in fast-paced cities, due to the pressure of work and life, occasionally have negative emotions, sometimes feel depressed and become restless, leaving too little time and space for themselves outside work.
I want to have more time to paint, feel the tranquility and beauty of nature, and express my feelings in the form of dreams. The theme of the story is "sika deer and me". I like sika deer very much. Sika deer is also my lucky pet. )
2. Two steps to improve creativity:
(1) usually accumulates
Creative inspiration book: record anytime and anywhere. What happened around us, dreams, whimsy, points of interest, museum inspiration, dreams, books, movies, poems and warm sentences can all be sources of inspiration for later creation.
Photo album: Collect favorite pictures, photos and exquisite illustrations from time to time. The material library of illustration creation can be specifically classified, such as color, brushwork, modeling, scene, decoration and so on. In the subsequent creation, you can try to start a new creation with these accumulated colors and strokes.
Skada: A video about "the creative storage method necessary for illustration creation", in which the analysis of bookshelves and bookshelves is particularly helpful.
There are contents and skills in the bookshelf: the contents record your diary, reading notes and collected articles; Collect colors, strokes, shapes and scenes, and decorate the methods you are interested in and want to try.
Shelf: 1. What should I draw? 2. What skills did you try? You can use this method at the beginning of creation.
(2) Practice (action)
There are three ways to practice: visual diary: the method of creation is particularly useful, and you can accumulate materials for learning creativity by doing visual diary. (Weibo @ Hi Blow)
Realistic/copying photos: unconscious random experiment, telling stories with pictures; Copy works, collages and other interesting ways to record and learn.
3. Three practical ways to practice creativity:
(1) Learn to paint quickly.
The following are very practical creative practice methods extracted from imagination, composition and creative thinking, three of which are also practiced by us this time and are very practical.
1. After seeing one object, think of another object and relay in turn. (enhance your imagination, the same object, after 9 days, everyone's final result will be very different. )
2. Combine completely unrelated things and draw a picture. (Break away from conventional thinking and draw unexpected scenes)
3. Two different figures, combined to draw a portrait. (Try all kinds of interesting portraits)
4. Draw your inner feelings through a photo-expand different variants. Try to practice drawing your feelings, not the painting itself.
5. Draw an animal and draw your own animal. Provide words, and each of you can draw this animal in your own imagination. )
6. Try to draw an animal (cow, snake, spider, goose, fish, etc. ) Use different painting materials. Turn out all the existing painting tools at home and use them to find out more possibilities.
7. For an object: concreteness-abstraction (using different painting materials to distinguish style differences). Learn the generalization ability of specific things, generalize a little every day, and the more you draw, the easier it is.
8. Draw an outline and draw an imaginary picture according to the outline (draw your own elements through a limited outline).
9. Make up a story with an interesting little thing. An object, such as a fish, revolves around the fish every day and unfolds its own story.
10. Draw the same elements. Everyone listens to different music they like, and uses this element to draw their feelings in different music ~ (draw their feelings in music and learn more abstract expressions)
(2) Learning by sketching
Another creative practice method is sketch, from which we can get many ideas. The following is an excerpt from "Learning from Uncle Philip-Creative Sketching", which will be of great help to start practicing sketching.
1. Leave blank drawing paper and let yourself play freely. Empty your head, what you draw depends on the brush.
2. Blind drawing:
-close your eyes, feel the five senses with your left hand and pick up the strokes with your right hand;
-find a model, observe the five senses by yourself, and don't look down at your own paintings during painting.
Blind painting can help you learn how to observe things better and improve your painting level. )
3. Draw your feelings: The stronger a painting is endowed with personal feelings, the stronger its artistic appeal will be.
4. Attract your attention (imagination will fill the remaining blank)
-Create a visual focus for the work, focusing on the most important part of the picture, and filling the rest with imagination.
5. Collect materials: collect things that look inconspicuous and can't be drawn alone. (for example, go to the museum and fill it with drawing paper)
6. Natural scenery: Pay attention to the grotesque shapes that can be seen everywhere and explore their unique places.
7. Make good use of multiple perspectives: record everything around you in 360 degrees; Observing the same place from different characters' perspectives can also splice different time and space fragments from the same perspective.
(3) Learn from artists
When copying and recreating artists' works, we can better understand their expressions, emotions, colors and so on in the picture. You can also play freely according to your own artistic masterpieces and your own imagination.
In April, I mainly studied the painting forms of artists such as paul klee, Kandinsky, Matisse and Van Gogh. In the future, we will have the opportunity to learn from other artists.
4. Recommended reading books
The books shared below are books related to creativity purchased before the start of school, and some useful points are extracted by combining practical exercises and other platforms' views on creativity.
Experience in reading creative books;
1. Imagination, composition and creative thinking
The composition and creativity mentioned in this book are particularly grounded and very practical. There are many creative methods in the book, and it is also a reference book for April's creative painting practice.
2. Creative sketch
Many sketches in the book deserve special attention, which will be of great help and inspiration to those who want to start sketching.
3. Lai Shengchuan's creativity
Teacher Lai Shengchuan's analysis of creativity is very in-depth. He analyzed the whole process of creativity from his own creative experience.
4.52 Creative Painting Practice and Creative Sketch Laboratory
These two books mainly talk about how to use different painting materials and creative methods to extract creative inspiration, which will be very helpful for people who want to try various materials, especially suitable for children's painting training institutions.
If the research direction is board drawing, it will not help much; Part of this book is about getting creative inspiration from artists' ideas.
There are relatively few creative parts in the book, but some of them, such as lines, colors and tones, are particularly wonderful in how to tell stories with illustrations.
6. Freestyle painting: 84 creative skills of illustrators.
There are 88 creative techniques such as background and space, alternative reality, mixed layers, spatial perspective, digital collage, etc., which can obtain many different creative methods and give you more inspiration and creative direction.
Third, the creation of painting summary and work display
Editor's Note: In April, Mr. Sheena read seven books about creative illustrations and watched eight hours of drama sharing. Take its essence and organize it into courseware, which is very serious, dedicated and efficient; (There should be applause+praise here)
If you see here as "unfinished" as I do, you can go to (Weibo: @ Sheena Myth) to share more dry goods about illustrations;
Illustrator Dream Team is a painting world similar to utopia. The atmosphere in the group is very good and full of positive energy. It's a pleasure to see the pictures posted by everyone in the group every day, and it's especially pleasant to learn and grow with friends of the same frequency.
The love of painting makes us look forward to life more.
The dream of painting lies in the brush in your hand;
Text/Lindsay tidbits
Love reading and traveling;
Love poetry and guitar;
Love painting and writing;
I'm Lindsay. I'm slow in reading and writing.
Please call me Miss Snail.
If you have a dream that you know is impossible (dream of becoming an illustrator), is it worth sticking to? Many people have their own dreams, but they give up because their families don't support them, or feel that they can't realize them. In fact, having a dream is a good thing. Many people don't have dreams, so they live all day. Only those who have dreams will have the motivation to move forward and will have the yearning and expectation for life. So your dream of having an illustrator is a good feeling at first.
Sometimes, your dream can't come true, not only because you are not persistent enough, but also because you are timid. Many people are forced by life to give up their dreams.
But there are not only two States of success and failure in life, and our dreams are not only about realizing and giving up. The result is not the only reason why you stick to your dream. It is more important to stick to your dreams, that is, "on the road". On the way to our dreams, we know that there is no result, but when we persist a little in order to realize our dreams, our little progress is our progress. Go a little further and you will be closer to your dream.
Many people's dreams can only be realized when they are dreaming, so the word "dream" is in front of the dream and also represents how difficult it is to realize. But it doesn't mean that you won't stick to your dreams until they come true. There must be a reason to insist. On the way to becoming an illustrator, you will try to learn more about illustrators, and you will gradually try to improve yourself at this convenient level. Even if you don't become an illustrator in the end, your illustration level will be much better than those who give up halfway. So don't give up your dream!
How to be an illustrator? First of all, you need to work hard, work hard and work hard again.
I know many students who like illustration and always ask me what it takes to be an excellent illustrator. They always emphasize interest and skills, but they are always lazy and always want to compare whose talent is higher. In fact, this is a very naive performance. I never believe in any talent. Even if you have any talent, if you refuse to work hard, that talent is just a castle in the air. Only the talent supported by hard work is unbreakable. So if you really want to be an excellent illustrator, you should first ask yourself, are you willing to spend time and energy in this area and really work hard to be powerless and moved? Even if you have no foundation, you can still conquer illustration. Even if you are old now, you can still play illustration. Even if you don't have a degree, you can still become an illustrator if you are willing to make real efforts. The direction of efforts is:
Two _ Everything _ An Huang Ju Wang Jiaochuan, just to learn something.
Don't say that I just learned to play illustration, and I'm half-hearted. Since you want to learn illustration, you must learn a method. Don't presuppose that we will fail. Why don't we tell ourselves that we will succeed? Be sure to give yourself positive hints. This is the law of attraction. What you attract will come.
I want to learn illustration, but I can't find an excellent teacher. It doesn't matter. I know a very good illustrator on the Internet. Every night at 8 o'clock, he will have an open class of board drawing illustration for free. We've been talking for years. Many people come to listen to it every day. Very interesting, very fun, many students with zero foundation came to listen. The enlightenment of illustration is very good for many people.
Just starting to learn illustration, you must know more. Don't always say we can't do it. There is no one who can't do it. Only those who don't work hard are the amulets of our life. To be an excellent self and achieve a wonderful life is the real happiness.
Three? Three?
In recent years, more and more excellent illustrations have entered people's field of vision. Now illustration is not only the process of taking out the characters in the painting to play, but also the process of purely excavating the details of life and forming a unique illustration style to reproduce.
With the diversification of cultural communication, more and more illustrators have won loyal fans with their excellent illustrations, and even more, they have become freelance illustrators, set up their own studios and self-media, and achieved their own illustrator dreams. Although the illustrator looks glamorous, the efforts behind a professional illustrator cannot be ignored.
What is important in learning a skill is not the study time, but what you know, what skills you have mastered, and the way of learning directly affects the study time. If you have the basic knowledge of painting and professionals to take you to study, the learning efficiency will be much faster. Coupled with your efforts and practice, you can basically enter the illustration industry after studying for about half a year. If it is self-study, the corresponding study time will be longer.
Many people want to be illustrators, but they want to have strict time requirements. Bian Xiao wants to say that learning a skill requires haste makes waste. A professional illustrator is not determined by time. Only when he studies slowly and steadily can he be called a qualified illustrator.
1, analyze one's own situation: know one's own painting level and knowledge, have a clear aim and focus on training.
2. Investment in basic education: purchase books, computers and other equipment, and receive professional training. And invest appropriately.
3. Practice painting techniques: refer to materials and tutorials, and practice related painting techniques to achieve proficiency and fluency.
4. Looking for social needs: analyze the preferences of merchants, advertisers and consumers, and avoid the heavy ones; Follow the trend.
5. Timely packaging and promotion: practice through competition, submission, communication, application and contact. In the competition, work
In the process of writing, you can constantly gain experience and make progress.
Anzhen Wo Wo at four o'clock? The real training way to become a master.
1, solid basic skills:
We can't ignore the basics: shape, structure and proportion, because they are integrated, even in stylized works. Shaping is the key, which should be the basic skill of every creator, but many times it is not. You must have a realistic foundation to create an unrealistic but still convincing role. Illustrators should ensure that they have no blind spots in knowledge and master painting skills as much as possible in order to cultivate an intuitive sense of familiarity. This is not only to master the basic artistic laws, but more importantly, whether you know how to use these laws and really master the composition of animals, so that illustrators can freely exert their creativity without worrying about the illogical graphics. Structure can best help you achieve your goals.
2. copy thinking.
Don't blindly copy, deeply analyze your own paintings, and ask yourself: How did you draw them? Add a detail reference to the drawing. Learn as much as possible about anatomy and study real life. If you want to imagine creation, you still have to return to structure and form. You know, the more research and reference you do, the more you will. You may have heard it countless times in art school, but the reward of sketching is really priceless!
3. Correct the mistakes.
Don't hide sloppy lines, this is the process of ensuring your hands-on ability and being able to use lines freely. Find out your own shortcomings. Are you very bad at drawing hands? Have you no idea about posture? Then study hard! Every artist has his own weaknesses. We can stand still and draw the same things all the time, but you know, we will never grow and learn. Analyze everything you draw, break it down into structures and think about why you draw this thing. In the face of those difficulties that you find difficult, don't give up but don't push yourself too hard. It may take you months or even years to really grasp the essence, but it's worth it.
4. Accumulate a large number of works.
Everyone can try to use different techniques and media to draw. Don't be unfamiliar with your skills when facing things that you find difficult. Can you draw attractive lines? Practice your dexterity until you become a real master. Make sure your painting looks good before painting. Although painting can cover up scribbled line drawings, don't rely on it. It is very important for my hand to draw my heart. My hands, eyes and brain are integrated.
5. Learn the skills of the Great God.
Know your preferences, and then stand on the shoulders of giants. When you learn from your predecessors, don't just take advantage of one family. Know what you like and study it deeply. Keep practicing and integrate everything you like into your personal style. Observe the real world first and then learn from your predecessors. Find all the elements you like, plus your own feelings. Ask yourself which elements you like best and why you particularly like an artist. These answers will stimulate your imagination. Compared with copying, your creation must be a mixture of many elements, just as musicians appreciate a large number of other people's works to find their own inspiration, find out their characteristics from each artist you like and try to integrate into their own works.