What's the difference between an illustrator and an original painter?
Original painting: The original painting of the game is to describe and design the world with words and describe the specific image of the world with pictures. Provide artistic basis and guidance for game production.
Illustration: Illustration is to present the scenes and plots described and designed by novels and other words to readers in the form of pictures, so that readers can better understand and blend in with the scenes and plots described by words. At the same time, it also provides eye-catching publicity for books and magazines.
Illustrators are also painting designers, mainly designing pictures for the plot of novels, so they are called illustrators.
What should an illustrator have?
1. Excellent drawing ability:
Not necessarily a professional illustrator has superb drawing ability, but to become a direct illustrator, drawing ability must be excellent. At the same time, I have high requirements for my own works, demanding every detail and striving for perfection;
2. Independent style:
Self-contained style is the first expression of mature painting ability. With a unique style, it is easy to have a high reputation, and it is also convenient for the list suitable for your own style to come to you;
3. Basic communication skills:
Bird Xiansen is right. Illustration is actually a combination of painting and design. What is the biggest difference between painting and design? Painting is an arbitrary artistic expression, and designers dance with shackles. Illustration, as a combination of the two, is actually at the request of Party A, exerting one's own skills to achieve the most beautiful artistic effect ... Communication is essential, and how to understand Party A's requirements and implement them well in painting is the most basic skill in communication.
4. Ability to collect materials:
Illustrators should know all kinds of knowledge in various fields in order to complete their works better. On this point, the anonymous friend in this question has answered very well, so I won't repeat it here;
5. Portfolio:
From the beginning of learning to becoming an illustrator, every work should be well preserved. When you meet an order, you can quickly give your previous works, indicating that your strength and style are the basic abilities you should have;
6. Basic moral qualities:
Don't copy other people's works, try not to delay the manuscript, and don't open the skylight Understand the difference between plagiarism, reference, reference and tribute before entering the circle.
Is there a way to learn illustration in the future? One _ learning illustration is not only easy to solve the employment problem, but also can start a business.
With the demand of social advertising industry, game industry, publishing industry and various American propaganda, there is a great demand for talents in the field of board painting illustration. There are many people in this industry now, but frankly speaking, there are not many talents who can meet the needs of the industry. Nowadays, many young people are too impetuous to learn things, and they can feel that they are masters in the illustration field by learning a little fur. Forget about the master. It's hard to do a good job when you get to work. What I want to say is not that it is difficult, but that it is not difficult. I mean, don't be impetuous, improve your basic skills, the market is short of talents. As long as you are excellent, it is easy to find a job, because all companies need capable talents.
Learning illustrations well is not only for employment, but also for starting a business. You can take orders online at home. If you do a good job in this market demand, it is no problem for you to open a studio at home, and many of them are much higher than the income from work. As long as you learn illustration well, you can develop yourself if you want to develop yourself. Talented people don't worry about the future, but only if you are talented. A bright future is created by yourself, not waiting for it.
Two _ Nice to meet you. As long as you study hard, illustration won't let you down.
There is no doubt that the prospect of illustration industry is very good, but there is a question. Even if the prospect of this industry is very good, does this good belong to you? You have the ability to get this, okay? So now we must learn illustration well and improve our ability. When you become excellent, you will understand that you can win this beauty, not just watching from afar.
Three _ sloppy and delicious, in order to let you get along in this industry.
If you decide to study, I don't recommend self-study. It's just a waste of time. Besides studying in circles, I was busy for a long time. It's no fun to play like this. Don't waste your time on this useless job. When you succeed in self-study, the day lily will get cold. Finding a good teacher to take you will make your riding speed become the speed of high-speed rail. I know two students. Two years ago, they studied illustration at the same time, one was self-study and the other was self-exploration. This is the gap.
If you can't find a good teacher, it doesn't matter. I know a very good teacher. Every night, he will broadcast the open class of board drawing illustration online for free. His lectures are very easy to understand and grounded, which can simplify complex knowledge, especially for many students with zero foundation. Students who want to listen can visit him (homophonic): the first group is: w9, and the latter group is.
We should not only be diligent people, but also strive to be good learners. Only by knowing how to study better can we maximize our learning efficiency and give ourselves confidence to move forward. This is very important.
How to develop your own career path?
First of all, there are about three types of career development directions for illustrators.
1. He is a freelance illustrator.
At present, freelance illustrators occupy a large proportion in the illustration market, and most students can successfully become freelance illustrators after several months of training! Junior freelance illustrator, earning about 5K~9K yuan, mainly receives manuscripts by continuously publishing output works on various illustration platforms, inviting manuscripts, and publishing information by marketing numbers.
2. Join the illustrator team.
Join the illustrator team, on the one hand, the income will tend to be stable, on the other hand, there are always great people in the team, their experience and vision are worth learning, and their creative level can be greatly improved in a short time! The best way for an illustrator to achieve creative freedom is actually to realize the intercommunication between products and designs, by creating an illustrator's personal IP.
3. Is to set up a personal studio.
Many illustrators will naturally choose to set up their own studios after accumulating certain contacts, resources and funds. But there are advantages and disadvantages. The operation of the studio will cost you a lot of time and energy. I suggest you reach a long-term cooperation with some brands after your personal works have a stable income channel, and then go to this area for development.
You can really do a lot of things in an instant.
Illustration is a very inclusive major. Now illustration design is no longer limited to paper. The integrated application of 3D and multimedia has become a new trend of illustration. So are there any employment prospects for studying illustration now? Can you find a good job? Today, Yi Yun painting education will come to find out with you.
First of all, when it comes to illustration, you have to say picture books. However, picture books are not suitable for everyone, and they are not the only employment direction for illustrations. Besides picture books, illustrators can also find jobs in many ways.
1. Illustration+animation
Features: Give graphic illustrations a fresh 3D dynamic effect.
Illustration and animation have always been inextricably linked. Especially at the moment when the concept of comics is gradually faded and absorbed by illustrations, the relationship between illustrations and animation, especially independent animation, is getting closer and closer. Many illustrators have begun to try to create animation. Although overall, the volume of creation is not large, there are many creative ideas, which will be more interesting if they are expressed in the form of animation. At the same time, the illustrator's unique visual style also enriches the visual language of animation.
2. Illustration+brand
Features: Traditional business has turned to multimedia, and illustration has become a must for brands.
In contemporary art, illustration is a commercial art, so the combination of illustration and brand is logical. In most cases, the combination of contemporary illustrations and brands mostly exists in the form of advertisements, posters and packaging. Among them, advertising illustrations refer to illustrations, cartoons, charts, abstract shapes and so on. Nowadays, illustration, as an important visual element in advertising, plays a very important role in establishing the brand image of enterprises and products, and even plays an important role in winning a thousand words with one picture.
Generally speaking, the use of illustrations in movie posters will have very obvious commercial characteristics. In this context, illustrations can accurately express the content of the film and arouse the interest of the audience. The content of illustration can be a famous scene in a movie, or it can express a certain spirit or content conveyed by the movie.
The application of illustration in product packaging is very common in life. When using illustrations in packaging design, the overall expression of illustrations will be more inclined to pattern design. However, in this field, the performance of illustration will be more abstract, and it is more inclined to examine the drawing ability and sense of form of illustrators in composition.
3. Illustration+Fashion Design
Features: Illustrations are endowed with deeper commercial brand value.
The relationship between painting and fashion is very obvious. In 1960s, Yves Saint Laurent's mondriaan series is still talked about by people. In recent years, major international brands have begun to attach importance to the cooperation with illustrators and explore the illustration innovation of commercial brands. Nowadays, with the development of manufacturing industry and the popularity of individual tailors, it is easier for illustrators to show their works through various wearable ways such as clothing or handbags.
The illustration events of primary school textbooks published by People's Education Publishing House continued to ferment, and Wuhe Kirin voiced. What did he say? The illustrations in the mathematics textbook published by People's Education Press caused controversy and went on a hot search. Some netizens think that the characters on the cover and illustrations "have strange eyes and no beauty". Compared with the illustrations in other textbooks and the illustrations of the previous generation, there is an obvious aesthetic gap.
The event of textbooks published by People's Education Press continues to ferment.
As more and more netizens broke the news, what is even more frightening is that kindergartens subscribe to picture books, and there are also very exciting pictures, which have already taught children to do something wrong.
To describe a person's appearance, it should be "the heaven is full, the place is Fiona Fang, with thin eyes and eyes like stars", so why should we match this kind of illustration with blurred eyes, affectation, flat nose, high hair and strange?
What is terrible is that these textbooks have been used for ten years, and how many children's three views have been affected. Parents don't want their children to see such a picture, but since kindergarten, the problems of some textbooks have become obvious, that is, they deliberately want to teach bad children.
Lin voiced.
Wu Heqilin, a well-known illustrator team, said that comparing the illustrations in textbooks 20 years ago and today is not a decline in aesthetics, nor a decline in culture, but because of the progress of the industry. As a practitioner in the illustration industry, Wuhe Qilin believes that the price of painters has risen sharply because of the rise of the industry and the expansion of the market, but the price given by the publishing house has not risen too much. For the same painting, about 20 years ago, the painter's money didn't increase much, but 20 years ago, this price could be drawn by skilled experts. Today, I can only "find some students to draw in some studio art test classes".
"Around 20 15, a publishing house asked me to draw the cover illustrations of a series of science fiction novels they introduced. The whole process was well discussed. When I quoted them, they said to me with an embarrassed face,' We will try our best to get the highest budget for you, but it is only about one tenth of your quotation.'
"In fact, the price I quoted at that time was the price of a normal game poster illustration at that time, so I haven't talked about cooperation with the publishing house since then. This is still 20 15, not to mention now. " Wuhe Qilin said that the industry has improved and the painter's quotation is expensive; Most publishers are not short of money, just don't want to spend too much money on illustrations. This is an important reason for the poor quality of illustrations.
Why are we so excited?
Because children have strong imitation ability and prefer to look at pictures carefully rather than words, they are easily influenced by subtle influences. Moreover, if it is only aesthetic, it is a piece of cake. What I am most afraid of is to start with illustrations and impose subconscious values!
For example, the problem children's books that were uncovered before, astronauts, scientists, doctors and other people with status are foreigners. Only farmers are from China, and even parents can't stand it. Last but not least, it is no small matter to involve children, because children are the future of the motherland, and everyone in China doesn't have much brains, no matter how long it takes 100!
It is worth mentioning that after the news was exposed, the official attached great importance to it, and the People's Education Society immediately published it and began to redraw the cover and some illustrations of related mathematics textbooks. So here, I just want to ask for a thorough investigation in the name of a parent.