Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors
A course by Profe , Designer and Illustrator
Learn to maximize the potential of your projects by transforming your drafts into professional vector illustrations
Learn to maximize the potential of your projects by transforming your drafts into professional vector illustrations
The key to making progress and achieving results you're proud of is identifying processes that can lighten your workload and make it more enjoyable. That is the philosophy of the designer, illustrator, and co-founder of the "Wild Fontana" brand, Alfredo Ríos, better known as El Profe.
In this course, learn analog and digital techniques to transform a simple draft into an expressive editorial illustration with a professional look.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 25 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (47)
- 911 students
- 14 lessons (2h 8m)
- 25 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe IllustratorWhat is this course's project?
Create an editorial illustration mixing analog and digital techniques with a limited palette of six colors in Adobe Illustrator.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators and designers who want to discover a new technique for creating editorial illustrations.
Requirements and materials
Basic notions of Adobe Illustrator are needed for this course.
As for materials, you need a computer with the software installed, a notebook, pencils, tracing paper, Indian ink, tape, and a graphics tablet with Procreate, if that is your standard working tool.
Reviews
Alfredo Rios, better known as El Profe, is a designer and illustrator with more than ten years' experience. He has participated in a variety of illustration projects in varying degrees of complexity, from geometric illustrations with basic figures, to more complex composition and graphic illustrations.
He is currently an illustrator at Pictoline, where he has learned how to produce complete, high-quality illustrations in very little time. This process has taught him how to optimize basic tools while always pursuing the best results.
In 2020, he teamed up with Maga Rey and cofounded "Wild Fontana," a brand where they experiment with illustration and its application on textiles to create decorative pieces for the home.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Big projects start small
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The clarity of illustrating
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Lose the fear of being wrong
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Interesting compositions
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The colors that are friends and where to find them
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Line weights
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U3
Making the Illustration
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Inspiration: think visually
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The draft: the first drawings
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The sketch: what stays and what goes
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U4
Finishing the Illustration
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Vectorize
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Masks: textures and patterns
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Gradients
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Show your work to the world
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FP
Final project
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Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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nairod01
Super cours ! Inspirant
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stephaniedlord02
Awesome course! Really learned a lot and it was great to see his process.
lillianthepainter
Enjoyable and informative course. I learned useful tips for creative composition and I would recommend it especially if you like his style. You have to have basic illustrator skills to follow along the course, as this course more so guides you to draw interesting composition and subject, rather than using the software.
sdemateic
Me encantó el curso!
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victorrsa_0
mE AGRADA
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