The sentence "You don't know how to paint until you paint" is straightforward, but it is the most important point in painting. There is no shortcut to painting. What you can do is to make up for it by diligence. Only by accumulating quantity first can qualitative change occur and progress be faster.

1 copy, copy is the fastest way to progress. You should copy more masters and excellent works, learn from others' good points in the process of copying, and understand how an excellent work comes from. From composition to detail, to color relationship and then to finishing relationship, you should learn more about the ability and relationship of controlling the whole picture, learn to understand the picture, understand where the good places are, handle the subtle relationship and understand the truth of the picture. Don't be too obsessed with small details and ignore big relationships, whether it's copying, sketching or creating. Deal with the big relationship first, then deal with the small details, and finally control the big relationship. Of course, good details are also highlights and surprises in the whole picture.

There is no shortcut to painting. "Talent is given every day", that is to say, even if everyone's talent, growth experience and learning environment are different, their sensitivity to painting will be different. It is also by daily efforts and diligence that they can become talents later. People who paint every day are essentially different from those who fish for three days and dry their nets for two days. Diligence must be the basis and premise of learning painting.

Art is a lifetime thing, and it is also the most romantic and lonely thing. Persistence is respect for it.

The representation method of illustration The image of illustration includes the product itself, a certain part of the product, the product to be used, the product being used, the experimental control product, the remarkable characteristics of the product, the benefits that can be obtained by using the product, the possible consequences of not using the product, the testimony legend and so on. There are three main methods of expression: photography illustration, painting illustration (including realism, pure abstraction, new figuration, comics, graphics, etc. ) and three-dimensional illustrations. Photographic illustration is the most commonly used illustration, because ordinary consumers think that photos are true and reliable and can objectively represent products. As a poster advertisement, the biggest difference between photographic illustration and general artistic photography is that it tries to express the characteristics of goods and expand the realism of products, while artistic photography tends to weaken some real characteristics of the subject in pursuit of a certain artistic conception. As a photographic illustration of poster advertisement, it is best to shoot with 120 single lens reflex camera. According to the requirements of different subjects, some commonly used lenses are needed, such as wide-angle lens, telephoto lens, macro lens and close-up lens. Photographic illustrations of posters generally use color reversal films to ensure the quality of printing and plate making.

Most photographic illustrations are made indoors, and the background needs to be manually arranged to set off the main body. Spare lining materials include woolen cloth, velvet, cloth, paper, etc. Of course, you can also boldly try wall covering, woolen linen and so on. , has been listed, and we can also use the slide background if conditions permit. Their advantage is that they can meet the requirements of advertising creativity regardless of time, place and climate.

Sketch illustrations have the author's subjective consciousness and freely expressed personality. Whether it is fantasy, exaggeration, humor, emotion or symbolic emotion, you can freely express and deal with it. As an illustrator, you need to digest the theme of advertising creativity and have a deeper understanding of things in order to create excellent illustrations.

The most commonly used technique for drawing illustrations is inkjet printing, which is a technique of drawing through a pen by using the air delivery of an air compressor. It is characterized by no brush strokes caused by ordinary painting, natural picture transition and high application value.

Comic forms are also common in painting illustrations. Comic illustrations can be divided into exaggerated illustrations, satirical illustrations, humorous illustrations and humorous illustrations. Exaggerated illustrations grasp some characteristics of the described object to exaggerate and emphasize, highlight the essential characteristics of things, and thus strengthen the performance effect. Ironic illustrations are generally used to belittle hostile or backward things. They satirize in an implicit tone to achieve negative publicity. Humorous illustrations reveal innocent and unreasonable things in life through insinuation, allegory, pun and other rhetorical devices in a well-meaning smile, so as to make people laugh and understand something from laughter. Humorous illustrations make advertising pictures interesting, make people accept advertising information in a relaxed situation and feel new concepts in a pleasant environment, which is especially hard to forget.

The chart in drawing illustration is a very suitable illustration form to express complex products, such as the operation procedure of new household appliances, the cooking method of a new food, the installation of household combined appliances, and various collocation forms of children's building blocks. , which can be used to introduce the correct operation steps to readers.

Three-dimensional illustration is a very expressive illustration form used in poster advertisements, which is rare in China, but it is an inevitable trend from the development of poster advertisements in the world. The production method is: according to the advertising creativity, the work is first composed in three dimensions, and then the picture is taken for the poster advertising screen. This requires poster designers and illustrators not only to have good graphic design ability, but also to have a solid three-dimensional foundation. Another method of three-dimensional illustration is to express the three-dimensional image by drawing, which is to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on two-dimensional paper. In a word, modern illustration is no longer confined to the scope of two-dimensional expression space, and simple two-dimensional expression techniques can no longer meet the requirements of modern illustration design.

As an illustrator, how to teach yourself to draw? First _ Comment on Emperor: _ Even if illustration is based on zero, you should have a good attitude.

For many friends who want to learn illustration, learning illustration on the basis of 0 is a blank number. 0 stands for everything, you should learn and experience from scratch. 0 means that you are still useless in this industry, and 0 also means many challenges, which makes many 0-based friends walk to the door of the illustration and can only walk around twice. They silently said to themselves, I like illustrations, but I ...

In fact, there is absolutely no need to have such a mentality. If you want to be an illustrator, you need to first determine a correct concept: no matter who you are, you can't be born with an illustrator. Now even the top experts in the illustration industry are learning from scratch. No matter who you are, you must have a growing process. 0 is not our destination, but our starting point. 0 is where we rise, and it is the beginning for us to enlarge ourselves constantly.

Second _ Comment on Shuo Shuo: Even if you are confused, you should have a good teacher.

It's normal to have all kinds of confusion in my heart when I just started to learn illustration. Don't wait until the confusion is solved to learn illustration, because your confusion can't disappear. Whose life is not confused? Confusion is actually a common psychological state of human beings. We can't be dominated by such forces. Admit confusion, respect confusion, break through confusion, confusion can accompany you, but not confusion. Many times, learning illustration is the best way to break through confusion.

Many classmates will say, I don't know where to find a good teacher. Even with a good teacher, people have no time to teach me. If this was the case 20 years ago, it is very convenient to study in the internet age now. I know a great board drawing illustration teacher. He broadcasts relevant knowledge points online for free at eight o'clock every night. After listening to this teacher's lecture, I have a sobering feeling. It turns out that painting is so simple, and real master teachers can explain complex things easily. Students who want to learn can go to Mr. Yu Rou's Wei Xin (homophonic): The above one is:

Because of learning, it is strong, because it is strong, it has a future, and the future is not waiting, nor complaining, it is useless, it is all learned, and it is born to be strong.

The third _ comment on "Talk": Even if it is difficult to learn, it is easy to learn.

Many students always stay in their own thinking space. I don't know which ghost says illustration is so difficult, so I have a fear. Can you learn this? Does it suit me? Actually, what I want to say is that everything is easy these days. You must endure everything. To put it bluntly, don't you just want to take a shortcut among shortcuts? Don't you just want to be successful? Frankly speaking, this situation exists, but it is rare and does not belong to us. Learning in a down-to-earth manner is the most reliable. It is ridiculous to wait for the illustrator to become simple and wait for the pie to fall from the sky. This is also a great waste of time. We're all adults. Don't have such childish dreams again. If you want to learn, open posture. I'm afraid I'll get nowhere in the end.

Send everyone an old saying: Is it difficult to do things in the world? For it, it is easy and difficult; If you don't do it, it's hard for easy people. Is it difficult for people to learn? Learned, difficult people will be easy; If you don't learn, it will be difficult for easy people.

Fourth, it is very difficult and ugly to make a bed scene. Think about it.

1. Improve the painting function as much as possible.

If you are determined to draw illustrations, picture books and the like, there is an interesting fact that painting is not that important.

Even stick figures and pencil drawings are ok, as long as you can convey the information clearly.

Of course, under the same conditions, the winner must be a good painter.

If possible, try to improve your painting skills, but if you can't draw well, don't be sad. You can still draw illustrations.

1. Draw first, then solve the problem.

Normal people suddenly have a strong desire to paint, and generally have their own emotions to express. In this case, slowly talk about composition, picture composition, color, three-dimensional deconstruction and so on. It will only dampen the enthusiasm of painting and make you feel that painting is not fun. It's best to draw first, because you have strong feelings and are not limited by rules, and the picture may be interesting. Picture Caton, find the answer according to the question.

Improper modeling, etc. , and then make up the sketch. The color is ugly. Read the color correlation again.

There is nothing new in composition, etc. Find the right keywords, and all the missing points can be filled in.

Use related words to search, videos, blogs, books, all of them, and you can find more suitable suggestions according to the comments.

If you can PS, AI is naturally good. If not, then learn slowly. You don't have to learn all the functions at once. You can go back if you have problems. The most important thing is the ability to draw by hand. When you encounter a problem, first look for the answer from the art knowledge. Sketch, structure, color, etc.

After this lap, if you encounter problems again, try to find answers from photography knowledge, such as composition, story, key moments and so on. This lap is stuck, try to find the answer from the film knowledge.

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

Fifth _ Do you want to stand out?

1: Determine your own style.

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

CG games are also very interesting, but I don't like them.

After determining the style, the learning speed is faster, and some things don't need to be learned at all.

I didn't study perspective, mapping and so on, which are not very important in my picture, and can be solved slowly later.

But if you prefer the human body, game warships and the like, perspective, mapping and even 3D are all necessary knowledge.

Step 2 don't copy

After a thorough understanding of a work, it is by no means plagiarism to be able to make something similar in style.

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

If you don't understand, you can only paint according to your skin.

3. Learn from the master, and only after sending out the works can you have correct guidance.

Experts suggest that you keep your personal characteristics and point out the direction.

And some good teachers will often remove your characteristics and give modular suggestions to make the picture mediocre. Painting skills are not so important, but your thoughts, feelings and expressions are more important.

Many people draw better than Miyazaki Hayao, but not everyone can compare with us.

For example, in Beijing, Chen Danqing, old painters and painters, Huang Yongyu, etc. Be sure to go to the offline exchange meeting. What he said on the spot is very different from the video, and he often has the opportunity to ask questions on the spot. Ask experts, ask more theoretical questions, and don't ask low-end hands-on questions.

4. Participate in difficult competitions.

Only in this way can we keep up with the first-line experts and know where we are.

Try to do something slightly above your ability.

I used to draw only one page, and I drew a picture book for the first time. I made many mistakes in my haste before I realized my shortcomings. Look at the award-winning works in previous years after submission. The composition and creativity are excellent. The gap between them is even more obvious. Although you can take some foreign orders and understand the degree of market recognition, newcomers don't have to spend too much time on it. When the skills are not mature, try different skills and draw more.

Foreign orders often specify the theme and style, and will also give you some illustrations and even composition sketches. The two most difficult problems in painting have been omitted for you. And these two questions are what illustrators need to think most: "What to draw?" "How to draw?"

I like this sentence very much:

The history of the whole art development is not a history of skilled technology, but a history of changing ideas and requirements.

-Gombrich: The Story of Art

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

I hope it helps.

After reading the comments, add one more point, how to keep the right direction:

5. Be sure to communicate with the master.

Although their feedback is only a few words, there is enough information for you to adjust your direction.

Once comments talk about color, composition, or lack of story. Look for knowledge points from the keywords they feedback. Be sure to remember humility, courtesy and gratitude. Thank you for your patient comments. Don't hesitate to reach out to the parties and ask them to elaborate in 8 thousand words. Once you give the key words, buy a book and find a video to show your sincerity.

In this way, the next time you send a picture, you have got rid of the old problems and developed a new style. They will see your sincerity and are more willing to communicate with you.

I often meet good people who tell me about the picture in private. Thank you very much.

Don't be afraid to lose face, don't be afraid to ask silly questions, make more mistakes and quickly add blank knowledge points.

From beginners to serious learners, the feedback information has changed from "awesome" to "here, here is not quite right" If you are badly hit, you can stop and show this painting to friends who appreciate it and ask for encouragement and praise. Then try to draw it again, change it again, and ask for criticism and suggestions after promotion.

Always remember your original heart. If you paint for fun, you don't have to go to the fork in the road. Rest when you are tired, not for quick success, just be happy. If you are happy, your work will be happy:) Really ~ ~