Colorful City Portraits: Illustrate Your Favorite Place

Meet Alex Foster, see some of his illustration work, and find out why and how he became an illustrator. Discover the artists, books, and podcasts that inspire him, before seeing how to create your city portrait.

Start collecting ideas by exploring what makes a city portrait. Discover Alex’s useful tips for researching your city, before seeing which materials he likes to use and why.

Sketch your ideas onto paper and do some thumbnail drawings to try out different composition styles. Then, upload your drawings onto Photoshop to refine and enhance your rough sketches with Alex’s step-by-step method. Prepare your digital canvas for color and start drawing digitally. Continue by adding color and texture to your composition, seeing ways to experiment and create visually striking artwork.

Learn to analyze your illustration to identify where to add more elements such as typography or decorative elements. Wrap up the course by adding the final details using and seeing how to prepare your file for printing.