Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character

Start the course by meeting your teacher, Owen Davey. Take a look at some of his past work with top clients and hear about how he got his start working as a freelance illustrator. Learn which artists influence his style and get a brief overview of the content that is covered in this course.

Begin preparing for your final project by exploring the materials and digital tools that Owen uses most. See how to find good, relevant reference material to base your drawings on and follow along as Owen explains how to build a color palette.

Now it’s time to get creative! Start exploring how to use compositional thumbnails to better define your ideas. Look at simplification and stylization, make some basic sketches, and bring them into Photoshop to arrange a digital composition. Discover the techniques Owen uses for creating vector artwork in Photoshop and see how to create, review, and refine your final piece.

Finally, take a look at how to integrate texture into your work and learn how to make your own. See the best ways to save your work depending on its final format. Finish the course by learning how to scale your work without losing quality and the best ways to share it on social media.