In modern society, illustration is widely used, and its visuality, the spread of text content, the expression and embodiment of space, the expression of lines, or the use of painting media are more diversified. Many art schools in the United States have different professional tendencies in illustration, so you should be fully prepared for the children who are preparing for the professional works collection of illustration! Today, we will talk about illustration painting with natural light: have to see hand drawn illustration preparation?

　　 Illustration and painting: have to see the preparation of hand drawn illustration

1. Time planning is very important. Whether undergraduate or graduate students, generally good schools, the professional works collection of illustration is required to include 4 or more series. It takes at least 2 months to complete a series from the beginning of conception. At the same time, it also needs to prepare language, documents and school courses, so Illustration design for art study abroad It is better to prepare the professional portfolio one year before the application.

2. Students who have never been exposed to illustration should start to practice earlier. They can start from basic painting to practice basic painting (sketch, sketch and color). They must complete the collection of works under the guidance of professionals, let professional teachers give guidance and suggestions on illustration painting, and expand their thinking at the same time to prepare for the next illustration works.

3. If you have a school you really want to go to, you must do enough homework before you start, that is, deeply investigate the students' style and preferences of the school, and then start to make a collection of works.

4. Choose the painting style and expression method that you are good at, try not to use too many painting methods that you are not good at, so that the works can show their advantages to the greatest extent.

5. Communicate more with foreign teachers, exchange their inspiration and materials, and also communicate more with their own instructors. Regularly show the instructors the progress of their illustrations and paintings, so that the teachers can better understand your strengths and weaknesses, and give guidance in a timely manner.

6. In addition to illustration works, it is better to add some pure artistic creative works, such as hand-painted illustration, small knitting, small handicraft, photography, etc., to the collection of illustration works applied for undergraduate art study abroad.

7. Apply to undergraduate colleges and universities, which pay more attention to standardized test scores, namely TOEFL/IELTS scores; When applying for graduate students, colleges and universities can relax their language requirements.

8. In the work collection of graduate students, the creativity and ideas of illustration are particularly important. Painting skills are no longer the main criteria to be judged. When applying, more attention is paid to the ideas of works and how to express them. Everyone's hand painting skills can be consolidated through practice, but their inspiration and opinions on illustration are different, so the style of creating illustration will also be different.

9. In your graduate student's portfolio, you need to use words to describe your illustration, including the theme, creative ideas, creative process, painting media, etc.

10. Stop plagiarism, and may be banned for life if found.

The above is how to prepare for illustration painting? If you want to go abroad to study illustration design, you should find a professional illustration painting collection training teacher to train!

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