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Commercial Illustration: Creating a City Postcard with Gouache and Photoshop

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Commercial Illustration: Creating a City Postcard with Gouache and Photoshop

Introduction

Materials

Idea and principles

Painting elements

Scanning and working with outlines

Coloring

Adding textures

Setting the type and file for print

Creating your own artwork

Final thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • In this class, I'll take you through my step-by-step process to create a commercial illustration for a Berlin postcard..
  • We’ll combine two worlds of physical and digital to create a soulful authentic product, like using traditional gouache paint to add an artistic feel to our work. The technique combines hand-drawn textures with Photoshop resulting in a wonderful print-ready postcard that can be used as merchandise or as a gift..
  • By the end of this class, you’ll learn some important principles of commercial illustration and incorporate them in your own work. Both advanced and beginner creatives can benefit from this class!.