illustrator ..me?

Question

i think i want to be an illustrator when i grow up (only cause when i write books i never get to finishing them) wht exactly do illustrators do?

oh and im not the best drawer but i can draw fairly well, are there any books out there that i could use to help me?

thanxs for your answers =]

Answer 1

"Illustrators typically create pictures for books, magazines, and other publications and for commercial products such as textiles, wrapping paper, stationery, greeting cards, and calendars. Increasingly, illustrators are working in digital format, preparing work directly on a computer."

Check out the website. There's lots of usefull information about what kind of training you need, what the job outlook is, etc.

Also, you mention "when i grow up" so I assume you are not through high school yet. I would recommend you take all the art classes you can in high school. That will develop your talent, prepare you well for an art major in college, and give you a small taste of whether or not you really want to make art a career.

Best wishes!

Answer 2

They draw the pictures on the books. As an illustrator you have to read the book and imagine a cover that would be properly.

Answer 3

Well, our world is what we make it but most of our time, we do the following:

1. We use diverse mediums - pencils, acrylic paints, watercolour to do illustrations, paintings of landscapes, people, sky, and even use our imagination to create our own worlds. But most of us are also dedicated writers and our world is full of art, and imagination running wild at times. My life for example is never dull.

I'd be sitting in a cafe sketching fast, of people sitting, talking, walking and some people would just watch me doing so and wish their portraites and I do them fast.

2. I also do 3D using studio max and maya which brings my world to life and I can using my stories create animation that has a moral story, or a dark story.

But I also use the 3D art to design and bring to life the ideas, products of companies that are marketing something new. Or they are raising the bar on a new product and want it brushed up with a marketing show reel animation video.

3. Most of us also are creative in music and sing, so like I said - my life is never dull, don't live in fear and I learn whatever I can and without thinking of "can't" because the world I live in is a world of possibilities, magic, a world I can go by just closing my eyes. So I write songs, produce the beats, the music, the guitar and even include the music in my animation movies.

4. Sometimes, when I am free, I fill my sketch book with watercolour paintings that I speedily paint with just brush, water and watercolour paint. And though this is fulfilling, the most exciting part of all, is when a kid looks at it and they imagine and they tell me what they see in what I have painted and I rip out the painting and give it to them or their parent as a gift. The reason I give my paintings sometimes away is not everyone can afford to pay hundreds of pounds of painting so I say to the kids, "I am like Leonardo, the Rembrandt, the Van Gough and so, here's a painting from them all to put on your wall.

5. Though I am an artist, I am also an entrepreneur and maybe, because of the world I am in, and the belief of possibility, I achieve more than most because I can visualise where I want to be. See it before I am there and paint it to and then my life somehow turns out that way at times.

I remember I painted myself being on stage with hundreds of people sitting down. Last year, I was singing in Wembley arena in front of 5,000 people. That's how powerful imagination is.

6. And finally, as an illustrator, I spend more time than most people to obeserve more - the rain trickling on the window and stare at how the light and shadow shapes it. I look carefully at the petals and see how many veins there is and how it's not green but a hundreds of shades of green.

I observe the sky and look at it as it breaks into a thousand shades of blue, and sometimes light grey.

7. So what exatly do illustrators do? Well, I can't really speak for some but I can for myself - I learn to live while many learn to die. I appreciate every second and I record all I see and feel within the world of either paper, canvas, computer screen when doing 3D animation or with my songs, or poetry.

I make the world I see or imagine come alive.

Oh, I forgot to say - the greatest book is already within you. So, get a pencil, paper, and go draw whatever you. By practise, you will get better. Books can teach you something but life, can teach you much more. Making mistakes is a place of vast knowledge. So don't worry if you not there yet because none of us or me, was there yet too.

And even now, I am still learning. If ever a time comes, when you think you know it all, then it is time to quit because the heart has gone cold, the soul has embraced its egos, and the artists has lost his or her way.

Have fun, get a pencil and paper because that's all it takes. Observe everything and remember - everything is made of shape and space. Observe more and you will draw better. Practice until your mind becomes with your body and you begin to flow with experience.

Answer 4

They draw the pictures on the covers of books and also for picture books.

Answer 5

Yes,-lots of "how to draw" books, go to "Media Play", any book store, or the library, & my favorite place to find them is the thrift stores "used" at a good price. I've got a large collection of them on how to draw everything from cartoons to realistic & still life. (anyways draw everyday, make it a habit, build a "portpholio" carry it with you along with paper & pencils so you can draw when going out along with showing your work out when others ask.-I've got 4 of them-2 are small & I carry them in my fanny-pack along with small pads of paper & pencils & I wear my fanny pack everywhere I go.-good luck.

Answer 6

draw pictures

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustrator
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