Illustrator is a profession in painting, and I am an illustrator myself, so what can I do as an illustrator?
First of all, you can divide illustration into two categories: electronic illustration and pure hand drawing
Electronic illustration is a way of painting that uses electronic products as painting tools, and pure hand-drawing refers to a way of painting that uses paper and pencil as a tool for painting expression.
Electronic illustration can be applied to many aspects, including film and television illustration, advertising illustration, print illustration, product packaging, food packaging, etc.
Pure hand painting includes decorative painting, oil painting, pen painting, wall painting, etc.
Electronic illustrators can engage in the profession of graphic illustrator, product packaging illustrator, animation illustrator, original illustrator, self-media illustrator, freelance illustrator and so on
The professions that pure hand painting can engage in include decorative painting painter, wall painter, lecturer, etc
For illustrators, there are many opportunities for work, compared to other industries are more malleable, it is important that you can choose according to your own situation, you like to paint in a certain field, and these fields have a certain correlation, so you can engage in one painting work, you can also engage in other work in the same field.
Professional features: Graphic illustrator
The work tasks involved in the work of the graphic illustrator, such as book illustrations, poster illustrations, newspaper printing illustrations, print advertising illustration design, web illustration design, etc. Nature of work: Most of the book illustration is outsourced or free illustrator production, the two sides will sign a contract, agree on the work content deadline and other size matters, during this time the two sides will frequently communicate, if you encounter problems in the painting process Party A will put forward to ask Party B is the illustrator to modify, this is a very illustrator's pain, relatively large project drawing period will be very long, during which countless problems will occur, and Party A will urge a lot of overtime to stay up late what is normal, Sometimes you even question whether the fathers of Party A don't sleep, so where is the biggest and most fatal problem, yes, the revision, all illustrators who take over the project should understand the pain of the revision. To sum up, this short working time task heavy work intensity is suitable for illustrators with strong pressure resistance and high volume
Product packaging illustrator this profession will mostly follow the company, full-time sit-in illustrators more, of course, outsourcing to free illustrators also have, most of this profession is outsourcing companies, now China this kind of company a lot, product packaging including electronic products, daily chemical products, food more. Most of it is the company to take the order, the need for the illustrator to give the idea of design plan pre-drawing, etc., because the customer is supreme, so it will trouble the early draft is a pass, the painting style is a pass, the color is a pass, the later adjustment, etc., for this position also need to know a certain amount of packaging design and product design knowledge, after all, it involves the problem of human-computer interaction, so the professionalism is stronger. Because it is the company that takes orders, it will be relatively rich in time, at least not to the point of forcing people to die. To sum up, this job is relatively relaxed, will not often work overtime, the working atmosphere is comfortable, the pressure will not be too much, but it requires certain professional skills.
Anime illustrators sound more interesting, the work content is to draw anime animation characters and scenes, basically is the company team group work, some people draw storyboards, some people draw line drafts, some people color, some people draw backgrounds, some people write scripts, etc., basically very few people complete, now the serial comics are basically team work, the work content sounds more interesting Everyone draws together and enjoys it, but the truth is not, the reality is, You see a group of people staying together without a single person talking, everyone is burying their heads in painting their own, and the reality of the job is interesting content boring work status. To sum up, you are an anime fan, very passionate about this career, like to deal with hand-drawn screens and hand-drawn pens all day, and your ass should be heavy, because sitting is a day.
The original painting illustrator listens to the tall, the original painter is very testing the creativity and painter of the painter, the professional skills requirements are higher, this job does not require quantity, but requires quality, as long as you paint well, wherever you go you are not worried about not being able to find a job, so to sum up, this is a suitable for the work of the painting god, the new illustration Xiaobai can only look at it from a distance.
Self-media illustrator, self-media trend has been you have not been unemployed, China's large and small self-media countless, the need for illustrators is inevitable, of course, the need for the painting style is also more, you need to be good at a variety of styles what strip manga also H5 Ah is what every company will be involved in, the work intensity can also be, every day is the amount of tasks, even if tomorrow is the Spring Festival, the characteristics of self-media is that people can take a holiday but the number can not be holiday, you want to take a leave of absence, but you need to draw the work content when the holiday is taken in advance, To sum up, it is more work and less rest, which requires high quality and fast speed.
Freelance illustrator makes people happy to do their own career to do what they like, you can make money without sitting in class, provided that you are an illustrator with your own style and thoughts, freelance illustrator is not completely stress-free, because it is freelance, you need to sell yourself through your own strength, so when you receive every job, you must work diligently to complete, because this is your own personal business card, and the level of your work will be proportional to your personal income. To sum up, if you are a strong faction, you can wave every day.
Class Features: Pure hand-drawn
Decorative painting illustrators, basically are the strength of the school, need to have a strong foundation in painting, in the industry is a relatively niche occupation, but the work is more casual, as long as the quality does not quantity, the creation of the work will basically be exhibited and sold, summed up is professional work
Wall painter this profession is part of the decoration company to work, China's wall painting and foreign wall painting is different, foreign is basically street graffiti, China has put the wall painting commercialized, will be applied in shopping malls, restaurants, playgrounds and even homes, this job requires painters to have a strong control ability, because it is the wall painting, the room for modification is relatively small, but now the wall painting technology is more mature will use some other tools to assist, so relatively less difficult. To sum up, it is necessary to have a certain painting foundation and control, and the working environment of wall painting is relatively bad because it involves the use of some paints.
So what you can do as an illustrator, the most fundamental thing is your ability and your painting ability to have these two kinds of you can fly freely