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Mastering Sports Illustration & Design

Simeon ElsonLessons: 20Length: 3 hours
Drawing/Illustration Illustration Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator
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4.1 Conclusion

That is how you master both sports illustration and sports design. I have been your tutor, Simeon Elson, and now you are equipped to apply these skills and techniques to your projects.

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 01:34

1.1
Introduction
01:34

2.Mastering Sports Illustration
11 lessons, 1:49:39

2.1
Creating the Composition
09:30

2.2
Starting the First Illustration
10:29

2.3
Drawing Line-Work Outlines
10:43

2.4
Adding Line-Work Shadows
10:52

2.5
Adding Flesh Tones
08:54

2.6
Drawing the Medium Skin Contours
09:19

2.7
Drawing Dark Contours
10:13

2.8
Adding Shadow to the Vector Portrait
07:20

2.9
Drawing Light Skin Contours
07:48

2.10
Drawing the Kit
11:55

2.11
Creating a Two-Tone Silhouette
12:36

3.Mastering Sports Design
7 lessons, 1:08:52

3.1
Exporting Vectors and Composition
13:22

3.2
Adding Text to the Design
06:00

3.3
Adding Splatter to the Design
10:00

3.4
Adding More Splatters to the Design
08:49

3.5
Adding Chalk Marks to the Design
07:44

3.6
Adding Color to the Silhouette
10:51

3.7
Adding Texture and Final Clean-Ups
12:06

4.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:05

4.1
Conclusion
01:05

4.1 Conclusion

Throughout this Mastering Sports Illustration and Design Tuts+ course, we have learned how to create an initial composition in Photoshop, as well as mask out the background of our sports players using the quick selection and Refine Edges feature. We then crossed over into Illustrator to create a realistic and energetic vector portrait, by firstly adding a detailed line-work layer before going on to draw the flesh-based layer, then the dark and light contours to complete the skin work. And then finally drawing the kit of our sports player. We then created a two toned silhouette which we exported as a PSD, to complete the sports illustration section of the course. We then crossed back over into Photoshop to design our poster by adding energetic elements, such as splatters and chalk marks, to the composition, as well as text and cool textures, using a minimal but impactful color scheme. Upon conclusion of this course, you are now equipped to employ these skills and techniques to master sports illustration and design.

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Simeon Elson
Simeon Elson
Simeon Elson is an inspired international commercial illustrator and graphic artist, based in London. Simeon has created illustrations and designs for: advertising agencies, television commercials, apparel, book publishers, fashion brands, magazine editorial, record labels, online content and commercial events. His clients include - Microsoft, Diesel, BT, Brother, Greatcall, Penguin Books, The Telegraph and many more...
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