Zodiac Illustration: Creating A Unique Series

Use ancient horoscope symbols to illustrate a series that captures your style

• Introduction
• Research
• Production
• What to Do with Your Illustrations
• Final project

Applying ancient symbology to an illustration series is the ideal opportunity to generate a fresh perspective on a familiar idea to surprise and delight your audience. The twelve signs of the zodiac have been depicted for over four thousand years, yet they still feature in magazines, calendars, books, and websites all around the world today. Illustrator Silja Goetz is passionate about turning classic subjects into surprising compositions. Clients like The New Yorker, Vogue, Harrods, and Penguin Random House seek her expertise to tell their visual stories.

In her second Domestika course, Silja shows you how to create an original illustration series using a classic subject. Discover how to transform zodiac symbols into fresh and interesting compositions while maintaining consistency and harmony among your series. See also Silja’s first course, where she unravels the secrets of book cover illustration to capture the essence of a story using analog and digital techniques.

• Introduction
• Influences
• What Will We Do in This Course?
• The Zodiac in the Past
• The Present: Modern Zodiacs and Other Series
• Personal Style and How to Find It
• Preparation
• Layout 1
• Layout 2
• Drawing by Hand 1
• Drawing by Hand 2
• Drawing by Hand 3
• Assembly in Photoshop 1
• Assembly in Photoshop 2
• Touch-Ups and Comparing
• The Series Completed
• How to Make a Living
• Zodiac Illustration: Creating A Unique Series