World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration

Learn to create visual worlds for your characters and ideas to live in by exploring simple, graphical techniques and digital tools.

• Introduction
• Foundation and Analysis
• Conceptualizing and Creating
• Finishing Touches, Textures, and Shadows
• Final project

‘A vital part of learning is to be engaged and entertained’. That’s at the core of what Illustrator Ben Newman does. As a children’s book illustrator, he endeavors to make complex information fun for everyone with engaging worlds and characters, as well as bold shapes, colors, and composition. Ben has worked with the likes of The New Yorker and the BBC, but his true passion is educational books and games for children.

In this online course, Ben teaches you the foundational aspects of composition building by stripping illustrations back to basics and gradually introducing details to keep your creativity alive. Using Ben’s tactics, you will create a busy and inspiring set populated by unique characters.

• About Me
• Influences
• Contextual Elements in a Story
• Decoding Images
• Defining Your Project
• Location
• Composition
• Characters
• Refining the Characters and Their Interaction
• World Building with Shapes 1
• World Building with Shapes 2
• Introducing Colour
• Texture and 2D Depth
• Patient Changes
• Finishing Touches
• World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration