ART 136A: INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSTRATION
ART 136B: ILLUSTRATION IN COLOR

 

EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK

ANTI-SMOKING AND ANTI-GUN CAMPAIGNS

Anti-Smoking Poster Illustration

by: Catherine Sarlatte

Anti-firearms Poster Illustration

by: May Gee

Anti-Smoking Poster Illustration

by: Louie Ejanda

Anti-firearms Poster Illustration

by: Information Unavailable

Anti-firearms Poster Illustration

by: Information Unavailable

Anti-firearms Poster Illustration

by: Chris Hom

Anti-Smoking Poster Illustration

by: Levi Pata

Anti-firearms Poster Illustration

by: Joe Sharkey

BANDS

Band Drawing Compostion

by: Catherine Sarlatte

BIOLOGY

Medical Illustration: Illustration of a Hand

by: Levi Pata

Medical Illustration: Illustration of Female Reproductive System

by: Catherine Sarlatte

Osteo Arthritis

by:

Human Skin Section

by: Joe Sharkey

Medical Illustration: Illustration of an ear

by:

Human Heart

by:

Human Eye Condition

by:

BOTANY

Botany: Palm Tree

by: Cristobal Hernandez

Botany: Illustration of a Palm Tree

by: Catherine Sarlatte

Botany: Palm Tree

by: Cristobal Hernandez

Botany: Illustration of a Palm Tree

by: Information Unavailable

Botany: Illustration of a Palm Tree

by:Information Unavailable

CHILDRENS BOOK COVERS

Children's Book Cover

by:Monica Elbaz

Children's Book Cover

by:Mary Shu

Children's Book Cover

by: May Gee

Children's Book Cover

by:Louie Ejanda

Children's Book Cover

by:Nancy King

Children's Book Cover

by:Joe Sharkey

COLLAGE

Celebrity in the form of a collage
Collage Illustration

EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Editorial Cartoon

by:Information unavailable

Editorial Cartoon

by: Phillip Garcia
Editorial Cartoon

by: Lisa Honda

Editorial Cartoon

by: Information unavailable

ENTOMOLOGY

Illustration of a beetle

by: May Gee

Entomology: Study of a caterpillar

by: Monika Elbaz

Entomology: Illustration of a Beetle

by:Wythe Bowart

Entomology: Study of a beetle

by: Summer Cooper

FOOD AND HEALTH ISSUES

Magazine food campaign

by: Roseanne Fox

Magazine food campaign

by: Chris Hom

FOUR MEDIA TECHNIQUE

Four Media Portrait

by: Mary Shu

Celebrity Portrait of Mary J. Blige

by:May Gee
Four media portrait

by: Cristobal Hernandez

Four media portrait

by: Catherine Sarlatte
Celebrity Portrait

by: Anki Elbaz
Celebrity Portrait

by: Phillip Garcia

FOUR PANEL CARTOONS

Color Four panel Cartoon

by: Wiley Hickson

Four Panel Cartoon

by: Bernie Sale
Four Panel Cartoon

by: Mary Shu

Four Panel Cartoon

by: Joseph Saballos
Four Panel Cartoon

by: Joseph Sharkey

Four Panel Cartoon

by: David Silverman

MUSICIAN AND CELEBRITY PORTRAITS

Celebrity Portrait of Billie Holiday

by: Elizabeth Lee

Celebrity Portrait of Madonna

by:Raul Gathalian

Celebrity Portrait of Lauryn Hill

by:Matt Koehler

Celebrity Portrait of Janet Jackson

by:May Gee

Celebrity Portrait of Snoop Dogg

by:Dino Deladingco

Celebrity Portrait of Tina Turner

by:Noelle Darling

Celebrity Portrait of Bjork

by: Jacob Andrade

Celebrity Portrait of Lou Reed

by:Debbie Rich

Celebrity Portrait of Edith Piaf

by: Natalia Szostak

Musician Feature Portrait

by: Natalie Anaya

Celebrity Portrait of Herbie Hancock

by:Jacob Andrade

PERSPECTIVE PROJECTS

Perspective Interior

by:Jennifer low
Perspective Interior

by:Jennifer low
Perspective Interior

by:Natalie Anaya
Perspective Interior

by:May Gee

PHOBIAS

Illustration of a phobia

by: Louie Ejanda

Illustration of a phobia

by: Unavailable

Illustration of a phobia

by: Natalie Anaya

Illustration of a phobia

by: Kate Waffner

Illustration of a phobia

by: Sonya Katcher

Illustration of a phobia

by: Gillyflower Coomes

Illustration of a phobia

by: Mary Shu

Illustration of a phobia

by: Joseph Saballos

Illustration of a phobia

by: David Silverman

Illustration of a phobia

by: Natalia Stostak
Illustration of a phobia

by: Catherine Sarlatte

Illustration of a phobia

by: Phillip Garcia

Illustration of a phobia

by: Tin Yan Lee

STUDENT SELF-PROMO

Self Promotion Illustration

by: Phillip Garcia

Self Promotion Illustration

by: Joe Sharkey
Self Promotion Illustration

by: Chris Hom

Self Promotion Illustration

by: Louie Ejanda

SPORTS

Illustration of Boxer

by: Chris Hom

Illustration of a Tennis Player

by: Phillip Garcia

Illustration of a Skateboarder

by: Richard Mondragon

TIME

Cover Illustration of Time Magazine

by: Stacy Tang

Cover Illustration of Time Magazine

by: Unavailable

Time magazine cover

ZOOLOGY

Illustration of a Chimpanzee

by: May Gee

Zoology Illustration: Illustration of an Armadillo

by: Chris Homr
Anatomy: Tree Frog

by: Jennifer Low

Zoology Illustration: Illustration of an owl

by: Unavailable

Zoology Illustration: Illustration of two animals

by: Rermrat Sawasdikul

Zoology: Illustration of a Toucan

by: Monika Elbaz

ILLUSTRATION CLASS PLAN

Beginning Exercises 136A
Intermediate Exercises136A and 136B
Advanced Exercises 136B

ORIENTATION

CATEGORIES: THREE MAJOR AREAS OF ILLUSTRATION

A. Editorial:

 

B. Advertising Illustration: C. Medical Technology and Scientific Illustration: SPECIALIZATION: Some of the more popular areas of specialization include:
Law and politics, Logo design and corporate identity, Business and industry, health and medicine, package design and icon graphics, website design and graphics, science and technology, natural science, veterinary science, transportation, drugs and alcohol, environmental, holidays, arts, religion, sports, family images, rural and urban, education, crime, money, energy, transportation.

HISTORY OF ILLUSTRATION: PURPOSE AND FUNCTION
Historical, Biblical, Exploration, Visual Reporting, Teaching, Instructional, Maps, Propaganda.

 

PROCESSES:

  • 1. Accuracy and fine detailing.
  • 2. Expression and action.
  • 3. Imagination and concepts.
  • 4. Interpretation and communication.
  • 5. Narrative and entertainment.

    SKETCHBOOK:
    The essential floor plan of each project must begin with concepts. These are to be conceived within a sketchbook at any point in the development of an idea or concept. The sketchbook is one of the most important methods that the illustrator can utilize. All ideas will begin here and is required to be a part of the evaluative process.

     

    TEXTBOOK:

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS (SLIDES):

  • Food related products.
  • Drug advertisements for doctors.
  • Medical illustration.
  • Illustration Self-promotion images.
  • Advertising products.
  • Promotional illustration for articles.
  • Book covers.
  • Charts
  • Human Interest.

    MATERIALS:,

     

     

    OUTSIDE RESOURSES:

  • Color and black and white copy machines.
  • Camera Lucida
  • Macintosh computer.
  • Photo processor
  • Image scanner

    INPUT RESOURSES:

  • 1. Photographs
  • 2. Original drawings.
  • 3. Clip art.
  • 4. Scans of previously drawn or photographed images.
  • 5. Mixed media,
  • 6. Mixed images.
  • 7. Computer created images.

    FORMS OF OUTPUT

  • 1. Black and white line art.
  • 2. Half tones.
  • 3. Gray scale.
  • 4. Color (CMYK).
  • 5. Color monitor (RGB)
  • 6. Ink Jet printer.
  • 7. Thermal printer.
  • 8. Iris Print.
  • 9. Color copier

    TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION PROCESSES:

  • Black and white ink drawing with line and cross-hatching
  • Ink dot drawing in black and white.
  • Color pencil drawing.
  • Color pencil on gray toned paper.
  • Color pencil over watercolor
  • Color pencil on film or duralene surfaces
  • Gouache painting
  • Watercolor painting.
  • Watercolor and gouache.
  • Watercolor and graphite.
  • Watercolor and ink.
  • Graphite pencil drawing on paper.
  • Graphite pencil drawing on film.
  • Scratchboard.
  • Mixed drawing and painting media.
  • Collâge
  • Charcoal drawing.
  • Oil and chalk pastels.
  • Felt markers overlapped with color pencil.
  • Felt markers overlapped with ink line and cross hatch.
  • Computer Illustration
  • Airbrush
  • Acrylic paint
  • Monoprint
  • Linocut (or woodcut).

     

    TENTATIVE EXERCISES:

     

    (BOOK PUBLICATION)

  • 1. A childrenıs book cover.
  • 2. Book novel jacket cover complete.

    (MAGAZINE PUBLICATION)

  • 1. Magazine cover illustration: Time, Newsweek, People
  • 2. Magazine cover illustration: Scientific American, Smithsonian
  • 3. Magazine cover illustration: gardening, Food, etc.
  • 4. Illustration to accompany a magazine article: Short story.
  • 5. Illustration to accompany a magazine article: Feature of a celebrity.
  • 6. Illustration to accompany a magazine article: Feature of a controversial subject.

    (CARD-BROCHURE-SHEET IMAGERY)

  • 1. A poem illustrated in three pages with spot illustrations.
  • 2. A card illustration expressing grief.
  • 3. A card birthday illustration.
  • 4. A humorous illustration.

    (INK EDITORIAL IMAGERY)

  • 1. Develop two cartoon characters.
  • 2. One black and white editorial cartoon of a local political issue.
  • 3. One black and white editorial cartoon of a local Humorous issue.
  • 4. One black and white editorial cartoon of a local Social issue.
  • 5. Black and white illustration; (Ink) to accompany a newspaper article.
  • 6. Design a letter of the alphabet. (Ink)
  • 7. Design and Illustrate an editorial cartoon using the symbols in combination of an elephant and a donkey to show bi-partisanship.
  • 8. A mechanical version (laid out in light pencil first) of your choice of a zoo animal in ink line only. (i.e. Alligator, elephant, donkey, lion, tiger, hippo, rhinoceros, giraffe).

    (IMAGES OF PEOPLE REALITY)

  • 1. Portrait of a celebrity with a magazine overlay on Mylar.
  • 2. Portrait of a non-entertainment celebrity in collage form.
  • 3. Portrait of an option of your choice.

    (COLLAGE)

  • 1. The process of collâge: Using three images (computer, photography, color drawing).
  • 2. A combination self-promotion illustration that includes 4 techniques.

    (MECHANICAL AND TECHNICAL LAYOUTS)

  • 1. Design and layout in mechanical form. a. Linear perspective layout. b. Freehand perspective layout on a theme of depth.

    (POSTERS SERIES)

  • 1. A travel Poster.
  • 2. A movie advertising poster
  • 3. A world political issue poster.
  • 4. Major City Zoo Poster for the San Francisco Zoo..
  • 5. A sports poster in the form of an illustration.
  • 6. Illustration: pro ecology poster.
  • 7. Anti smoking Poster.

    (IMAGES OF PEOPLE FANTASY)

  • 1. The "Heroic" Figure as Male and female pair. Examples could be compared to King Midas, Mercury, Apollo, Thor, Neptune, Sheba, Cleopatra, Mars or Venus.
  • 2. Substitute an animal head on a human body as a means of producing an editorial.
  • 3. Substitute three different animal heads for three interacting figures of human beings in proportion.

    (SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SERIES)

  • 1. Ornithology: A specific bird in its' own habitat.
  • 2. Ichthyology: A specific fish in its' own habitat.
  • 3. Ichthyology: Close up view of seashells.
  • 4. Entomology: Enlargement of a wasp, Bee, Butterfly, Moth, Fly, Spider, beetle.
  • 5. Botany: Specific detailing of a stem and resulting flowers.
  • 6. Botany: Bayberries, blue, black or holly berries with leaves specifically defined.
  • 7. Botany: A palm Tree that is specifically defined.
  • 8. One flower enlarged.
  • 9. Animal Biology: A specific lizard, Snake, rodent or small desert animal in its habitat.
  • 10. Three enlarged Eucalyptus leaves attached to a stem enlarged in watercolor and prismacolor.
  • 11. Medical advertisement on the hazards of problems of arthritis in the joints of the hand.

    (PRODUCT DESIGN ILLUSTRATION)

  • 1. Re-design and illustration for a cereal box.
  • 2. Contemporary postage stamp of a specific country.
  • 3. A replacement flag of a given state in the United States.
  • 4. A replacement license plate of a given state in the United States.

    (MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION)

  • 1. A human organ as a specific description of a problem.

    (MICROBIOLOGY)

  • 1. Biological organisms

    (ADVERTISING)

  • 1. An illustration to advertise: a plant fertilizer.
  • 2. An illustration to advertise: Viagra.
  • 3. A CD cover of your choice of musical talent. You write the scenario. Required to have a title and name of artist. 2.5 size and color copied to actual size.
  • 4. An anti firearms poster and/or illustration.
  • 5. Menu and restaurant advertisement.
    Copyright Raymond Holbert JULY 2005:Use of these images is prohibited without written permission from the author.

    Email: rholbert@ccsf.cc.ca.us

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