Brad Woodard

Digital Illustration: Communicate with Color, Pattern and Texture

Thanks Brad - This is a first time for me so thanks for your input and for sharing your passion for illustration with us. I am still coming to grips with illustrator and the designspiration piece are colors I am drawn to. My ISP is down so I have no internet at present. I hope you enjoy your day! Glenn

This is a cool composition. For some reason I keep seeing it colored like this piece http://designspiration.net/image/109948414427/. Just a random thought I had. Can't wait to see what you end up with!

Love the idea of Forte, very cool concept. Would love to see how it evolves into a whole composition. Feels almost like an icon or a mark right now. Are there other ways to show Forte?

Thanks Dominic, very kind of you to comment - just trying to think out of box a bit. You are right - it is more of a symbol or icon right now. I'm not really an illustrator, in fact I am a little concerned when it comes to using Adobe Illustrator - I do not know the product at all. I work as a mainframe programmer but have recently discovered a passion for web design. I am trying to up my skills at age 55. ;o) Regarding 'Forte' – hopefully I'll come up with something more “illustrative“  

Glenn, it's great to see you challenging yourself! That's what I enjoy most about Skillshare, the opportunity to push myself. I like what you've got already, I just figured it was a digital illustration class hence my suggestion. If you're looking for Illustrator resources check out Von Glitschka, he has some great training resources including this <a href="http://illustrationclass.com/">website</a> and this <a href="http://goo.gl/bVwM3">book</a>.

Thanks for the resource information Dominic! I see you also teach a course ;o) – I live in Johannesburg, South Africa (6 hours ahead of you guys) so I'm always a little behind everybody there. It is always a bit of a challenge trying to juggle my day job with things creative. Perhaps we could correspond via twitter, email?

Glenn, we sure can. You can email me any time at dangerdom [at] dangerdom [dot] [com].

Forte is so unique, and using only a black and white pallet could be really cool.

Most of the sketches are just ideas based on synoyms for the word &ldquo;LOUD&ldquo;. &nbsp;The word that most appeals to me is &ldquo;forte&ldquo; which in music notation tells a musician to play a piece or portion of music LOUDly. The other ideas/concepts visually imply LOUD. &nbsp;
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