Designing a Cosmetic Billboard in Illustrator and Photoshop
Throughout these lessons, we'll learn how to quickly create a strong advertising campaign for a cosmetic billboard's initial composition. Software required: Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons, we'll learn how to quickly create a strong advertising campaign for a cosmetic billboard's initial composition. We'll cover how to create a realistic vector lipstick illustration from a sketch in Illustrator, as well as create a colorful, realistic beauty portrait from a stock reference photo. By the end of the course, you'll be more knowledgeable in how to create a logo for a fashion/cosmetics company, how to apply effective background gradients and lighting effects to billboards in Photoshop, as well as how to arrange the final composition. Software required: Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.
Table of contents
- Beginning the Beauty Vector Portrait 10m
- Drawing the Pupils 12m
- Focusing on the Eye Lashes 10m
- Applying the Whites of the Eye 11m
- Working the Medium Skin Contours into the Vector Portrait 12m
- Continuing with the Medium Skin Contours 11m
- Painting the Darker Skin Contours 11m
- Completing the Dark Skin Contours 12m
- Drawing the Light and Lightest Skin Contours 11m
- Executing the Lips of the Vector Portrait 12m
- Producing the Eyebrows and Eyelashes 10m
- Selecting Base Colors of the Hair 10m
- Focusing on the Medium Hair Contours 8m
- Drawing the Light, Lighter, and Dark Hair Contours 10m
- Implementing Flowing Hair Strands and Shine 11m
- Creating a Vector with the Lipstick Sketch 11m
- Continuing Creating the Lipstick Vector 11m
- Adding Light to the Lipstick Vector 10m
- Customizing the Details of the Vector Lipstick 11m
- Rendering the Vector Illustration and Beginning the Composition 6m
- Applying Text to the Design 8m
- Using Layer Styles to Add Lighting Effects 10m
- Executing Dynamic Lighting Effects 11m
- Producing a Glow with Color 10m
- Setting up the Background Gradient and Making Final Adjustments 9m
About the author
Simeon Elson is an inspired international commercial illustrator and graphic artist, based in London. Simeon's explosive, realistic works are inspired by music, sports, comics, street art and current affairs. His diverse and graphical styles combine digital and traditional techniques to produces images that are innovative and full of energy.