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Art Muse - A way to inspire uniqueness from within us. What is Art? A conscious use of skill in the production of aesthetically useful objects in our daily life.  Communicating ideas visually.   A collection of skills acquired in the form of painting, sketching, sculpture digital, videography, photography to communicate ideas to people in visual form is called Arts. .... R.Rajasekhara. Meaning of the word Muse: Someone or somethings which becomes a source for inspiration in arts and to be creative.  In mythology MUSE is a goddess who symbolised art and science. Synonym of the word  Muse: Consider, meditate, ponder, examine.... Every individual is an artist. Everyone creates and shines in a different and unique ways.  One must know the methods to bring out their ideas and represent them in 2 D or in 3D way. This is where drawing, sketching, crafts tutorials will help to enhance the ability to communicate  visually. Topics of this blog Games and Q uizzes DIY ...

How to become an Illustrator

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How to Become an illustrator
how to become an illustrator







Who is an illustrator ?

An Illustrator is a person who creates 2 dimensional sketch on a paper using pen, pencil, brushes and in the present generation illustrator must also have digital drawing knowledge.

Skill development

To become an illustrator one must have strong drawing skills.

One must practice drawing daily to become a good illustrator. As you draw you start developing your own style of drawing.
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 An illustrator must also keep themselves updated on how to work with digital software's like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel draw.

Illustrator must have good ability to understand verbal ideas of the clients and must be able to convert it into visual representations.

Must be able to adapt to changes quickly.

An illustrator must also learn time management and deliver artwork on time.


What qualification does an illustrator need?

If a person is gifted with drawing skills from birth, it is an advantage. Apart from this  to work as freelancer or in an agency one will require :

A good art portfolio with drawing done in different media and styles.

Diploma in Visual Arts 
Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts (B.F.A)


There are different types of Careers for Illustrators

 Freelance illustrator : The artist will take different drawing projects from companies and will work independently on their own. The artist in this way will have their own style of drawing.

Fashion illustrators: The artist will take on jobs sketching and drawing where clothes, shoes, accessories is showcased. The artist will work with pen. colours or use digital media. Fashio illlustator works closely with clients to understands their ideas . And then they will represent the fashion required on 2D or as digital art before the actual prototype is made. 

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Children's book illustrators: The artist will create beautiful appealing characters based on the story given. The artist will have good knowledge of using colours to appeal to a child's mind.





Medical Illustrator : Is a professional artist who creates drawings models and animations to communicate medical information to an audience. Medical Illustrators have training in design , education in medicine science and also digital media knowledge. Medical illustrators provide visual images for use in health care.

Illustrators job is in high demand especially in the field of Advertising, Animation and multi media.

Where to get degree as an illustrator

Here are links to various art colleges

Art colleges India

Design and art colleges list  USA

Arts Design programs  and fine arts courses list Canada

Art design and Architecture degree colleges Brazil

Art and Design colleges list Singapore

Art and design degree college list UK

Best Universities in Design Hong Kong 

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