Digital Illustration Styles

Digital Illustration Styles

Ana Laura Fernández Maria Victoria Rein Pozzi

Retro

Retro is an art style that is derived from the recent past, sometimes referred to as vintage art from the 1940s and 1950s. A retro style has an old fashioned look and feel.

Caricatures

The features of the subject are normally simplified or exaggerated and feature a large, oversized head. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.

Comics

A comic book is made up of individual scenes (panels) of comic art. Panels are designed with a brief narrative and the dialogue is normally contained in speech balloons.

Anime

Anime (short for animation), is a style of artwork originating in Japan. An anime artist will use colourful images, diverse art styles, wild hair and exaggerated visual effects. An anime comic book is called manga. Anime is based on video games and manga.

Fine art

Fine art is primarily created to express yourself rather than for commercial or practical purposes. Fine art involves creative expression and it may not have broad appeal or traditional beauty. It might convey an idea or an emotion

Realism

Realism is realistic artwork that accurately depicts characters, perspectives and detail. Professional illustrators often paint realistic portraits on canvas. This is the most complex style of illustration and can take weeks or months to complete.

Cartoon

A cartoon is a type of illustration that is typically drawn, sometimes animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style

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Fantasy

Fantasy art is primarily used in fantasy books, book covers, games and movies. Fantasy art can portray gods, dragons, demons and magic. Fatasy artwork is often realistic and painterly.

Concept Art

Concept artists create original characters for advertising, video games and movies. They build worlds that are used to inspire the development of broadcast media and promotional material.

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