Making a Technical Illustration

If you are interested in create technical illustration and has that skill for drawing then you can also create professional looking technical illustration by following some of the simple steps provided here. The first to create a good illustration is by doing the initial drawing and inking. Rather than starting to draw the straight away, you should first create an initial drawing on a paper. Though illustrations are made on canvas, as a beginner you can start your drawing on a paper first and then convert the final drawing on a canvas. This will help in ensuring that your final work does not come with any errors or need for corrections. Moreover, it will also prevent the formation of the ink or eraser residues along with dirt particles appearing on the canvas. This will also give you a confidence to present your final drawing in the accurate form. After giving a rough drawing, you should mark the shading on the paper in detail and then you can trace the outlines on your drawing from the paper to the canvas by making use of all the necessary tools for drafting.

A very flexible tool used for drawing illustration is the airbrush. The use of airbrush for shading the drawings offers the person with great control over the art and also provides better color blending. When blending the colors using an air brush, you have to start doing it from the bottom of the drawing and then slowly go to the left and from there to the right hand side. The right method of smudging is important for preventing the smudging of the colored areas and to do the work perfectly. According to your creativity and ideas, you can expose the area of art work to be blend with colors using the air brush conveniently.

The process of rendering is also highly important in technical illustration. You have to add the details and highlights of shades properly with a brush and cover the sections you have selected by drawing black outlines in its basic form. You can complete your drawing by including your ideas for a final touch. With lots of practice and dedication, you can become a successful technical illustrator. Since the field of technical illustration finds application in a number of areas like web, user manuals, books, encyclopedias, learning manuals etc, you have a bright future with a rewarding career in front of you as a professional technical illustrator.

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