Sharing of currently popular illustration styles

Graffiti illustrations

Illustrations in the linear or surface graffiti style are characterized by being casual, young and bold, messy but elegant Chapter, simple and crude, used for H5 promotional posters or part of LOGO design.

Stroke illustrations

The expression form of combining lines and surfaces is used more and more in H5. At the same time, I think MBE style small illustrations also belong to this category.

Vector gradient illustrations

Vector gradient illustrations are represented by gradient scene illustrations. The colors may be beautiful and soft, or strong and vivid, with a strong overall sense and high aesthetics. They can be found on the mobile APP opening page. You will see illustrations like this.

Flat illustrations

Like flat icons, flat illustrations are a type of illustration that removes a lot of textures and textures and only retains the main features. Large color blocks and simple shapes are its basics. Features are common in mobile apps and web pages.

Texture illustrations

Texture illustrations essentially belong to the category of flat illustrations. They use graininess to create textures. Generally, grains are applied to the light-receiving surface and backlighting surface to increase the details and beauty of the picture. Sex makes the picture more attractive. This type of technique is relatively common in operational illustrations.

Hand-drawn illustrations

Hand-drawn illustrations themselves also include various styles, which are closely related to the shape of the subject, color ratio, and theme communication. They are more common on opening pages and activity pages.

Three-dimensional illustrations

Since last year, more and more 2.5D illustrations have appeared. They are more common in web design and APP startup pages. The slight sense of perspective enhances the interest of the picture. Can better convey information.

The above is what the editor of Global Ivy has shared about the currently popular illustration styles. I hope it will be helpful to all of you. If you want to know more related content, please pay attention to this platform and the editor will It is compiled and published in a timely manner, please check it out! Classification of 9 common illustration styles

1. Texture and texture

Compared with noise illustrations, texture-style illustrations use The texture is richer, and the texture changes of the brush are combined with the texture of the paper to present a rich picture effect.

Features: rich colors and strong texture.

2. Stroke style

Add stroke processing on the basis of flat or texture illustrations, mainly line drawings, and retain simple flat painting or texture in coloring methods Change, keep the line drawing part.

Features: retaining the edge effect, being concise and decorative

3. Japanese and Korean style

The picture atmosphere is small and fresh, with bright colors. Rich colors. The proportions of the characters tend to be realistic, and they also pay attention to the expression of light and shadow and the enhancement of the atmosphere.

Features: Bright, healing, heart-warming.

4. Realistic style

Realistic character style often appears in games, focusing on the performance of light and shadow, with clear character structure and more realistic pictures.

Features: Realistic, strong sense of light and shadow, clear structure.

5. Flat style

Express the content of the picture in a minimalist way, refreshing and neat without overly complicated details.

Features: simple, flat, and strong sense of geometric modeling

6. Pure hand-painted style

Retains the texture changes of pure hand-painted. Compared with digital painting, Illustrations that are purely hand-drawn and divided will give people a more simple feeling.

Features: soft, refreshing, with natural texture changes.

7. European and American style

European and American style is mainly reflected in the facial features and body posture of the characters. The characters have slender proportions and the facial features have a more three-dimensional sense of European and American style.

Features: Rich character expressions, with a certain degree of exaggeration

8. Children's illustration style

Children's illustration style is a type of book binding illustration. It can be used as a stand-alone picture book with personal style, or as an illustration for children's and youth magazines. It is a very popular style in recent years.

Features: childish, cute, and story-telling.

9. Noise style

Use a unified noise effect on the basic color blocks of flat illustrations to increase texture changes, enrich picture details, and increase picture level changes.

Features: retro, unified picture, with a sense of hierarchy. How to use AI to make hand-drawn effect illustrations

1. After opening Adobe Illustrator and creating a new document with a width and height of 850x850 pixels, we will start drawing the avatar, which is the same for all women. Use the Ellipse Tool (L) to draw an ellipse. In the picture below you can see the fill color you need. Change this shape: Go to Effect > Warp > Fish. Enter the options you see below and press OK.

2. For the eyes, first create a brown oval (using the Ellipse Tool (L)). and rotate it slightly to the left. Next, create a white ellipse in front of the brown one (using Control-C and Control-F). Move it diagonally down to the right.

End the eyes with a small dark brown circle.

To make a uniform circle, use the Ellipse Tool (L) while holding down the Shift key. Finally, group all the eyes (right click > Group).

3. Place your eyes on the left side of your head. Take the Reflect Tool (O) and hold down the Alt key while clicking on the forehead. In the new dialog window, select Vertical, Angle 90 degrees and press Copy. You should now have two eyes.

4. Place a small circle on the face where the nose is. Create another circle and while keeping it selected, pick up the Eyedropper Tool (I) and click on the face. Your new circle will now get the same color as the face. Make the two circles overlap so you can see the crescent shape. This is the nose.

Using the same technique, create an ear. Take the Reflect Tool (O) and, holding down the Alt key, click in the middle of the head. In the new dialog window, select Vertical, Angle 90 degrees and press Copy. You should now have two ears. 5. Make eyebrows. Using the Ellipse Tool (L), create a thin, horizontal dark ellipse. Then taking the Direct Selection Tool (A), select by dragging the top and bottom anchor points of the oval and sliding them upward. This will be the eyebrows.

6. Place your eyebrows on the left side. Feel free to spin it however you want - just don't make her angry! Create the other eyebrow using the same technique you used to create the eyes and ears. Now you have two eyebrows. 7. To draw the mouth, draw a new horizontal ellipse. Select this new ellipse and transform the left and right anchor points by clicking on them with the Transform Anchor Point Tool (Shift-C). Create a new white ellipse in front (Control-C, Control-F).

Shrink it, but make sure the white oval stays inside the brown oval. Very important: combine the entire mouth.

After this, go to Effect > Distort > Arc and enter the options you see below.

8. Using the Rectangle Tool (M), add a rectangle under the head to create the neck. It should be the same color as the face's fill. While keeping it selected, go to Effect > Distort > Exaggerate. In the new dialog window, enter the options you see in the image below. Expand this shape (Object > Expand Appearance).

9. To complete the head, let's add some curly hair. Draw a large circle at the back of your head. Keep it selected and go to Object > Path > Add Anchor Point. Do this a few times and you'll notice how the anchor points are added evenly across the circle.

Then go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Pucker & Bloat. In the new dialogue window, move the slider to the right end to get 6% and press OK. You should end up looking like you have curly hair. Don't forget to expand this shape (Object > Expand Appearance).