Illustration Mentorship | Monika Palosz

Thumbnailing is an essential part of the creative process for developing a visual representation of your client’s requirements.
Thumbnails also serve as a visual communication tool. Learn how to pull off thumbnails fast and build the foundation of your future project with references and ideation.

1. Composition
2. client requirements analysis
3. Gathering References
4. Ideation

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To make your Images believable, you need to focus on structural components such as Anatomy. The fundamentals have to be laid out precisely to achieve a solution for your future clients.

1. Layout
2. Anatomy
3. Structure

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Color is subordinate to values, but the image still relies on your knowledge of light and appealing combinations of Hue and Saturation. Learn how to tackle the layout of your colors and their proportions.

1. Color Theory
2. Light Theory
3. Creating Multiple Color Thumbnails

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Modern clients have high standards when it comes to the final result of an image. 3-Dimensional rendering contains knowledge about material properties such as surface textures and proper application of light simulation in photoshop.
To work in a team, file exchange is also important. Therefore, Layer Management comes in as a handy tool for your future work.

1. Material and Surface Definition
2. Atmospheric Scattering and Absorption
3. Textures
4. Lighting
5. Layer Management

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There are many Iterations necessary until an image is considered a final piece of art/solution for your client. To push it to the next level, you have to focus on post-processing, Fixing smaller aspects of an image, and refining all properties that make up an image down to the smallest pixel.

1. Final polish
2. Post-processing
3. Iterations
4. Delivering the file

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Design is all about solutions, either Visual or functional. To be consistent and don’t break under pressure with your future client, you need to be able to have proper shape language. Create appealing and functional costumes to carry a story.

1. Costume design
2. Shape Language
3. Using Storytelling to Enhance Design

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To push an appealing design of a character, a dynamic pose with simplification or stylization will help you fit into a set Style within a project or to enhance your image.
Learning anatomy will help you gain confidence to create your character

1. Characters in motion
2. Gesture
3. Proportions
4. Stylization

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Learn how to structure your project so that you seamlessly fit into modern art environments in larger studios. Some aspects of a professional artist are less known, such as naming conventions, color spaces, File sharing, and delivery.

Monika Palosz will help you understand what it takes to deliver on time.

1. Problem Solving
2. Client requirements
3. Reference management
4. Layer structure
5. Naming Conventions

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How to get hired for a studio or dream project can be intimidating. There are several mindsets to adopt when approaching work as a professional artist.

*This module serves as a bonus and will be conducted by Christopher Schiefer (CEO) to improve your current work routine. This module will only be held upon your initiative response after completing all months.

1. Company Hierarchies
2. Email Outreach
3. Outsourcing

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Exposure can be beneficial to help attract clients and improve your international attention.

*This module will be conducted by the internal team based on the achieved level of polish at the end of your mentorship.

1. Interviews
2. Power of Editors
3. Understanding Feature articles

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Learn how to structure your portfolio to maximize the impression of your efforts.
LinkedIn and a proper presentation of your personal and professional work can help stand out.

*This module will be conducted by the internal team after finishing all acquired mentorship months with Monika Palosz

1. Understanding Client Needs
2. Naming Conventions
3. File Delivery
4. Structural Mindset

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