Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art
A course by Melanie Chadwick , Illustrator
Joined September 2020
Learn how to illustrate food by mixing digital and analog techniques to make your creations richer and tastier
Learn how to illustrate food by mixing digital and analog techniques to make your creations richer and tastier
Joined September 2020
You eat with your eyes first and nowhere is that more evident than in Melanie Chadwick’s illustrations. Melanie’s a British illustrator who specializes in food and maps, both of which she brings to life through the playful use of color and lines. Her clients include Cornish Seasalt, Foodimentary, Ferment Magazine, American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic, among others.
In this course, learn how to create an illustrated food recipe using a mix of analog and digital techniques. Discover ways to create textures with ink and paint, use hand lettering to give your illustration personality, draw your shapes to life, and finally use Adobe illustrator to color and combine all your artwork to create a freshly illustrated recipe.
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 15 downloads
- 97% positive reviews (245)
- 5,700 students
- 19 lessons (3h 4m)
- 15 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create your own illustrated recipe by combining analog and digital techniques.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to experiment, students looking to add original work to their portfolio, professionals looking for new ways to combine analog techniques with their digital process using Adobe Illustrator, and those who want to further explore the software.
Requirements and materials
You’ll need basic Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills.
As for materials, you’ll need black ink, acrylic paint, a range of brushes and items to create textures with, tracing paper, drawing paper, a sketchbook, pencils, and pens. For the digital side, you’ll need a computer, a scanner, and the aforementioned software.
Reviews
A course by Melanie Chadwick
Melanie Chadwick is a freelance illustrator and designer currently based in Cornwall, UK. She specializes in map and food illustration and enjoys mixing analog and digital techniques in her work.
She has worked with numerous clients across a range of projects including book illustration, food packaging, restaurant menus, magazine editorials, branding projects, maps, greeting cards, postcards, and more. Her clients include Cornish Seasalt, Foodimentary, Ferment Magazine, American Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic, among others.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Introduction
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Influences
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What Will We Do in This Course?
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U2
Get Cooking!
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Cook Recipe
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Infographic Language
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Sketching 1
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Sketching 2
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Sketching 3
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U3
Getting Inky
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Ink Drawing
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Creating textures
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Hand Lettering
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Scanning Textures and Ink Drawings
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U4
Illustration Creation
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Live Tracing
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Colour Palette
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Combining Texture and Colour
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Final Composition
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U5
Share Your Food Illustration Recipe
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Print It
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Share It
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Illustrate More Food
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FP
Final project
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Illustrated Recipes: Making Delicious Art
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xer refojo
es un curso muy interesante por su desarrollo y metodología, aunque esté en inglés
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lusandov
Hace mucho tiempo estaba buscando cursos para ilustración de recetas. Me encantaron las técnicas y la forma de enseñar el proceso.
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lina_asp
I really like this course and would have loved to have followed along but unfortunately my Illustrator version is older and I couldn't manage to do the same things Melanie do. I do love Melanies style and she is a good teacher. I hope she can answer my questions and help out. Many teachers stop responding to questions when a course are a few years old which is a pity and a shame.
patricia_cj
Recomiendo mucho este curso. Me ayudo a darle mas vida a mis proyectos vectorizados y no dejo de usar su técnica ahora que la aprendí. Fácil de aplicar y con muchas posibilidades de adaptar según la creatividad.
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angelareggi
I think the course is too simple. The teacher repeats the same illustration with different techniques. Nothing else...