Draw 50 Things

Learn how to design a complex image with one main focal point

Have you ever wanted to create a complex image but didn’t know where to start? If you haven’t you will probably be asked to create such images for books, magazines, adverts one day. One of the most difficult assignments is illustrating crowd scenes, interiors of bookstores, toy stores, party scenes, laboratories, and stadium shots filled with people, objects, vehicles, etc. Learning the tricks and process that other illustrators use to organize drawings like this is invaluable.

Will Terry has been teaching this assignment for his UVU classes in Utah for the past 6 years. He is launching this as an open challenge to anyone in the world! Can you draw 50 things in one illustration with one main focal point? Only you can answer this question!

Even though this class is presented in a digital format it is valid for any medium including: pencil, charcoal, pen, digital, etc.

In this class you will learn:

How to plan the objects in your drawing How to draw the room shape Cropping your room space Drawing thumbnail sketches Drawing comp sketches Planning grouped, overlapped, and cropped objects Value grouping objects Planning your focal point Refining your drawing Adding value to your drawing