Jon Contino on How to Design a Secret Society Bandana
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2015
- To learn more from Jon, check out his classes on Skillshare: skl.sh/jon-contino-YT
With clients ranging from Nike to Kiehl’s to Sports Illustrated, graphic designer and Skillshare teacher Jon Contino is never at a shortage for work on his plate. In this free 16 minute short film get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the original creative process that allows him to efficiently knock out projects and achieve his signature hand-drawn style.
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Eres una de las razones por las que decidí ser un ilustrador, grande Jon!
Awesome little bit of inspiration before bed. Love Jons Style!
holy shit it's Mascherano!
+Siotis lmao
+Siotis lol
+Siotis Holy crap lol
Lmao yessssss
haaaa haa haa haa.. Burst out laughing at 2:am... Im gonna wake the kids...
Thanks for making the video I've been an admirer of your work for a while now. Love to see how you work.
Thanks, that was amazing! Loved to see your process, taught me that I need to get more Illustrator skills under my belt.
The work of Jon Contino is really awesome
You have a beautiful touch to your work.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us, Great video.
One of my inspirations! Thanks for sharing!
Great process vid! Jon seems like a good dude!
sick video! Love your workspace Jon
Wow! Amazing work! Thanks for sharing your process. Very informative.
Interesting and fun to watch. I love those banners and the idea of the graphics of secret societies! Thanks for sharing. It was totally enjoyable!
Best Video Ever (about graphic design and everything)
Superb video...thanks for sharing your creative process. Love the combination of hand drawn and vector work...very inspiring.
i don't know why but i really like his voice. loved to see his design process and i'd like to listen/see more :)
Loved it.
Great video and awesome process!
i love the process!
awesome style, thanks!
Superb! Really a hard working guy....
Nice video, you showed me a new work process 💯
Great video, thanks for sharing!!
Just discovered you via an email this morning from Skillshare. AWESOME video Jon, really liked seeing your workflow and your process. Great style!
This is so awesomeyo barely said what I needed to hear from a designer! great work!
Awesome video, thanks a ton!
awesome & inspiring!
This was awesome! Really enjoyed it! Thank you! :)
Am a desagna fron nu yoak
Paco heyyy I'm designin heea
So good!
the scene with his daughter is so adorable!
Great video. Thank you a lot!
Greetings from Serbia
Thanks! Really helpfull and inspiring!
I love this Video its so nice !!
You gave a lot of ideas of how to work easier and faster !
I loved this thanks for sharing!
+923244970605
So cool!
This video is really inspiring. We want more videos like this :-)
awesome
bro you literally answered every question i ever had in design :P
i love the opening part
This just inspired me to get back into design and get into graphic design school
excellent
Great! 🤙
Has anyone ever asked you about the funky way you hold your pencil? It's quite an odd grip....
Love the video!
Ricky Compton No one's ever asked and I'm surprised it's never come up. I notice it every single day and my daughter holds her pencil the same exact way. It's something I've always done.
Hey, Jon! Thank you for the great video! I've been thinking about doing something similar to what you're doing - Designing something by hand, putting it in Illustrator then print screening it to a fabric. I noticed you're using your mouse to design. I do too! I've also noticed some designers use tablets to Illustrate. I thought to myself, "Should I be using it too?" What's your thought on that? Is it easier? Better? Thanks much!
Hey nice tips & thanks for sharing... I am using coreldraw for all my vector graphics designs should i have to learn illustrator too cause i have pretty much grip on CorelDraw...I don,t know designing software to stick with & which is better...
awsome :)
Would love to know the LIVE TRACE / AUTO TRADE settings mentioned at @10:57
This is so cool because I am pretty sure I have a Nike shirt designed by him!
+923244970605
What's the website John is looking at for inspiration ?
MUito bom
Finally a video where someone shows the real process.
Jon do you ever get creative blocks? If so how do you resolve them and keep up your creativity? Would love if you responded to this! Your work is incredible man keep it up!
Josh Diaz Yeah I definitely get creative blocks...the problem is that as a working professional, you can't really afford to have them (or at least for too long.) I always try to keep my work fresh and interesting, but when I get caught in a creative block, I go back to styles and techniques I feel most comfortable with. The stuff I can do in my sleep, ya know? As soon as I start working (even if I find it boring or played out), it gets my brain back into the creative mindset and I eventually start realizing how to get back to doing something I feel good about. It's kind of like a brain exercise. Sometimes you can't just go off an idea, sometimes you need to push through it and just get comfortable thinking that way before you can do something new and exciting again.
And thank you!
I know exactly what you mean. Thank you so much for the detailed response, it's so appreciated. I'll definitely keep this in mind in the future. Keep up your great work man.
very cool bro... (y)
As soon as possible
Can you hook us up with that live trace setting?
I had/have a bad experience with the skillshare class. I found out that I never got any feedback from instructors. Sometimes it would take a while to get feedback from others/classmates. Another thing that I found out about skillshare is that first to post get all the 'thumbs up' whether or not the projects were strong. Be smart, save the time and money. You'll get more feedback in a classroom or showing work to designers in person.
John, In your live trace setting you should add the check box "Ignore White". Then you don't have to get rid of all the white manually and have a nice outline.
fkylw Thanks, but I leave the white in because sometimes I change my mind about whether I want the color to drop out or not. Sometimes you don't realize you need a fill color until you're actually playing with it in Illustrator.
Jon Contino Yeah, I paused, wrote this then started watching again. I saw why you did it and felt like an idiot for posting. Never again!
fkylw Haha, that's basically everything I write on the internet.
Jon Contino Hello, Jon. Thank you for this video! Say, please, your trace settings? If it is not a secret.
how to create a unique and modern logo. and concept in logo design process. please learn vector process logo design, color and best fonts concept
bruh... do you have a step by step tutorial?? or any reference ?? thanks ^^
FWIW, Jon said he's shifted to a more digital approach using iPad Pro now. Not sure that he does it all on iPad or also uses pencil/ink. (via his podcast nosecast.com)
what great trick is that 8:40? looks very handy!
Jelle Patteet Align palette, "horizontal distribute center" - Saves my life every single day.
Thanks a lot!!
Really liked it, but I didnt understand how he keeps that hand made borders to everything, even in Illustrator his work looks made with the pen.
there a 2 things you did in illy that i've got know how to do......
first the settings in livetrace? i can't for the life of me get a great trace like that.
second, when working with the squares on top of the banner (you called them hooks, where they hang from the horizontal pole) how did you select those objects and they automatically spaced themselves apart?
+Tim Pratt Auto trace. Search for it in the help menu, selecting "line art" usually works good.
2nd, the align buttons. Once again, you can search for them in the help menu.
Trollimus Prime thank you! yeah after watching some more and just playing around with the interface i figured it out.
been using illy for like a decade and have never used align buttons. that will now change lol.
what type of Sketchbook is he using? one that bad dots ?
Field Notes
hallo :) just a question, which notebook do you use. i mean with dod pattern :D
Van Rodriguez Tomahawk Brand notebooks! They officially come out this summer. It's a notebook I designed.
Jon Contino thank you… genial, algún link.¿? GRACIAS :D
I've been thinking about careers and thought that maybe I could be a graphic designer. Maybe you could give me some tips and pointers on where I should start. Also I'm 13 and don't know practically anything about this career.
I highly suggest checking out tons of tutorials on graphic design and start working on it to get a feel for it. I know exactly how you feel, when I was thirteen I really liked expressing through design and art but never really knew much about anything. UA-cam is a great tool for learning about pretty much anything, make good use of it, you're at a great age to become great at anything you want. Good luck!
+Jovasaurus Rex thanks for the advice. I've learned a decent amount now about this career, such as the tools I need need, a basic idea of how to kinda do it, and a few other things.
Kai and the black Lok @ 00:50
What kind of program does he use to keep all the banners in one place?
Pinterest.
I think so as well, pinterest #dfxyzbs
Great video. From curiosity, is there a story behind the pink fingernails at 10:12?
***** Haha, yeah. My daughter went on a nail painting spree a few days prior and that stuff is a lot harder to get off than I thought. I wish it had something to do with a design trick or some fantastic cause that I could share. Just being a dad and having lingering dad stuff.
+Jon Contino Don't be embarrassed about it. It shows you're a great father
Thank you!!!
+HR Tupnstuf yes! I was wondering that too.
+Priya Pulikkal It's actually never the same. I change them all the time based on the look I'm going for. I just set it to "preview" and adjust from there. I already set it up for this video to save time, but really it's all about experimenting.
paperless, please!
i also like it but you have do a rubixs cube video
Does anyone know what kind of printer this is?
***** It's a Canon MG5320 printer/scanner combo. It's fantastic.
Thanks Jon! Im sold. Thank you for sharing so much about your process. Great video!
He uses Field Notes by Aaron Draplin, lol.
vim através do loco de Refri
Look up Aaron Draplin.
You sound more Boston than Matt Damon.
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This is the difference between a real designer who knows his craft and all those people who claim to be designers stealing other people´s work and where you can´t see their hand or style.
Inspiring. I should spend some time doing this kind of stuff instead of DIY.
The only way you can have an established online identity is by having your very own website. Therefore, you invest and hire web developers and graphic designers for the job. However, a creative web design is not always a big factor in your online identity.
just get a drawing monitor
I am not a hater. I create things myself. And I always question the process of creating stuff. But I think that the process you do is more of coping others work and change it a little. At least in what I see in this video. In some cases like the scull and the bird you copied completely. And I sometimes find myself in this position and then have to make sure to draw the line between getting inspiration and coping art. I know, sometimes we look for styles and what not. I think with the internet our imagination starts to leave our brain. We look way more at others work then finding ourself in wandering our mind to find something creative.
walkingonwater Not sure where I copied anything. The skull and bird I copied...from another original design that I drew as part of the overall brand narrative. The whole point is to repeat a theme that I designed for the brand so that it would be recognizable to the brand's customers and act as repeating icons throughout the story of Past Lives. I know it's a long video, but make sure you watch the whole thing and pay attention before making bold claims like that.
Jon Contino Oh. I missed that the skull and Bird thing already was something you did.
Jon Contino the skull and bird is his own design?! You killed it brother, keep doing what you're doin! so sick seeing how this came together.