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Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop

Turn Your Life Into Art

A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) , Artist and Illustrator

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87,058 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Turn Your Life Into Art

Overview

“In this lesson, you'll reflect on the importance of using real-life images for artistic growth. You'll explore how to build a personal visual library, draw inspiration from daily life, and stay grounded amid digital trends—always honoring curiosity, joy, and self-expression.”

In this video lesson Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) addresses the topic: Turn Your Life Into Art, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop. Learn how to create enchanting narratives in your digital portraits.

Partial transcription of the video

“In both of my courses, I suggested everyone to find inspiration and references on Pinterest. But as many of you may have already noticed, now Pinterest had became full of AI generated art. It's best to avoid the platform for now and focus on getting real life images and photographs as our inspiration. Because AI generated art is something highly finished and normally presented in a certain art style and lighting. It's not a good source of references and they lack varieties. Sometimes, they look wrong as well. For example, some AI generated human anatomy just looks wrong. Therefore, studying...”

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Course summary for: Digital Fantasy Portraits with Photoshop

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (2994)
87058 students
4 units
20 lessons (4h 27m)
6 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia)

A course by Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia)

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Artist and Illustrator

Karmen Loh, also known as Bearbrickjia, has been illustrating digitally for almost 10 years. Her work captures a sense of calm, creating a dream-like mood that is followed and adored by her +400K fans on Instagram.

Before becoming a freelance artist full time, Karmen worked for major game titles like Street Fighter and Steel Circus. She now dedicates her full creative attention to creating magical fantasy portraits, collaborating with brands such as XP-Pen and YouTube channels like MrSuicideSheep.