Illustrated Character Design and World Creation

Time for Illustrator: Deconstruct

A course by Nathan Jurevicius , Character Designer

98% positive reviews (176)

3,447 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Time for Illustrator: Deconstruct

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll demonstrate the way I double-check all the grouped objects within my Illustrator file, cut and paste groups onto separate pages and release the layers as a sequence. I then export the images as a layered Photoshop file suitable for manipulating.”

In this video lesson Nathan Jurevicius addresses the topic: Time for Illustrator: Deconstruct, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Character Design and World Creation. Learn how to create original characters and envision the environment they inhabit.

Partial transcription of the video

“Time for Illustrator: Deconstruct Now it's time for deconstruction, and you may ask yourself what that is. This is where I grab all my layered files in Illustrator, I break them apart, I save them, so that I can reconstruct them in Photoshop. Let's get to it, then. Here we are in Illustrator and this is the stage before we actually get into Photoshop, but you can see here that we've got the finished image as far as this step goes and you can see that this is the area that I'll be placing the character, in this beautiful little tree house area here. Also you will notice that, as I've mention...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Character Design and World Creation

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (176)
3447 students
4 units
25 lessons (5h 18m)
1 download

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Nathan Jurevicius

A course by Nathan Jurevicius

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Character Designer

Nathan Jurevicius is an illustrator, director, toy designer, author, and concept artist. His work has appeared in numerous publications, advertising campaigns, and galleries around the world. Born in Australia and currently living in Toronto, Nathan was gently coerced into a life of painting, drawing, and crafts from an early age.

Nathan specializes in creating immersive worlds inhabited by unique characters. His most acclaimed concept to date is Scarygirl, an ever-evolving world of characters manifested through graphic novels, limited edition figures, video games, and a feature film currently in production.

Nathan’s recent projects include his animated short film and book JUNCTION, the Australian Academy Award-winning PELEDA series based on Lithuanian mythology, and a glass sculpture collaboration with IKEA.