Observational Drawing: Illustrate with a Fresh Perspective
Tying All Together
A course by Celeste Byers , Freelance Illustrator and Artist
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Tying All Together
Overview
“After all the work you have done until now, I will teach you how to make your drawing more fun by adding the last details. You will see how you can take care of the blank spaces that could be in your drawing. By the end of this lesson, you will have your composition finished and everything would be tied together. ”
In this video lesson Celeste Byers addresses the topic: Tying All Together, which is part of the Domestika online course: Observational Drawing: Illustrate with a Fresh Perspective. Learn how to deconstruct images using the principles of observational drawing and turn them into unique compositions full of color and texture in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tying All Together In the last lesson of this unit, I'll show you how to finish up your composition and tie everything together. You notice I have all these blank areas in the background and foreground that I haven't finished yet. To wrap it up, I'll make some general plant shapes and then I'll add some big solid shapes within that and make it more fun. First, I'll use my number 5, and make little plant shapes in the background. I'm not looking at anything in this, but if you want to use stuff in your environment as a reference, feel free to do that. Sometimes I don't even do this. Sometime...”
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Course summary for: Observational Drawing: Illustrate with a Fresh Perspective
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Celeste Byers
A course by Celeste Byers
Celeste Byers is a freelance illustrator and artist who specializes in creating large-scale murals. She first discovered her love for drawing and painting in high school, before going on to study for a BFA in illustration at Art Center College of Design in California. Since then, she’s painted over 75 murals all over the world, in places like New Zealand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.
Celeste’s work is inspired by the world around her, and her clients include Amazon, Airbnb, American Express, Facebook, Sephora, and Warner Bros. She has also been featured by Condé Nast Traveler, Live Free Podcast, San Diego Natural History Museum, and more. She shares her murals with over 24K followers on Instagram and has won numerous awards including City of San Diego Certificate of Recognition and California State Senate Certificate of Recognition.
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