Texture Creation for Digital Illustration in Photoshop

Final Touches and Overall Feel

A course by Nicholas Stevenson , Illustrator, Animator, and University Lecturer

Illustrator, Animator, and University Lecturer. Hereford, United Kingdom.
Joined May 2020
99% positive reviews (155)
2,304 students
Audio: English
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About the video: Final Touches and Overall Feel

Overview

“Now it's time to start adding the final touches by applying an overall texture to your piece to establish the overall feel.”

In this video lesson Nicholas Stevenson addresses the topic: Final Touches and Overall Feel, which is part of the Domestika online course: Texture Creation for Digital Illustration in Photoshop. Create unique illustrations full of texture and mood using brushes, ink, objects, and prints.

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Touches and Overall Feel In this lesson, we'll take our already textured image and use an overall texture to try and tie it all together, let's go to it. This image is so nearly complete, but we just need to do some textures and some adjustments that think about the overall composition, not just each little element. Let's think about maybe adding a texture overall to the whole thing. I really enjoyed a still life that lithograph print page. I'm going to bring that in and I'm going to put that on the top layer. I'm going to apply the Screen blend to it. We'll shrink it a bit so the gra...”

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Course summary for: Texture Creation for Digital Illustration in Photoshop

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (155)
  • 2304 students
  • 5 units
  • 17 lessons (2h 55m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Nicholas Stevenson

Nicholas Stevenson
A course by Nicholas Stevenson

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Illustrator, Animator, and University Lecturer

Nicholas Stevenson is a UK-based illustrator and animator known for his magical and atmospheric textured images. Using old books, papers, and prints, he creates unique, handmade textures that are used to create digital illustrations with added authenticity and emotion.

Nicholas is a lecturer at Hereford College of Arts in the UK. He has illustrated for leading publications and brands including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Google Arts & Culture, and Save the Children. His work can also be found in non-fiction children’s books and on a wide variety of album covers.


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Texture Creation for Digital Illustration in Photoshop. Illustration course by Nicholas Stevenson

Texture Creation for Digital Illustration in Photoshop

A course by Nicholas Stevenson
Illustrator, Animator, and University Lecturer. Hereford, United Kingdom.
Joined May 2020
  • 99% positive reviews (155)
  • 2,304 students