Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
Influences
A course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I was inspired from a young age by the rich and colorful worlds both illustration and classical painting. I will take you on a tour through the fantastic worlds of Roger Dean, Ralph Steadman, Alan Aldridge, Frank Frazetta, Chris Foss, John Tenniel, Mervyn Peake, Andre Derain, John Singer Sergeant and more. Each of them taught me valuable lessons about composition, color, dynamism, and breathing life into a subject.”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration. Use your imagination to develop a conceptual illustration from start to finish using acrylic paints.
Partial transcription of the video
“So now you know a little bit about me, I'm going to share with you some of the fantastic artists who I really love and who helped put me on the slippery slope to freelance illustration. One artist I came across when I was quite young is the fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, whose work absolutely fascinated me from the start. his use of color. his incredibly dramatic. poses and figures, they're absolutely stunning. effects. I really wanted to try and figure out how he achieved all these and how he used color. and learn everything about how he works. This was just a great discovery for me and op...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
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Acrylic Painting, Creativity, Painting, Traditional illustration
Jon Berkeley
A course by Jon Berkeley
Jon Berkeley is an Irish illustrator and children’s author who has worked in the field for almost three decades and traveled to places like London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Barcelona for illustration work. His passion for illustration began in his youth during the vinyl era, amazed by the artwork that adorned his favorite album covers, prompting him to further his intrigue and study Fine Art in Dublin, Ireland.
Most of his work is for editorial clients in major news and current affairs magazines like L’Express, The New Statesman, Volkskrant, The Economist, and others. He also works on major advertising campaigns and illustrates book jackets, packaging, as well as commissioned portraits for clients like Ted Baker, Vodafone, and Smirnoff.
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