Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
The Main Feature 2
A course by Jon Berkeley , Illustrator and Author
About the video: The Main Feature 2
Overview
“We finish off the lesson on the main feature.”
In this video lesson Jon Berkeley addresses the topic: The Main Feature 2, 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
“The Main Feature I've been working away on this and I've worked it up a good deal more in several areas, I've tidied up and strengthened some of the highlights, which, again, we'll get back to later. As I mentioned before, for keeping the top of the head fairly transparent, possibly like a glass dome, almost, and keeping the brain prominent I've painted a very similar colour to the background. We'll leave it for the moment. We'll get back to that later and see how it works best. So we'll work more on the brain now and start adding the colour and the form to that. I'm going to work into this...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Techniques for Creative Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
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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