Natural Illustration with Digital Painting
About Me
A course by Jessica Roux , Freelance Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share a little bit about myself, my process, and how I create my illustrations. ”
In this video lesson Jessica Roux addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Natural Illustration with Digital Painting. Transform a botanical pencil sketch into a digital illustration using the storytelling properties of color.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, I'm Jessica Roux. I'm a freelance illustrator and self-described plant and animal enthusiast. In my work, I'm known for creating finely-detailed illustrations of flora and fauna with subdued colors and rhythmic shapes. I've always been interested in painting and drawing. Even from a young age, it was hard to find me without a pencil. My parents would set up easels in our backyard and let my sister and me paint all day. We'd collect bits of nature and bring them home to paint too. This inspired both my love of drawing and the outdoors. We also spent a lot of time reading, checki...”
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Course summary for: Natural Illustration with Digital Painting
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration
Jessica Roux
A course by Jessica Roux
Jessica Roux is an American freelance illustrator and self-described plant and animal enthusiast. She has been drawing and painting since she was a child when her parents would set up easels in her backyard. She also spent a lot of time exploring the woods in North Carolina, which sparked her love of nature at an early age. Jessica went on to study illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design and, after graduating, began working as a freelance illustrator, combining her love of illustration and nature.
Since then, Jessica’s designs have been transformed into everything from prints to stickers and cards, and she has illustrated various books, including one of her own, Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers. Her work has also appeared in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as publications including The New Yorker and Taproot Magazine.
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