Natural Illustration with Digital Painting
Influences
A course by Jessica Roux , Freelance Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here I will talk about my main sources of inspiration: nature, old naturalist painters, and some modern artists and illustrators. ”
In this video lesson Jessica Roux addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Influences Now that you know a bit about me, in this lesson, I'll share my influences and inspirations. Nature is the main source of inspiration for my artwork. When I was a kid, I'd spend hours outside with my mom gardening, learning the names of the plants and different myths and more about them. Old naturalist painters are another source of inspiration for me. John James Audubon comes to mind right away. He was a naturalist painter who painted "The Birds of America." I love his illustrations of birds and their different characteristics. You can get a sense of their personalities from his...”
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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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