Natural Illustration with Digital Painting
Graphite Techniques 2
A course by Jessica Roux , Freelance Illustrator
About the video: Graphite Techniques 2
Overview
“Now I will continue exploring the different graphite techniques by focusing on the final petal texture.”
In this video lesson Jessica Roux addresses the topic: Graphite Techniques 2, 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
“Graphite Techniques Now we've finished the longer fur texture, we'll move on to the flower petal texture, but before we begin, I'll get out my pencil extender. This is a great way to make the pencil longer once it has been sharpened down. It helps alleviate wrist strain, so you can keep working. Let's start on the center of the flower. We have a circular shape here. Then around it, we have many smaller circular shapes. The center of the flower's done, so we'll move to the petals. We'll start by outlining them like we did with the previous drawings. Next, we'll start filling in the petal sha...”
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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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