Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character
Compositional Thumbnails
A course by Owen Davey , Illustrator
About the video: Compositional Thumbnails
Overview
“It's time to really get creative and just get all your ideas down! In this lesson, we are going to explore small compositional sketches and see how they can help you in your work. You will see how I compose my illustrations from the beginning. ”
In this video lesson Owen Davey addresses the topic: Compositional Thumbnails, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character. Create stunning digital illustrations with geometric shapes and curated color palettes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now it's time to get really creative and just get your ideas down. So I'm going to show you the benefits of using compositional thumbnails, which are just bad little sketches. that just help you get your ideas down fast. So it's worth having all of your research done by now so that you have in your brain a kind of mental wishlist of what it is you want to get down. So for me, because I know I'm drawing dogs, I've got to kind of list of breeds I'm going to be using and how I might use them. There's certain things about those dogs that I really want to emphasize. So, On my Greyhound, for exam...”
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Course summary for: Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Owen Davey
A course by Owen Davey
Owen Davey is an award-winning illustrator from the UK. He has been a professional freelance illustrator since 2009 and has had the pleasure of working with renowned international clients like Google, Facebook, Sony, Lego, and National Geographic.
He is the lead illustrator for the multi-award winning app Two Dots and has produced several picture books over the years, most notably the non-fiction ‘About’ series with Flying Eye Books, which began with “Mad About Monkeys” in 2015. Other notable clients include Airbnb, The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, GQ, British Airways, Virgin, Orange, Guinness, Microsoft, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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