Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character
Creating a Character with Photoshop and Illustrator 1
A course by Owen Davey , Illustrator
About the video: Creating a Character with Photoshop and Illustrator 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will bring my character to life, so you will see how I get into my funny dog and colour the composition, adding other dogs to the draw. ”
In this video lesson Owen Davey addresses the topic: Creating a Character with Photoshop and Illustrator 1, 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
“In this lesson, I'm going to bring a character to life and start to build up the colors in our final. Let me show you. I'll make sure it's fairly large on my screen so that I see what I'm doing properly. I'm going to start off by sorting out this overall shape because I was very keen from the very beginning to get this greyhound's art in its back. So I'm going to try and keep that as much as I can. I'm just going to select these top ones, create this large I've probably gone a little bit overboard there, so actually let me Pull out this section again. Just grab those corners and nudge them....”
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Course summary for: Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character
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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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