Illustrated Sketchbooking in Full Color
Presentation
A course by James Chapman , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll show some examples of my work and tell you about my life. It hasn’t been a straight line to get to this point in my career, but the journey has been driven by a true passion to create. We’ll look at some of my books and find out what keeps me going.”
In this video lesson James Chapman addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Sketchbooking in Full Color. Explore your imagination and create vibrant illustrations with acrylic paint markers.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi, I'm James Chapman. I've been an illustrator for the past five years. You might know me from some of my work with international animal sound or maybe my work that I put on Instagram. Here, we'll talk about my personal life, how I got into illustration and why I enjoy it. I grew up in the West Midlands in England, in an artistic household. Dad was an architect and my brother, good at drawing. I was the youngest, so I wanted to reach their level of talent. I put it all at practise drawing Sonic the Hedgehogs, as a young kid, drawing what I enjoyed the most. I studied at the Un...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Sketchbooking in Full Color
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

James Chapman
A course by James Chapman
James Chapman is an illustrator and children's author based in the UK. Realizing that he needed a break from so much time staring at a screen, he began experimenting with Posca paint markers and creating brightly colored works of art in a sketchbook.
James’ professional work is mostly animation and digital art, but his +50k Instagram followers know him for his colorful sketchbooks filled with film and pop culture references. He has collaborated with BuzzFeed, Babbel, the BBC, and CBS Television, and has published several books that explore words and sounds from around the world.
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