Digital Painting for 2D Illustration

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn how to structure your idea around a brief builder that could get you out of the paralyzing state that a blank canvas could set you in. You’ll also see how I set up my reference boards ready to explore ideas! ”

In this video lesson Matt Sanz addresses the topic: Inspiration and Structuring Your References Boards, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration. Learn how to create conceptual story-driven illustrations for video games and animation.

Partial transcription of the video

“Inspiration and Structuring your References Boards In this lesson I will talk about what inspires me. Inspiration can spark at any time and through any means. Most of the time it will be because I see a piece of art, composition, idea or framing, even a story that can be summed up within a single frame. Let's learn how to structure your reference boards. This is the pre-production period of the process. I consider this very important for laying the groundwork for what's to come, really setting a solid foundation by getting good references, a good brief and understanding what's needed for th...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (194)
• 5484 students
• 5 units
• 23 lessons (4h 37m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration