Digital Painting for 2D Illustration

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn about how I start my digital painting process, why it’s important to start off with a thumbnail foundation, and alternative routes to exploring an idea that could yield different results. ”

In this video lesson Matt Sanz addresses the topic: The Thumbnail - Idea Exploration 1, 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

“Okay, in this lesson, we're going to talk about thumbnails. I'm going to start putting pen to paper and start sketching super loose. I tend to find after two or three sketches that I start getting a groove of what I want This part is essential for exploring ideas and making sure you get the bad ones out of the way to begin with. Okay, let's start sketching. The rule of thirds at the moment, yeah, I'm trying to get a golden ratio in there as well. Rule of thirds is the easiest. Okay, don't be too concerned with the details at the moment. Some people only use values, other people use lines. I...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (196)
• 5516 students
• 5 units
• 23 lessons (4h 37m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration