Zodiac Illustration: Creating A Unique Series
Influences
A course by Silja Goetz , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now I’ll show you some artists I am passionate about, especially when it comes to drawing series. There’s a world-famous medieval book, a man who filled everything with his art – even toilet paper, a very French illustrator with a Vietnamese background, and an Italian who could turn buttons and shirt collars into mesmerizing pieces of art. ”
In this video lesson Silja Goetz addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Zodiac Illustration: Creating A Unique Series. Use ancient horoscope symbols to illustrate a series that captures your style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I'd like to share with you some things that have influenced me lately, especially when it comes to drawing series. The first one is "Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry". This is a book of hours, the very pinnacle of Late Gothic book illustration. It was created between 1412 and 1416 for the extravagant royal bibliophile John, Duc de Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. It is a book of hours. That means it is a collection of prayers that are to be said at specific times during the day, but it also contains a calendar with feast days, the phases of the moon, and the ...”
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Course summary for: Zodiac Illustration: Creating A Unique Series
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Silja Goetz
A course by Silja Goetz
Silja has always loved to draw, and with the encouragement of her parents, she kept it up and decided early on that she wanted to become an illustrator. She studied Communication Design in Nüremberg while working as an illustrator for a magazine about animals for children, along with some work for magazines like Elle and Cosmopolitan.
Silja worked as a layout designer for Allegra Magazine (Germany) for over two years, where she learned to see illustration from an art director’s perspective. After deciding she wanted to create illustrations instead of working with the work of others, she took a leap of faith and moved to Spain, where she started working as a freelance illustrator.
She has worked with press clients like The New Yorker, Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Die Zeit, Outdoor magazine, and more, as well as on advertising projects for clients like Estrella Damm. Her book cover illustrations adorn the books of publishers like Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Gräfe und Unzer, and Doubleday.
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