Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
Finding References
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Finding References
Overview
“In this lesson, we go hunting for references for our wildlife-themed project. Even though I've caught a variety of interesting animals on my travels, my photos are often not enough to serve as references for illustrations. So what I do is what other modern and decent illustrators do: I research on the internet. ”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: Finding References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books. Create playful illustrations of animals and wildlife by exploring vectors, textures, and gradients in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finding References In this lesson I'll show you how to find references. You can use your own photos as references for your illustrations, but you can also use the internet. Let's take a look at it. With the help of Google Images we are now looking for references for the full page illustration of servals. Let's start to save an image of the full body animal, so we can see how the tail and the spots are looking like. Let's name it SP for serval portrait. And maybe just another one in this direction. Then let's see how the serval is looking when he sits. Let's save this one. This one from the ...”
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Course summary for: Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration
Dieter Braun
A course by Dieter Braun
From an early age, Dieter Braun has always had a passion for illustration. He studied Communication Design at the Folkwangschule in Essen. Following his university years, he explored a range of artistic mediums ranging from painting to photography.
Dieter’s main inspiration is wildlife. He has written and illustrated several children’s books on the subject, including Wild Animals of the South, Wild Animals of the North, and Oceans of the World. He has also worked with clients like H&M and WWF. His work has been featured in publications like Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek, Elle, and Glamour.
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