Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
Sketching
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Sketching
Overview
“Now we have the first preparations for our planned double-page together. It's time to draw a few sketches. ”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: Sketching, 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
“Sketching In this lesson we'll do the sketches for our final project. Usually I don't do a lot of sketching. As you have seen in the previous lesson, sometimes I go directly to vectors. But in this case, I think it makes sense to do sketches. First, we start with rough sketches and then we go to more precise sketches for the final project. Let's start with some rough sketches. Ok, we have the frame here and we do the first sketch. Therefore, I zoom in here and we start with the left side. This could be a jumping serval. Just the spot illustration. It doesn't have to look like the animal, it...”
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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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