Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
The Serval: Drawing the Basic Vectors 1
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: The Serval: Drawing the Basic Vectors 1
Overview
“In this lesson, we will draw the vector drawings of the landscape background and the cat for the full page illustration.”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: The Serval: Drawing the Basic Vectors 1, 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
“The Serval: Drawing the Basic Vectors Now we'll draw out the vector illustrations of the landscape and the cat for the full-page illustration. Let's take a look. I already created an Illustrator file and it's 250 millimeters by 310 millimeters. It has five millimeters bleed. And I already placed the sketch, as you see here, and some other layers, one for the landscape, one for the grass behind the serval, one for the serval and one for the references. I already placed some references, you will see them later. It's just for the spots. Just to see how the spots of the fur of the serval look l...”
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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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