Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 1 (Part 1)
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 1 (Part 1)
Overview
“The vector drawings are now ready. I would like to tone down the very graphic and angular shapes and give them a more organic look. For this, we will use the Illustrator-processed files in Adobe Photoshop and add some gradients to them. We will start with the full-page illustration. Of course, vector illustration looks great without any further treatment. However, if you like your artwork the way it is, that's perfectly fine.”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 1 (Part 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
“Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 1 Now we have the vector illustrations. In this lesson I'll show you how to add gradients in Adobe Photoshop. Therefore, we need to export the Illustrator file into a Photoshop file. We have all our layers of the serval, the grass, the other grass and the background. And what I did, I already added another layer for each element, for the gradients, and I'll explain some things on how I use the different tools to make the gradients. Let's have a closer look, for example, at the mouth of the serval. You will remember that when exporting from Illustrator I sel...”
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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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