Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 2
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 2
Overview
“In this lesson, we'll repeat the steps from the third lesson and apply them to the second still-unprocessed vector drawing, the hunting serval.”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: Nice and Fluffy: Adding Gradients 2, 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 2 In this lesson we will reply he steps from the previous lesson and apply the gradients to the hunting scene. Let's take a look. I have all the layers here, the grass and the serval, another grass layer, ground and the mouse. So, I would say let's start by doing the gradients for the serval. I also added another layer just for the gradients. I will go to the Magic Wand and I will start with the shoulder. And go to the gradient layer. Choose my brush. And I start painting. Just to make the shoulder a little more organic and round. Looks nice too. I made 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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