Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
The Magic Sprinkles: Adding Textures 1
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: The Magic Sprinkles: Adding Textures 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how I add these textures to the illustration. Let's start again with the big serval. If you're not into all that digital stuff and prefer your nature illustration to be analogue anyway, you already have the handmade look.”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: The Magic Sprinkles: Adding Textures 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 Magic Sprinkles: Adding Textures 1 In this lesson we will add the textures to the full page illustration. Let's add some magic sprinkles. I'm opening a selection of textures that are prepared. For example, we need to try the Linoleum one. So let's copy this one, and apply on the illustration. And now we have different options. I usually just use the Multiply or the Color Burn. You have much more options, but let's just try this one. You see how the colors change. And this is, of course, far too dark and not the right color mood. So we have different options to adjust the colors. So for ...”
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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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