Fantasy Illustrations for Children

Sketching Your Theme 2

A course by Julie Benbassat , Illustrator

97% positive reviews (59)

1,544 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Sketching Your Theme 2

Overview

“I'll show you the process of sketching from references to some character designs.”

In this video lesson Julie Benbassat addresses the topic: Sketching Your Theme 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantasy Illustrations for Children. Learn to create mythical compositions inspired by the world around you through a combination of digital and traditional techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“Sketching Your Theme Now, to move on to sketching from your reference photos, I'll get my reference photos out. I took a picture of a flower growing in some rocks in my neighborhood. It stood out to me, especially the little bulbs. I'm going to sketch that lightly. You can make your sketches as detailed or as simple depending on what you want to bring out into your final piece I like to do a bit of both. You can do some detailed sketches. I appreciate the shape of this flower. I'm going to do a simple one right now. I might do some detailed sketches of the objects that come up. Leaves are i...”

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Course summary for: Fantasy Illustrations for Children

Level: Beginner
97% positive reviews (59)
1544 students
4 units
16 lessons (3h 30m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Procreate
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Julie Benbassat

A course by Julie Benbassat

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Illustrator

Julie Benbassat is an illustrator and self-confessed avid doodler who specializes in creating illustrations for editorial and publishing clients. She has been drawing since she was old enough to hold a pencil and, after being encouraged by her art teacher to pursue a career in illustration, eventually went on to study for a BFA in the art form at the Rhode Island School of Design. There, she discovered the storytelling properties of illustration which are integral to her work today.

Julie combines traditional and digital illustration methods to create captivating artwork for clients including The New York Times, NPR, PLANSPONSOR, BOOM! Studios and Cartoon Network.