Fantasy Illustrations for Children
Finalizing Your Composition
A course by Julie Benbassat , Illustrator
About the video: Finalizing Your Composition
Overview
“Here I will show you how to pick a final composition and guide you through making simple color studies. ”
In this video lesson Julie Benbassat addresses the topic: Finalizing Your Composition, 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
“Finalizing Your Composition In this lesson, I'll guide you through finalizing your composition. There are three composition thumbnails that I rendered to final. They look different from the thumbnails, because they are very detailed. There's a lot more character and movement in each. For horizontal landscape composition, I tried to emphasize the movement of the characters going left. I enjoy this composition because it's fun. You see everyone in motion running towards a certain direction. In vertical composition I chose to do a still image, but one that evokes a story. I mentioned before, w...”
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Course summary for: Fantasy Illustrations for Children
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Category
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Software
Procreate -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Julie Benbassat
A course by Julie Benbassat
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.
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