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Cinematic Digital Illustration with Photoshop

Why Photo Studies?

A course by Izzy Burton , Director, Artist, and Author

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99% positive reviews (842)

17,908 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Why Photo Studies?

Overview

“In this lesson, you’ll learn all about the benefits of doing photo studies. I’ll talk about how to find or take good photo references, and how you can push yourself with photo studies to create artwork that goes beyond your current ability. I’ll discuss my photo study mantra: see, interpret, retell, and how photo studies have made my day job creating fantasy worlds at Netflix Animation so much easier. ”

In this video lesson Izzy Burton addresses the topic: Why Photo Studies?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cinematic Digital Illustration with Photoshop. Explore composition, color, and lighting to create compelling concept art inspired by photographic references.

Partial transcription of the video

“Why Photo Studies? In this course, you'll create a cinematic environment illustration taking a photograph as reference and adding your own flair and ideas. I'll tell you about myself and my influences, and how I got my job illustrating, designing, and directing for animation and film. I'll take you through my drawing process and illustrate each stage, composition, design, lighting and colour, texture, and finally adding your own characters and life to your images. I'll then show you how to apply these steps to your final project. This unit is about learning the fundamentals so you have the ...”

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Course summary for: Cinematic Digital Illustration with Photoshop

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (842)
17908 students
4 units
28 lessons (6h 39m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Izzy Burton

A course by Izzy Burton

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Director, Artist, and Author

Izzy Burton is a director, artist, and author who specializes in animation and publishing. Growing up, she spent her time writing and illustrating stories, as well as filming short films with her mother’s video camera. She also had a natural ability for math and eventually went on to study computer visualization and animation, a degree that combined both her technical and creative talents, at Bournemouth University.

Since graduating first in her class and winning the Best Final Year Film award, Izzy has worked on everything from short film direction to children’s book illustrations. Most recently, she began working for Netflix Animation as a Lead Background Artist. She was also recognized as one of Animation Magazine’s Rising Stars in 2018 and has worked for clients including Cartoon Network, the BBC, McDonald's, Nickelodeon, Disney Advertising, Lego, and Penguin Random House.