Cinematic Digital Illustration with Photoshop
Adding Texture and Colour Variation 1
A course by Izzy Burton , Director, Artist, and Author
About the video: Adding Texture and Colour Variation 1
Overview
“In this lesson, you’ll begin to add texture and colour variation to your blocked-out shapes, finessing the colours. I’ll talk about how I chose my colours more in-depth here, and why I always try to make my images more vibrant than the photograph I’m studying. ”
In this video lesson Izzy Burton addresses the topic: Adding Texture and Colour Variation 1, 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
“Adding Texture and Colour Variation Now you'll add colour variation and texture to your blocked out shapes. I'll speak more about choosing my colours and why I often tend to go more vibrant with my pieces than the photo reference itself. I'll discuss my use of different textures and how these can help us out later. Now we have our blocked out image, let's add texture and colour. We've now blocked out our image and we want to add some texture and colour variation to these pieces, and to get that colour towards more what we see in the reference, because now my version and the reference aren't...”
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Course summary for: Cinematic Digital Illustration with Photoshop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Izzy Burton
A course by Izzy Burton
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.
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