Digital Pattern Illustration Inspired by Flora and Fauna

Digital illustration of patterns inspired by flora and fauna

“You have come to the end of the course! Thank you for taking my course. I hope you enjoyed it, that this learning will be useful to you and that you will enjoy carrying out your final project. Following, you will see an example of the presentation I would like to have of your process and the final work! The idea: Choose a biome from the many possibilities offered by the nature theme. Write a list of keywords on a piece of paper.

The mood board: Create your mood board from your various searches in books and on Pinterest. The first sketches: Make your first sketches on paper. Then sort the interesting elements that you have redrawn on the iPad, first in line and then in color. The illustration: Then create your textures, manually, with digital brushs Then, start working your elements on Procreate, adding shadows and details to your artwork. Your reason: Switch to Photoshop to compose your design, following simple rules of symmetry and color organization. You can change the color ranges to have different versions of your pattern. Mockups: Use mockups to get a better look at the pattern on certain decorative items, including bedding, curtain, and wallpaper. Finally, to bring your illustrations to life, you can share them on networks. If this was your first experience with patterns, congratulations! I can't wait to see your designs! Be creative and look for topics that excite you and speak to you. Share them in the forum. Please feel free to comment constructively on the work of others. This allows us all to progress in our practice. I will give you feedback, please be patient if it takes a little longer. Thank you very much for taking my course. See you soon on the forum !”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project This is the last video of our course. Let’s do a brief summary of all the stages to do our final project really well. First, we chose a biome out of all the possibilities nature offers us. Then, we built a mood board, from the research we did in books and on Pinterest which helped us to really narrow down the subject. Thanks to our mood board, we were able to do our first sketches on paper. Then, we chose the interesting elements that we redrew on the iPad. First line drawings, then with color. Then, I shared techniques to create textures manually and with digital brushes. We ...”

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Course summary for: Digital Pattern Illustration Inspired by Flora and Fauna

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (284)
• 6051 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (3h 56m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  Botanical Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pattern Design, Traditional illustration