Stylish Character Illustration in Procreate
Hands on scribbles
A course by Josephine Rais , Illustrator
About the video: Hands on scribbles
Overview
“Now we do the preparatory work that we need for our reference photo and the final illustration. For this we make some rough sketches.”
In this video lesson Josephine Rais addresses the topic: Hands on scribbles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stylish Character Illustration in Procreate. Learn to create digital illustrations of female characters by playing with perspective and making expressive GIFs.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hands on scribbles In the last lesson we looked for reference photos and have collected ideas which perspectives we can present. And in the lesson that comes now we'll draw sketches to get a feeling for perspectives, to get a feel for our drawing area. It is not important in the lesson that you can now draw a perfect sketch right away, it's about that you get to know the perspectives first, that you familiarize yourself with your drawing area and with the different proportions and the new angles. We'll just go ahead and see which perspectives we put on paper. I now roughly sketch the drawin...”
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Course summary for: Stylish Character Illustration in Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Figure Drawing

Josephine Rais
A course by Josephine Rais
Josephine Rais always wanted to be an illustrator, and studying product design and aesthetic composition allowed her to develop her artistic skills as well as build her portfolio. After graduating, she started work as a freelancer, publishing her illustrations on social media. Before long, she was able to build a list of contacts in Berlin, and later, across the world, earning her first commissions.
Josephine's work is characterized by bright colors, peculiar perspectives, and expressive characters that embody everyday situations, and often, the specific needs and struggles of women. Her artistic influences include Studio Ghibli, illustrator Christoph Niemann, and writer J. R. R. Tolkien. Her pieces have appeared in various magazines such as Die Zeit, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan as well as on product packaging. She has also done illustrations for Facebook, Nike, and adidas.
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