Stylish Character Illustration in Procreate
Introduction to color
A course by Josephine Rais , Illustrator
About the video: Introduction to color
Overview
“Now let's color our illustration. You are of course completely free to do this - but I will show you which little tips and tricks I use when I color in my sketch.”
In this video lesson Josephine Rais addresses the topic: Introduction to color, 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
“Introduction to color In the last lesson we sketched different characters and now we come to my favorite part we start by painting our characters. My illustrations are known for their bright and strong colors and I prefer to use large, colorful areas of color and I create the depth in my work through the shading. Over the years I have put together my own color palette or has such a core color palette developed at some point, but where new colors are always added. How I create my color palettes, I'll show you now. So there are two options. The first variant. You can create a color palette fr...”
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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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