Fantastical Illustrations with Procreate
Sketching Ideas on Paper
A course by Michael Relth , Freelance Animator, Illustrator, and Concept Artist
Joined April 2021
About the video: Sketching Ideas on Paper
Overview
“Now you’ll take everything you’ve done so far, your writing and your reference, and you’ll begin sketching ideas for your final project on paper with pencils! This is my favorite part! ”
In this video lesson Michael Relth addresses the topic: Sketching Ideas on Paper, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantastical Illustrations with Procreate. Learn the essentials of storytelling, composition, and color to create your own fictional worlds.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we found inspiration for our illustration. Now in this lesson, we're going to take that inspiration and what we've written down previously and sketch on paper. It doesn't actually matter if you sketch with pencils on paper, if you sketch in Procreate, If you sketch with chalk on the sidewalk. As long as it's something that can feel free and fun for you to do. Personally, i really enjoy sketching on paper. There's something about it that's just loose and freeing for me. Since we already have our references and we already have our ideas written down, we can use our iPad as...”
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Course summary for: Fantastical Illustrations with Procreate
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Michael Relth
A course by Michael Relth
Michael Relth is a freelance animator, illustrator, and concept artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. He’s been drawing since he was a child and, after graduating from ArtCenter College of Design with a BFA in Illustration, he turned his passion for art into a full-time career.
Throughout his career as a freelancer, Michael has worked in character animation, illustration, and visual development for a number of motion graphics studios as well as for clients including Procreate and Warner Animation. He also illustrated and published a book, Picture Book by Dog. As well as selling his sketches, paintings, and illustrations online, he shares them with over 50K followers on Instagram.
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