Block Printing for Illustration
Final Touches
A course by SowiesoWies , Illustrator
About the video: Final Touches
Overview
“Now, you can focus on enhancing your print by adding details, gradients or anything you think will take it to the next level.”
In this video lesson SowiesoWies addresses the topic: Final Touches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Block Printing for Illustration. Carve patterns, shapes, and designs into blocks to create unique stamps for printing.
Partial transcription of the video
“Final Touches In this lesson, we'll add details to the final print to take it to the next level. This is my favorite part. I like to start by adding some shadowing to the characters. I just added some shading to the bear. I added it to the places where I feel like the shading would be natural. So a little bit close to the vest. A little bit under the arm. The vest would make a little shadow. Also his belly would be having a little shadow. Let’s do the frog now. Always keep in mind when you do the shading that it's helpful to have a pencil that’s slightly darker than the print. Now, I'll do ...”
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Course summary for: Block Printing for Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Children's Illustration, Engraving, Fine Arts, Printing, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
SowiesoWies
A course by SowiesoWies
Wies van der Velde, or SowiesoWies as she’s also known online, is an illustrator, artist, and potter from Utrecht, The Netherlands. She specializes in block printing and has been experimenting with the technique since she was ten years old after discovering her fascination with the unique textures it creates. Wies went on to study at an art academy, where she honed her artistic skills.
After graduating, she spent time finding her style and eventually began selling her work online. Since then, Wies has turned her artistic passion into a career and now works full-time from her own studio. She aims to bring joy to the world through her artwork, which she shares with over 150K followers on Instagram.
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