Illustrating Fantastical Animals with Procreate
Ideation, Mind Mapping, and Mood Board
A course by Julia Körner , Illustrator
About the video: Ideation, Mind Mapping, and Mood Board
Overview
“Now that we've established solid foundations, it's time to find a good idea for your illustration—choose something that you connect with, so you can happily develop it going forward. ”
In this video lesson Julia Körner addresses the topic: Ideation, Mind Mapping, and Mood Board, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Fantastical Animals with Procreate. Imagine fantastical characters and turn them into captivating illustrations by exploring poses, props, color, and lighting in Procreate.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Ideation, Mind Mapping, and Mood Board In this lesson, I will show you how I find ideas for my illustrations. At the start I write down first ideas and things that pop up in my head. On the left side, I have this column with first ideas. They're just things that popped up in my head for our topic animal characters. In this part you can see that I combine different ideas for the animals and which occupation or mission they could be on. I have several ideas per animal that I maybe will work out later in the mind map or in sketches. In the middle part, I asked myself, which feeling I want to...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Fantastical Animals with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Julia Körner
A course by Julia Körner
Julia Körner is an illustrator, visual development artist, and character designer from Germany. She knew she wanted to work as an artist from a young age, and went on to study for a master’s degree in communication and graphic design. She first began posting her work online as a teenager and has continued to do so ever since, gaining recognition for her participation in design challenges like Inktober. Julia soon began attracting collaborations and commissions and took her creative career full-time in 2021.
Since then, she has worked with clients including ArtStation, 3dtotal, Humble Games, Storytime Magazine, Starman Films, and more. She also continues to share her work with over 85K followers on Instagram.
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