Illustrating Fantastical Animals with Procreate
Sketching
A course by Julia Körner , Illustrator
About the video: Sketching
Overview
“In this lesson, you will collect everything you have done so far—your references and your mind map—and you will bring this all together to create a sketch. This can either be on paper or a new digital canvas. Visually exploring the different ideas is one of my favorite parts! ”
In this video lesson Julia Körner addresses the topic: Sketching , 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
“ Sketching In this lesson, we're going to take everything we did so far and bring it together on paper in a sketch. I like to work on paper for sketching because it's more intuitive and you don't have an Undo button, so you have to go with the sketches you come up with. I personally like this size of sketchbook. It's an A5 size. If you unfold it, you get almost an A4, which is quite handy. You can take it for traveling and you always can have it with you to make a quick sketch. I'm working with two mechanical pencils, one in red and one in blue. I like to use these ones because I can draw ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Fantastical Animals with Procreate
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Category
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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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