Sci-fi and Fantasy Illustration in Procreate
Organizing My References
A course by Rafael Sarmento , Illustrator
About the video: Organizing My References
Overview
“Now I'm going to show you how to create and organize a semantic panel, which will be a wall of references for project development. It will serve as a kind of beacon, a visual guide that will keep us connected to the atmosphere we seek for the illustration.”
In this video lesson Rafael Sarmento addresses the topic: Organizing My References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sci-fi and Fantasy Illustration in Procreate. Learn how to create images of a fantasy universe with illustration, composition, and digital painting techniques in Procreate.
Partial transcription of the video
“Organizing My References In this lesson, I’ll teach you how I organize my ideas and references before I start working. I usually make and organize a mood board, a reference panel. It will connect me to the illustration I’ll create. This is a good example: a panel of astronauts and cosmonauts from different time periods that inspired an illustration I made. Since we’re creating a sci-fi version of the Arthurian legend, I made a panel with specific references that take me to that theme and space, in which sci-fi and fantasy merge harmoniously. For this panel, I searched for medieval reference...”
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Course summary for: Sci-fi and Fantasy Illustration in Procreate
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Design, Digital Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Rafael Sarmento
A course by Rafael Sarmento
Rafael Sarmento is an illustrator from South Brazil. Both his artistic and professional trajectories have always been inextricably linked to fantasy and sci-fi, and it is between these two worlds where his creative strength and passion for creating illustrated narratives lie.
Over the last few years, he has worked with big names like Wizards of the Coast, Riot Games, ArtStation, Universal Pictures, DeviantArt, Procreate, ImagineFX, MaxPacks, and many more. He also works as a cover artist for Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics, and writes his own music in his spare time.
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