Illustrated Scenery Creation with Photoshop

First drafts: the magic of ugly drawing

A course by Carol Delavy Chagas , Illustrator and Art Director

Illustrator and Art Director. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Joined June 2021
96% positive reviews (51)
823 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: First drafts: the magic of ugly drawing

Overview

“In this class, I'll start getting hands-on and testing the first drafts from the ideas I conceived in the previous class.”

In this video lesson Carol Delavy Chagas addresses the topic: First drafts: the magic of ugly drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Scenery Creation with Photoshop. Learn illustration techniques for perspective, composition, and storytelling to bring your character's fantasy world to life.

Partial transcription of the video

“First drafts: the magic of ugly drawing Now that we have the ideas in our heads, let's start testing them on paper. This might seem like a simple step, but it is one of the most important in setting the scene. That's because it's the part where we can test several different ideas quickly and without obligation. And also without the pressure of making a work of art right on the first stroke. From these sketches, we can test different compositions, which allows us to see what the reading order of the illustration will look like, in addition to determining the location where it will be located...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Scenery Creation with Photoshop

  • Level: Beginner
  • 96% positive reviews (51)
  • 823 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (1h 45m)
  • 4 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Children's Illustration, Concept Art, Design, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Carol Delavy Chagas

Carol Delavy Chagas
A course by Carol Delavy Chagas

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Illustrator and Art Director

Carolina Delavy Chagas is an illustrator and art director specialized in the creation of animated and illustrated scenes for children. She achieved a degree in graphic design from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and discovered her passion for creating her own characters and their universes while working at an animation studio.

She collaborated on YouTube's animated web series Angry Birds Bubble Trouble and has done illustrations for international educational children's books. She is currently art director for animation series at Gloob.


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Illustrated Scenery Creation with Photoshop. Illustration course by Carol Delavy Chagas

Illustrated Scenery Creation with Photoshop

A course by Carol Delavy Chagas
Illustrator and Art Director. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Joined June 2021
  • 96% positive reviews (51)
  • 823 students