Retrofuturistic Illustration with Procreate
Quick Concept Sketches
A course by Ada Zielinska , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Joined June 2021
About the video: Quick Concept Sketches
Overview
“It's time to let your fantasies run wild! Here, I will show you how to create quick concept sketches that will be the base for developing the final idea.”
In this video lesson Ada Zielinska addresses the topic: Quick Concept Sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Retrofuturistic Illustration with Procreate. Explore composition, color, contrast, and texture to create contemporary illustrations inspired by the past.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Quick Concept Sketches In this lesson, we will create quick concept sketches that will be the base for our final idea. There is a story behind every illustration I create. It's not always obvious and people can interpret it in many ways. When working for clients, they impose guidelines on me. Those can be technical or visual, especially when it comes to illustrations for magazine articles. These types of work have a specific story from the beginning to the end that I have to represent through illustration. There are also illustrations for magazines about cosmic phenomena. In such works, I...”
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Course summary for: Retrofuturistic Illustration with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration

Ada Zielinska
A course by Ada Zielinska
Ada Zielińska is an illustrator and graphic designer from Poland. She completed a bachelor’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and a Master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. After publishing her work on social media she later began attracting work which allowed her to turn her hobby into a career.
Since then Ada has collaborated with brands including Adobe, Netflix, Levi’s, the National Museum in Gdańsk, and Fast Company Magazine. She also runs a graphic studio alongside a fellow illustrator where she designs album covers, visual identities, books, exhibitions, and more. She shares her work, which combines modernity with the nostalgia of the 60s and 70s with over 18K followers on Instagram.
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