Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

About Me

A course by Sam Gilbey , Artist

Artist. Bedford, United Kingdom.
Joined June 2021
96% positive reviews (54)
1,564 students
Audio: English
English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: About Me

Overview

“Comics, fine arts, Photoshop, and web design – in this lesson, you'll discover the different steps in my artistic journey that led to me becoming a full-time artist.”

In this video lesson Sam Gilbey addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop. Bring your favorite movie character to life by learning how to paint a realistic digital portrait from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“ About Me Hi, I'm Sam Gilbey. I'm an artist based in Bedford in the UK. I specialise in digital painting and especially painterly portraits. Thanks for signing up to do this course. I can't wait to get into it with you. First, I'll give you some background about how I started out. As a kid, I drew all the time, whenever I came home from school. My parents were great and made sure there was paper and crayons there, I used to draw my favourite things. That would be "Star Wars", "Transformers". Basically whatever toy or cartoon I was into, I would just draw. To be honest, I just forgot to sto...”

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Course summary for: Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

  • Level: Beginner
  • 96% positive reviews (54)
  • 1564 students
  • 4 units
  • 25 lessons (5h 38m)
  • 7 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Sam Gilbey

Sam Gilbey
A course by Sam Gilbey

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Sam Gilbey is a British artist specializing in painterly pop culture portraits. He’s been drawing for as long as he can remember, and started illustrating professionally in 2004.

Throughout his career, he’s created officially-licensed artwork for films and series like The Avengers, BoJack Horseman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and many more. He’s also collaborated with clients like adidas, Activision, Apple, Audi, The BBC, British Airways, Disney, Edgar Wright, Empire Magazine, Esquire, GQ, The Guardian, Lucasfilm, and many more.


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  • 25 lessons (5h 38m)
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Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop. Illustration course by Sam Gilbey

Pop Culture Character Painting in Photoshop

A course by Sam Gilbey
Artist. Bedford, United Kingdom.
Joined June 2021
  • 96% positive reviews (54)
  • 1,564 students