Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
Removing the Background
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan , Illustrator and Pattern Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Removing the Background
Overview
“Now it's time to remove the background and clean up some things! ”
In this video lesson Malin Gyllensvaan addresses the topic: Removing the Background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint. Learn gouache techniques to paint an illustration of flora and fauna filled with color and detail.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I'm going to show you how to remove your background and add another background that is textured and that you can also easily change into another color. So now when we have fixed up our image a little bit, I'm going to show you how to Remove the background and change it into another one. So what we'll start with is the Magic wand. and I like to put the tolerance at about 30. I think that's about enough. What I also do is that I duplicate this layer, you just pull it down to the plus, Select the one underneath. Make this foreground color into black. Edit Fill. And OK. So now yo...”
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Course summary for: Floral Illustration with Gouache Paint
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Botanical Illustration, Digital Illustration, Gouache Painting
Malin Gyllensvaan
A course by Malin Gyllensvaan
Based in Stockholm, Malin Gyllensvaan is inspired by vintage botanical studies. Her illustrations are a homage to the natural world, rendered in pencil and gouache. Over the years, her creations have adorned everything from stationery, puzzles, packaging, and textiles for both home and fashion, as well as illustrations for books.
She has a degree in printed textiles from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. After graduating, she worked as a textile designer for 12 years before going freelance as an illustrator. Some of her clients include IKEA, eeBoo, Anthropologie, Bespoke Press, Holt Renfrew, H&M, Åhléns, Amber Lotus, and Greenfinch books, among others.
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