Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
About Me
A course by Sveta Dorosheva , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Let me begin by introducing myself. Here you will get to know me and get acquainted with my work. ”
In this video lesson Sveta Dorosheva addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink. Explore creative inking techniques to bring to life magical illustrations for fairy tales that capture the culture, time, and magic of the story.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, my name is Sveta Dorosheva. I was born in Ukraine and currently live in Israel. I do art for books and commercial illustration. I have been drawing since childhood, but where I grew up, there was no art education so I studied literature and languages. After the university, I worked as a translator, designer, journalist, art director, creative director, etc., all the time keeping drawing a pleasant hobby. By the time I was a creative director of a large network agency, I already had a family and children and drawing couldn't make it into such a busy life, so I quit drawing becau...”
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Course summary for: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration
Sveta Dorosheva
A course by Sveta Dorosheva
Sveta Dorosheva is a Ukrainian illustrator, currently living in Israel. She works in book illustration and narrative art for magazines and brands, which are deeply influenced by myth and fairy tales. She is a self-trained artist, and started her professional career by writing and illustrating her own book, “The Land of Stone Flowers”. Originally published in 2014, it was nominated for the National Bestseller award in 2016, and has also been translated into more than five languages.
Her work is hand-drawn on paper, merging a lot of mythical and traditional motifs from various cultures with contemporary ideas. She’s worked with numerous publishing houses to create art for books, including HarperCollins, Penguin Books, Macmillan, Disney-Hyperion, Usborne, and Chronicle Books. Sveta has also created artwork for movies, including The True Adventures of Wolfboy, commercial art for advertising agencies like JWT New York or D8 studio in Glasgow, and editorial pieces for magazines like The New Yorker and The LA Times.
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