Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
Working on a Clean Copy
A course by Sveta Dorosheva , Illustrator
About the video: Working on a Clean Copy
Overview
“In this lesson, I will trace the final sketch on thick (300g) paper, using a light table. If you don't own a light table, you can use a window during the daytime, or scan the sketch and use your computer screen. Then, I will refine the drawing that I have transferred. To do this, I will revise the entire image and make each line exact. During transferring phase, the aim is to copy the composition. When refining, you home in on the details and construct each element of your drawing. ”
In this video lesson Sveta Dorosheva addresses the topic: Working on a Clean Copy, 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
“Working on a Clean Copy In this lesson, I'll transfer the draft onto a clean copy. I'll be using a light table. If you don't have one, you can use a window during the daytime or a computer screen during the nighttime. Since this is 300 g thick paper, I won't be able to see all the detail, which is ok. I'll return to the drawing later to refine it with small detail. At this step, what's important for me is to copy the composition. I'll use the pencil softly at this stage because I'll return to the drawing and refine every line. Let's start. Ok, I'm finished. Let's see what we have here. Fran...”
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Course summary for: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
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Illustration -
Areas
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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