Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
Inking the Illustration
A course by Sveta Dorosheva , Illustrator
About the video: Inking the Illustration
Overview
“Now it's time to ink the clean copy! Usually, I begin this process by inking the secondary elements. This helps to get the hand steady before tackling any of the more important focal points, like the face of the major character. It also helps to overcome any fear you may feel about drawing the first line. I will also demonstrate a trick I use to fill large areas of black with intricate outlines. You will see all of the techniques we've discussed come into play. ”
In this video lesson Sveta Dorosheva addresses the topic: Inking the Illustration, 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
“Inking the Illustration I have finished refining my drawing. When I refine a drawing, I also rethink some of the elements. Let's see what I came up with in the final. Firstly, in the final, I added a lot of authentic detail. In the palace here, I have the real ornament from Russian traditional architecture. Then, I added the magical creatures on the roof of the palace. I used to have some trees here in the sketch, but I have enough trees on the sides while the magical creatures do add something to the story. They're musicians. They're playing the instruments and adding to the dance scene. I...”
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Course summary for: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
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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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