Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop

The Background

A course by Martina Hoffmann , Freelance Illustrator, Art Director, and Producer

100% positive reviews (52)

1,208 students

Audio: German

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About the video: The Background

Overview

“This lesson is about creating the background and setting the character is in.”

In this video lesson Martina Hoffmann addresses the topic: The Background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop. Discover how to draw creative characters and bring portraits to life with animated elements.

Partial transcription of the video

“The background In the last lesson we have the portrait ready-made with face, hair, clothes and accessories. Now we fill our illustration with life and its own story. So it's all about the detail work. Let's start with the background. Now I draw in all the details that make my portrait complete. I intend to put an underwater world in the dress. The plants should be in the background and in the foreground and there should be a few fish swimming around in the dress. Before I start with the plants and start with these details here in the little dress, I decide on a background color, to check th...”

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Course summary for: Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (52)
1208 students
5 units
24 lessons (4h 17m)
1 download

Category
3D & Animation, Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Martina Hoffmann

A course by Martina Hoffmann

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Freelance Illustrator, Art Director, and Producer

Martina Hoffmann is a Berlin-based freelance illustrator, art director, and producer of animated advertisements and short films with more than 15 years of experience. She is passionate about art in all its forms, which is reflected by the broad range of illustration styles, artistic approaches, and mediums she uses to create her projects, each with their own visual language.

She has collaborated with advertising agencies, children's publishers, and organizations in the scientific, educational, and social fields. Her animated productions are fully independent, meaning she designs and animates each piece from start to finish. Since 2005, she has been promoting her illustrations as self-published postcards, prints, and calendars through the organization Stift & Papier.