Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop
About Me
A course by Gareth Lucas , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll introduce myself and explain how my art came about and what helped me develop as an artist.”
In this video lesson Gareth Lucas addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop. Explore digital tools to create lively works of art filled with texture, patterns, and color.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me In this lesson, I'll tell you a bit about me, my background, and my life as an artist. My name is Gareth and I'm a freelance illustrator. I love to draw animals and birds using Photoshop. Like any kid, I loved drawing animals and birds, and art was always my favourite subject at school. Since I loved art, it seemed natural to want to do art for my A levels. I ended up doing Art, Art History, and Design and Communication, although my teachers were not very happy with me. They thought I should be varied in my subjects. But I loved art so much that I wanted to do those for my A levels...”
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Course summary for: Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop
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Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Gareth Lucas
A course by Gareth Lucas
Gareth Lucas is a freelance illustrator from Essex, England. As a child, he loved to draw and eventually went on to study illustration at Brighton University. After graduating, Gareth worked on everything from label designs to anthology illustrations before going back to university to study for an MA in illustration. During that time, he taught graphic design alongside his studies and began experimenting with digital tools which allowed him to take his freelance career full-time in 2014.
Since then, Gareth has worked with clients including Abrams Books, Penguin, Birdseye, and Simon and Schuster. He also shares his illustrations with over 100K followers on Instagram.
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