Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop
Influences
A course by Gareth Lucas , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll tell you about the most significant influences in my art and why they're so important to me.”
In this video lesson Gareth Lucas addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Influences In this lesson, I'll talk to you about the most significant influences on my life and art and why they're important to me. I'll also explain what our final project will be. The first thing I'll talk about is a book that I won for an art prize when I was at school. This book is called "100 Masterpieces Of Art." Before the days of the internet, books were an important way of getting information. This book introduced me to all kinds of art from the 20th century going way back to the 14th century. As a kid, I'd look at this book and be inspired by the art that I saw. I was being expo...”
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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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