Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop
Patterns and Blend Modes
A course by Gareth Lucas , Illustrator
About the video: Patterns and Blend Modes
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll learn about patterns and how you can make these interact with objects by using blend modes.”
In this video lesson Gareth Lucas addresses the topic: Patterns and Blend Modes, 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
“Pattern and Blend Modes In this lesson, I'll introduce you to patterns and blend modes. I like to use patterns and blend modes in my work. I like the fact that you never know what you're going to get when you place a pattern over an object and apply a blend mode to it. The results can be fascinating, exciting and very interesting. Let's start exploring some patterns and blend modes. In this lesson, we've just drawn some fish. I have each of these fish on its own layers. I'll talk more about how I draw in another video, but for now, here we have these fish. Over time, I've built up all kinds...”
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Course summary for: Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop
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Areas
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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