Playful Animal Illustration with Photoshop
Inspiration and Initial Sketches
A course by Gareth Lucas , Illustrator
About the video: Inspiration and Initial Sketches
Overview
“In this lesson, I’m going to show you my research process and how I get ideas for my images. I’ll then demonstrate how to get my initial sketch to start working with.”
In this video lesson Gareth Lucas addresses the topic: Inspiration and Initial Sketches, 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
“Inspiration and Initial Sketches In this lesson, we'll find some inspiration and some references for our image. Having found our reference, I'll then show you how I begin sketching and working out compositions for our final image. Sometimes I haven't got an idea exactly what it is I'll draw. It's good to get inspired and look at other artists for ideas. I'm thinking for our final project to do some toucans because I love drawing them, so I need to get some inspiration and some references so that I can begin some compositions and some sketches ready for our final project. Let's see what we c...”
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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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