Digital Illustration: When Color Meets Imagination
About Me
A course by Hedof , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin, I will give you a short introduction to who I am, where I'm from, and how that has influenced my career. I will delve into my work and my studio, Hedof. You will also learn how I developed my style, the kind of clients I've collaborated with, and how my commercial work has evolved into what it is today. ”
In this video lesson Hedof addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration: When Color Meets Imagination. Learn to improve your creative workflow and design vibrant illustrations that capture your unique style using Photoshop and Illustrator .
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Welcome to my Domestika course. My name is Rick Berkelmans and I'm an illustrator from the Netherlands. I live and work in Breda where I run a small illustration studio called Hedof. Within the studio, I work on a variety of projects from clients from all over the world such as Nike, YouTube, IKEA. I've always been creative. I was playing outside a lot, building crazy things, playing with my food. Later, I discovered skateboarding and graffiti, but when I got into art school, I found it to be incredibly boring. It was always old-fashioned and I was way more used to the wild world...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: When Color Meets Imagination
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Hedof
A course by Hedof
Rick Berkelmans is an illustrator from The Netherlands. He always considered himself creative and, after impressing his classmates with a drawing of a dinosaur at just seven years old, he knew he wanted to pursue a career that involved illustrating. Rick went on to study at art school where he discovered a love for screen printing that kick-started his career. His work soon began getting noticed online and in galleries, leading to his first commissions.
Since then, Rick has established his own studio, Hedof, and worked on illustrations for apps, magazines, advertising campaigns, and packaging. He has also painted large-scale murals around the world. Rick’s clients include Nike, The New York Times , Nickelodeon, IKEA, Samsung, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lotte World Mall, Nestlé, Green Man Festival, Red Bull, PlayStation, Snapchat, YouTube, WeTransfer, Google, and Facebook. He also shares his work with over 90K followers on Instagram.
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