Digital Illustration: When Color Meets Imagination
Influences
A course by Hedof , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share how I found direction as an art student and how from this point onwards printmaking has influenced my work. Though I look for inspiration beyond contemporary illustration, often I can't help but be inspired by other illustrators. I always aim to reach a similar standard in my own creations, but without copying their style. I will also cover my particular passion for character design and how that has manifested into a huge colorful toy collection! ”
In this video lesson Hedof addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“ Influences This lesson is all about finding inspiration. I'll talk about my influences, my inspiration, and how I found focus as a student back in art school. I'll show you how you can use things from your personal life, things that you're into, and channel those into creating a visual language or style. The biggest choice and source of inspiration came to me at the age of 11. Before that, I was just playing with friends from my class and the kids across my street, but when I was 11, I saw a picture of a skateboard in a magazine, and I was like, "Whoa, what is this? I want this." I saved ...”
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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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