Digital Illustration: When Color Meets Imagination
References and Initial Sketches
A course by Hedof , Illustrator
About the video: References and Initial Sketches
Overview
“Here, I will show you how to make a mood board to use alongside your sketches as you generate ideas and create the general outline of your illustration. To do so, we will select the sketches that we like so far, but also look for potential in the rejection pile. ”
In this video lesson Hedof addresses the topic: References and Initial Sketches, 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
“ References and Initial Sketches This lesson is all about curation. I love to take the previous sketches that I did and combine them with topics that I gathered online or from books to set the mood for a new project. I create folders, maybe on the computer, where I download all the imagery I need or the topics that I will touch on in this illustration and I combine this with the sketches I did before. The more sketches you have created, the more input you have. It'll be good to go over the sketches now. For our project, we are creating an art print. In my mind, those prints are a standard ...”
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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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