Digital Illustration: When Color Meets Imagination
Creating Textures and Patterns
A course by Hedof , Illustrator
About the video: Creating Textures and Patterns
Overview
“Now, let's have some fun! Next, I will elevate the design by adding a few textures or patterns. I will create these myself with some unusual materials and a scanner. ”
In this video lesson Hedof addresses the topic: Creating Textures and Patterns, 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
“ Creating Textures and Patterns In this lesson, we will create a bunch of patterns that we can use in our design. We will do this the analog way. You can see a bunch of familiar things like brushes and rollers, but also a bit more unfamiliar ones like paper, cardboard, even sandwiches. You can look around and see, "Hey, what can I use to apply a medium, which in this case is paint, to a surface, the paper. I'll use a dark color, in this case black, because the paper is white and you need as much contrast as possible so when you scan the design and take the pattern into Photoshop, you can a...”
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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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