Children's Book Illustration with Photoshop
Finding Inspiration and Collecting Textures
A course by Eric Castleman , Children's Book Illustrator
About the video: Finding Inspiration and Collecting Textures
Overview
“Let’s start by finding inspiration for creating a piece. You will see how to start collecting some fun textures. ”
In this video lesson Eric Castleman addresses the topic: Finding Inspiration and Collecting Textures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children's Book Illustration with Photoshop. Recreate traditional painting techniques with digital tools by exploring colors and textures to make vibrant illustrations for children’s books.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finding Inspiration and Collecting Textures Now that I've shared my inspiration, the artists, and the art that has propelled me to do the work that I do, I want to show you some references that I use when I'm starting a piece and how I get ideas for putting different things in there. One of the main artists that's inspired me is an artist and writer named Poly Bernatene. When I first saw this book, it changed the way my art has been from that day on. It's "When Night Didn't Come." This book has been a big influence on my work. Even on the cover, you could see the textures on the walls and h...”
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Course summary for: Children's Book Illustration with Photoshop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Eric Castleman
A course by Eric Castleman
Eric Castleman is a children’s book illustrator living in Montana who specializes in traditional painting techniques with digital tools. His interest in illustration started as a child and, having an artist for a brother and a sister interested in crafts, he was always creative growing up. He spent time drawing during school but didn’t consider art as a career until his wife, a painter, bought him a book on how to build a business from his passion.
Since then, Eric has worked for Highlights magazine, and The Monster Project, and has been featured by Kidlit411, Society of Visual Storytelling, and multiple art galleries. He works primarily in mixed media, integrating unique textures and light into his work.
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