Children's Book Illustration with Photoshop
Final Line Drawing
A course by Eric Castleman , Children's Book Illustrator
About the video: Final Line Drawing
Overview
“Starting with a clear drawing is imperative. Since you aren’t going to be retaining any of these lines in the final illustration, there is no need to do any shading. In this lesson, I will teach you how to outline a drawing and get it ready for the coloring stage.”
In this video lesson Eric Castleman addresses the topic: Final Line Drawing, 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
“Final Line Drawing Now that we have our rough sketch somewhat done, it still has some missing pieces, now, we'll get to the final drawing. We will find the lines that will be our guides. I think of it, as I've mentioned, like a coloring book. It's easy to color in a coloring book. If I can get my drawing to a basic coloring book line drawing, then I can just worry about painting. I'll knock this drawing down. This is not meant to be our final drawing, it will be very light there. I'll find the frame here of our painting or our drawing, and make a straight line. On Photoshop and Procreate, t...”
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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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