Cover Art Illustration with Pencil, Ink, and Digital Painting
The Digital Sketch and Composition
A course by Robert Sammelin , Artist and Art Director
About the video: The Digital Sketch and Composition
Overview
“Here I will go through how to construct a basic composition, before digitally sketching out ideas that I came up with through a little association exercise.”
In this video lesson Robert Sammelin addresses the topic: The Digital Sketch and Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cover Art Illustration with Pencil, Ink, and Digital Painting. Combine pencil and ink drawings with digital painting and image processing to illustrate captivating cover art.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Digital Sketch and Composition In this lesson, we're going to start our illustration by doing a sketch that focuses on the composition and the various elements that we will include. Let's start by figuring out our composition. From the poster that we looked at from the compositional standpoint, let's bring in a main source here, a main element. Let's call it the villain of our little narrative. On top of that, we will add a protagonist. Another element behind that. Then closing off with some tertiary elements down here depicting either character or specific scenes or things that will ...”
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Course summary for: Cover Art Illustration with Pencil, Ink, and Digital Painting
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing
Robert Sammelin
A course by Robert Sammelin
Robert Sammelin is an art director and illustrator from the north of Sweden. For as long as he can remember he has loved creating art of all kinds inspired by his passion for comic books, music, and film. A large chunk of his spare time is spent making cover art for comic books and LPs. He also makes editorial illustrations for magazines and advertising, as well as movie posters, screen prints, and 3D art.
Robert got his break at a video games studio in Stockholm, a long collaboration that enabled him to work on titles including Arc Raiders, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, and Just Cause 2, among others. He simultaneously garnered an extensive portfolio of his own clients including Apple, Nike, The New York Times, WIRED, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Hasbro, Waxwork Records, Vinegar Syndrome, Iam8bit, Dark Horse, and many more. He also designed the double LP for one of his all-time favorites Ennio Morricone.
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