Nature-inspired Patterns: From Sketch to Photoshop

Draw a matrix

A course by Frederique Vernillet , Illustrator

100% positive reviews (45)

964 students

Audio: French

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About the video: Draw a matrix

Overview

“Next, I'll show you how to lay the foundation for your pencil illustration. ”

In this video lesson Frederique Vernillet addresses the topic: Draw a matrix, which is part of the Domestika online course: Nature-inspired Patterns: From Sketch to Photoshop. Learn to use Photoshop, fineliners, and colored pencils to transform a detailed drawing into a beautiful repeating pattern inspired by nature.

Partial transcription of the video

“Draw a matrix Now that we have our iconographic file In this lesson, we will move on to the next step: drawing. We are going to draw a repetitive pattern, that is to say, a first shape that we will draw and duplicate to repeat it ad infinitum. Before I start, I have to think about the shape I want to draw and in the place it will take once duplicated. I draw a first shape which I imagine duplicated and arranged in symmetry. I have to think about the form as a whole as well as the sides and any backgrounds. Once duplicated and mirrored, it will form the drawing I want to duplicate. I call it...”

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Course summary for: Nature-inspired Patterns: From Sketch to Photoshop

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (45)
964 students
5 units
13 lessons (1h 42m)
4 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Pattern Design, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Frederique Vernillet

A course by Frederique Vernillet

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Illustrator

Frédérique Vernillet is an illustrator based in Paris. Fascinated by living forms, she has been drawing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Later, she trained in textile design, where she mastered working with digital tools.

Her lavish illustrations show great precision and give animals and vegetation the spotlight. Thanks to her talent, the artist has dressed the windows of Printemps Haussmann, in addition to collaborating with major public and private brands including Ikea, L'Occitane, and La Poste and illustrating a book on birds: L'art d'être un oiseau.