Turning Personal Artwork into Commercial Illustrations
Finalising the Image
A course by Sophie Mo , Tattoo Artist, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
Joined July 2020
About the video: Finalising the Image
Overview
“It's time to go through the last steps of the illustration process. In this lesson, I will add bits of texture and contrast to wrap everything up. ”
In this video lesson Sophie Mo addresses the topic: Finalising the Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Turning Personal Artwork into Commercial Illustrations. Build a professional illustration portfolio by learning to give your artwork a commercial use by applying it to a variety of products.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Finalising the Image In this lesson, I'll talk you through the dark shading and finalising our artwork. Here I have taken two of my favourite size of pens. One of them is 0.05 which we've used on the outlines of the scales and the belly, as well as 0.03 to help us do fine shading in smaller details. To help my shading be a bit more refined and accurate, I do the same thing as I did when I did my clean lines where I try to stretch the paper a bit so that it gives me a nice flat surface. I need to make sure that I know where the darker shades are going. I'm having a look at our artwork. Whe...”
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Course summary for: Turning Personal Artwork into Commercial Illustrations
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Category
Illustration, Marketing & Business -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Portfolio Development

Sophie Mo
A course by Sophie Mo
Sophie Mo is a London-based illustrator, designer, and tattoo artist. She specializes in blackwork tattoo design, taking inspiration from the worlds of cinematography, music, Japanese culture, and botanical-style Victorian illustration.
She is a tattoo artist at Parliament Tattoo in Finsbury Park, London. Her custom designs have been privately and commercially commissioned by brands like Airbnb, Microsoft, Squarespace, BBC Radio 6 Music, Major League Baseball, Andaz London/Hyatt, Bulleit Whiskey, REVLON, and more. In 2020, she won a D&AD wood pencil for best illustration across all magazines and newspapers.
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