Atmospheric Painting in Procreate: From Concept to Color
About Me
A course by Deb JJ Lee , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin with, let me introduce myself. In this lesson, I will delve into my background, how I got into Illustration, and why I love what I do.”
In this video lesson Deb JJ Lee addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Atmospheric Painting in Procreate: From Concept to Color. Learn to follow your artistic intuition to create atmospheric illustrations by experimenting with concepts, color, and composition.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hey, I'm Deb. Welcome to my course where I'll teach you how to draw and finish an illustration on Procreate. I am Korean, I was born in Seoul. When I was three, we moved to the States where we bounced around from Manhattan to New Jersey to Alabama and back to New Jersey. I would say I was into drawing for as long as I can remember. My first memory was drawing an elephant on the wall with colored pencils. Then I took up a hundred sheets of computer paper drawing stars. I was always into drawing, but I didn't start taking it seriously as a potential career path in the arts until hi...”
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Course summary for: Atmospheric Painting in Procreate: From Concept to Color
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration

Deb JJ Lee
A course by Deb JJ Lee
Deborah Lee is a Korean illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. During the last year of their design degree at Carnegie Mellon University, they realized that drawing was their true passion and spent the years after graduating developing their portfolio while working as a UX designer in Silicon Valley. In 2020, Deb made the leap to a full-time freelancing career. As a self-taught illustrator, they rely on both technique and intuition to create art with a strong emotional charge.
Deb has collaborated with brands such as Google, Facebook, Lyft, LinkedIn, and Procreate, as well as media outlets like New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and PBS. In the editorial field, they have illustrated for publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon and Schuster. They also wrote their own graphic memoir, IN LIMBO, and has been awarded for their work by the Society of Illustrators and Adobe.
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