Moody Digital Illustration with Procreate
The Initial Sketch 1
A course by Jim Spendlove , Illustrator
Joined January 2022
Joined January 2022
About the video: The Initial Sketch 1
Overview
“Let's get started! Here I'll demonstrate how you’re going to rough sketch the composition. This will be the base layer for your line drawing. ”
In this video lesson Jim Spendlove addresses the topic: The Initial Sketch 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Moody Digital Illustration with Procreate. Explore composition, line work, color, and overlays to create atmospheric artwork that tells a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Initial Sketch In this lesson, I will show you the process of going from a rough sketch through to the final image. The rough sketch will be the foundation for our linework. We will drop some colour on there but it will be a loose colouring process. It's a way to make some key decisions early on when it's still rough, so you can easily make changes so that later on down the line all the hard decisions have been made already. What we'll also do is add our light source in so that from early on we know where the shadow will be and where the lighting will be on the final illustration. We'...”
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Course summary for: Moody Digital Illustration with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Jim Spendlove
A course by Jim Spendlove
Jim Spendlove is a UK-based freelance illustrator who specializes in cover art. As a child, he loved to draw, recreating artwork from his favorite comics, Beano and Dandy, and even having his work featured at the age of 11. He went on to study art at college, and later, fine art at university where he combined his experience with traditional techniques with digital tools. Inspired by his passion for hip-hop, Jim decided to focus on creating cover art, expanding his portfolio, and attracting commissions on Instagram.
Since then, he’s worked for Lofi Records, Chillpop Music, and a number of independent artists. He also creates loop animations for social media and YouTube and sells his work online.
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