Imaginary Worldbuilding for Comic Book Drawing
Creating Textures
A course by Liam Sharp , Writer and Illustrator
Joined September 2020
About the video: Creating Textures
Overview
“Let's have some fun making abstract art! In this lesson, I will use paint to create several textures to make multiple layers and new pieces that I will use in Adobe Photoshop later. ”
In this video lesson Liam Sharp addresses the topic: Creating Textures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Imaginary Worldbuilding for Comic Book Drawing. Learn to enhance your storytelling skills by exploring illustration techniques to create rich, believable environments for comic books and other artistic pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating Textures In this lesson, we will have some fun making abstract art, which we'll use as backgrounds and import into Photoshop later. That will be used to colour the art. It's a technique I use myself and have developed. It's about having fun so don't worry about it not working. I will go right ahead and jump in. I don't know what colour I will use. I don't know what the texture will look like. I have no idea at all. It doesn't matter. The point is to have fun and create abstract shapes. We'll take these paintings that we've done and combine them and create multiple layers and whole ...”
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Course summary for: Imaginary Worldbuilding for Comic Book Drawing
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Liam Sharp
A course by Liam Sharp
Liam Sharp is an award-winning British comic book artist, writer, publisher, and co-founder of Madefire Inc. He’s worked with major comic companies, from Marvel, DarkHorse, Image, and DC. Liam has also created his own comics, titled Starhenge.
He’s drawn the Hulk, Spider-man, Venom, Spawn, and more recently the best-selling Wonder Woman Rebirth series, The Lies and The Truth. He also illustrated an issue of The Justice League, a Dark Knight Metal tie-in, and the acclaimed The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman series, which he also wrote. Liam recently finished a 24-issue illustration of The Green Lantern,, and Batman: Reptilian for DC's Black Label imprint.
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