Digital Illustration of Fantasy Animals for Beginners
Inspirations
A course by Jonas Jödicke , Digital Artist
About the video: Inspirations
Overview
“Now I'll give you an overview of what inspires me and my art - from favorite films and books to artists who have influenced my style.”
In this video lesson Jonas Jödicke addresses the topic: Inspirations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration of Fantasy Animals for Beginners. Play around with composition, color, and light to create unique fantasy artwork using a graphics tablet and software.
Partial transcription of the video
“inspirations In this lesson I will tell about series, books, films and other inspirations, who shaped my art style. As I said before, the Harry Potter universe was always been a huge inspiration for me. I devoured every book and movie back then and knew all the characters, spells and creatures by heart. I have created many Harry Potter textbooks when I was younger with my siblings. Then I was the teacher and taught them in all kinds of subjects, for example herbalism, Potions, Dragons and Magical Creatures, etc. I really enjoyed that and encouraged me as a young artist to get creative. The ...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration of Fantasy Animals for Beginners
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Jonas Jödicke
A course by Jonas Jödicke
Jonas Jödicke, also known on social media as JoJoesArt, is a freelance artist from Berlin, Germany. Passionate about fantasy art, he works almost exclusively in digital format and specializes in animal illustrations. He shares his pieces, often inspired by spiritual or personal themes, with more than 500K followers on social media. He also sells his illustrations in the form of prints, stickers, coloring books, and other products in his Etsy store.
Since 2015, his art has been his profession, and he's already collaborated with several well-known brands. One of his pieces, entitled Magic Deer, was chosen as Ravensburger's 2019 Puzzle of the Year and is a bestseller in many countries around the world. Similarly, one of his designs for the 2019 Exit puzzle series won the ASTRA award for best Children's Toy in the United States. Thanks to licensing contracts, Jonas sells his pieces as smartphone themes for Huawei, printed on clothing for The Mountain or his own brand Bittersweet Paris, as metal posters for Displate, as painting and craft kits through the Diamond Art Club, and as paint-by-number works.
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