Digital Illustration of Fantasy Animals for Beginners
Painting Light and Shadow 1
A course by Jonas Jödicke , Digital Artist
About the video: Painting Light and Shadow 1
Overview
“In order to bring light and shadow, i.e. depth and atmosphere, into my composition, I use different tools and layer settings. You will see how I do this in the following steps.”
In this video lesson Jonas Jödicke addresses the topic: Painting Light and Shadow 1, 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
“Paint light and shadow The illusion of light and shadow is one of my favorite steps in the painting process. In this lesson I define my light sources and demonstrate how I can use different tools bring depth and atmosphere to my picture. I have mine as preparation for this lesson thought again about the primary colors and found that in this color sketch the base colors are a bit too dark. There isn't enough contrast between the tiger here in the middle and the background etc. Also symbolically I didn't think it was quite appropriate, that it's above that misty surface is still so dark becau...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration of Fantasy Animals for Beginners
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Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
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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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