Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children

The Necessary Brushes

A course by Anna Süßbauer , Illustrator

98% positive reviews (49)

1,117 students

Audio: German

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About the video: The Necessary Brushes

Overview

“Now I'll show you which brushes I use in Photoshop, how to use them and how you can divide them into four categories.”

In this video lesson Anna Süßbauer addresses the topic: The Necessary Brushes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children. Learn creative techniques to illustrate fictional characters that captivate young readers, from adorable little creatures to more extravagant ones.

Partial transcription of the video

“The necessary brushes In the last lesson I showed you creativity techniques, that let your ideas flow. In this lesson I will show you the brushes, that I use every day. In Photoshop I mainly use the brushes by Kyle T Webster. These are conveniently in the Creative Cloud version from Photoshop already included. You can get them in your Brushes window under More Brushes Find, download and then import as normal as a brush. In your brush window you can create individual folders, where you save your favourites. I have already prepared something with my favorites that we will use in this course. ...”

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Course summary for: Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (49)
1117 students
4 units
18 lessons (2h 25m)
2 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Picturebook

Anna Süßbauer

A course by Anna Süßbauer

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Illustrator

Anna Süßbauer is a Cologne-based illustrator who specializes in children's books and editorial projects. After working in several professional fields, she decided to pursue her passion for creating art and self-expression through images, a skill she taught herself. Her favorite way to bring the mundane to life is by illustrating brightly colored creatures with unusual shapes and funny features.

She's illustrated books for major clients like Miles Kelly, DK Children, Little Tiger, Hachette Worthy Kids, and Combel Editorial, where she was given the creative freedom to explore her style in ¡Tengo un hambre de dragón! by Mar Benegas. In the publishing field, she got to complete her dream project for the magazine Brigitte and has already illustrated the children's puzzle page of Die kleine Brigitte several times.