Dreamlike Illustration: Draw Your Imagination
Laying Down the First Marks
A course by Eva , Multimedia Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Laying Down the First Marks
Overview
“Now that you’re warmed up, we’ll be diving in head first to our drawing. In this lesson I’ll be talking about how confidence plays a large factor in my work. By solidifying your sketched ideas in ink before moving onto the next area of your page, you’re often left with accidental marks and need to find a way to make them “work” or embrace them.”
In this video lesson Eva addresses the topic: Laying Down the First Marks, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dreamlike Illustration: Draw Your Imagination. Learn to draw detailed, surreal illustrations by combining multiple perspectives, pencil sketching, shading, and inking techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Laying Down the First Marks Now, I'll start laying down the first marks of my final artwork. I'll start over here in the top left corner. I've gathered references that I've liked and I've created my digital collage. The final step is to start drawing it. The drawing doesn't have to look just like the digital collage. It should look however you are feeling in this moment. At this stage, I'm pretty happy with where I'm at. Thankfully, I work in pencil for a section and then I switch to ink, and then I go back to pencil. It's good that I pencil things in first because I realized I made some ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Dreamlike Illustration: Draw Your Imagination
-
Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration
Eva
A course by Eva
Eva Redamonti is an illustrator, musician, and animator based in Brooklyn, New York. After studying music composition at Berklee College of Music, she took to drawing as a form of therapy while she considered her next career move. Eva then discovered her true calling and went on to illustrate professionally.
She has collaborated with clients like Adobe, The New York Times, WIRED Magazine, Medium, CNN, The New Scientist Magazine, among others. Her work has been featured in publications like Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine, Chop-em-Down Films, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, and American Illustration.
- 87% positive reviews (47)
- 2,491 students
- 11 lessons (1h 21m)
- 22 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Spanish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Adobe Photoshop
