World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration
About Me
A course by Ben Newman , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To start with, I will talk about myself and my love of using bold, simple shapes to build scenes and compositions with brightly coloured anamorphic animals. I will also share all the experiences I've had in my career so far. ”
In this video lesson Ben Newman addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration. Learn to create visual worlds for your characters and ideas to live in by exploring simple, graphical techniques and digital tools..
Partial transcription of the video
“Salutations, friends. My name is Ben Newman, and welcome to my Domestika course. In this lesson, we're going to talk about my least favourite thing, me. I love using bold, simple shapes and bright colours to create interesting compositions full of anamorphic animals. I specialise mainly in children's books and children's toys, but I also have a massive soft spot for superheroes and Japanese monsters. It wasn't until I formed a band with my friend Nick called Bixby that I started to feel really creative at school again. One day, I handed Nick some lyrics, and he read them, and he turned to m...”
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Course summary for: World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ben Newman
A course by Ben Newman
Ben Newman is a freelance illustrator based in the UK. He has worked with the likes of the New Yorker, Apple, BBC, and Google - but his true passion lies in illustrating children’s books and games. Inspired by children’s space books he flipped through while working in a bookshop, he co-created a book series with his friend, Dr. Dominic Walliman, called Professor Astro Cat. It has since been translated into 28 languages and has been turned into spin-off series for different age groups. He has also written two books inspired by his sons — the sounds Wilbur made to imitate crocodiles motivated him to write Snip Snap, while Rumble Tumble was inspired by Ernie’s frequent accidents while learning to walk.
Growing up, Ben loved watching Pink Panther and Tom & Jerry reruns on television and reading American Superhero comics. Those references have stuck with him throughout his career and he hopes his characters and worlds will be passed down to the next generation in the same way.
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