World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration
Defining Your Project
A course by Ben Newman , Illustrator
About the video: Defining Your Project
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show my process of thinking about the types of activities or interactions that the characters could have in the scene I will create. ”
In this video lesson Ben Newman addresses the topic: Defining Your Project, 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
“In this lesson, we are going to be defining your brief. This means we'll be making decisions from your reference material about the different landmarks you'll be using, and we'll be making some notes of some ideas for activities and interactions that your characters could be having within the scene. Looking over my reference material, I've chosen the Brooklyn townhouse that has the arched windows at the top. I just think this is a really nice feature that I would like to try out in my image. There is also the lamppost, which I find covered in stickers and signs, which looks really, really c...”
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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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