World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration
Texture and 2D Depth
A course by Ben Newman , Illustrator
About the video: Texture and 2D Depth
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn to add simple textures and shadows to the scene and characters to add depth. ”
In this video lesson Ben Newman addresses the topic: Texture and 2D Depth, 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're going to add simple textures and shadows to the location and our characters in order to give the viewer a little bit more of a sense of depth in our image. So, follow me. Although my visual language is very flat and two-dimensional, that doesn't mean that we can't add some extras to help enhance the contrast and to make the characters and objects more pronounced. Sometimes people will use the word pop to come forward or just to give them a little bit more depth to the image. This lesson, I have decided to use some very simple techniques to do this. There's nothing I'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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