World Building & Compositional Techniques for Illustration
Finishing Touches
A course by Ben Newman , Illustrator
About the video: Finishing Touches
Overview
“To finish this unit, I will teach you how to make the very last changes to polish up the finished image. ”
In this video lesson Ben Newman addresses the topic: Finishing Touches, 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 I've got one last thing to show you so come closer it's really this would be really quick just come and have a look. So the big giant monster is drawn with his gaze sweeping us the viewer across this rather busy image. I've added in some extra birds and just tinkered around with a few bits and bobs and now I feel really really happy. But there's one thing left that I would like to show you. It's very small, very easy but it's something of a motif in my work. I really love using off-whites and I like to sort of infuse those into all of the colors. It gives it a bit more of a v...”
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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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