Illustration of Adorable Characters Inspired by Nature
Inspirations
A course by Johanna Forster , Illustrator
About the video: Inspirations
Overview
“Now I share with you the main influences on my art and what inspires me the most to draw.”
In this video lesson Johanna Forster addresses the topic: Inspirations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration of Adorable Characters Inspired by Nature. Design lovable digital characters inspired by nature and use them in a variety of decorative compositions.
Partial transcription of the video
“inspirations Now let me introduce you to my biggest influences. One of my biggest inspirations is definitely video games. I've played an awful lot of video games especially on PC or Nintendo. But some examples that have shaped my art are, for example, "Ni no Kuni", "Zelda" or "Animal Crossing". The Legend of Zelda is one of the most popular Nintendo series. You play the elf Link, who has to save the world. Especially in the latest part there a very large and varied game world, to explore which is full of nature and interesting characters. There is ancient technology that is overgrown and co...”
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Course summary for: Illustration of Adorable Characters Inspired by Nature
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Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing

Johanna Forster
A course by Johanna Forster
Johanna Forster is a freelance illustrator from Saarbrücken, in the southwest of Germany, best known for her cute fruit and vegetable characters. Johanna first studied Fine Art, but quickly switched to the Media Art and Design course, as she was attracted by the variety of Concept Art courses.
A big fan of video games, she also illustrates concepts and has developed several of them, as well as board games. In fact, Nordlicht, the point and click videogame she developed during her studies, even won an award. She has also worked until 2022 as an illustrator at the studio Chasing Carrots. She is currently freelancing with her online shop, where she sells prints, cards, originals, stickers, magnets and many other items inspired by fruit and vegetables.
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