Illustration of Adorable Characters Inspired by Nature
Drawing Basics: Capturing Nature Artistically
A course by Johanna Forster , Illustrator
About the video: Drawing Basics: Capturing Nature Artistically
Overview
“Now let's refresh some basics. I'll show you some techniques I like to remind myself of over and over again to improve my drawing skills. ”
In this video lesson Johanna Forster addresses the topic: Drawing Basics: Capturing Nature Artistically, 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
“Drawing basics: Capturing nature artistically Before we really start drawing, let's go back to the basics. The aim of this course is to draw from imagination. But for that it is super useful, learn to draw from reality first. I don't know how much experience you have in drawing, but even if you are already a drawing professional, it's useful to go back to the basics. The basic challenge in drawing is to how do i make a three dimensional object on a two-dimensional space? Remember when drawing that objects also have a side and back. For example, you can simply continue to draw parallel lines...”
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Course summary for: Illustration of Adorable Characters Inspired by Nature
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Areas
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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