Illustration of Adorable Characters Inspired by Nature
Coloring and Texturing 1
A course by Johanna Forster , Illustrator
About the video: Coloring and Texturing 1
Overview
“In the next step, the drawings are colored and given a colorful watercolor look with the help of textures. ”
In this video lesson Johanna Forster addresses the topic: Coloring and Texturing 1, 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
“Color and texture In the next step, the drawings are colored. I'll show you how I color my drawings give it a digital watercolor look. First let's create a new layer under the lineart. By the way, I duplicated the file again, just in case. It's best to make backup copies from time to time. In case you want to change something about it later or if the file is ever lost. I always start with the colors first with which I am relatively sure so where there is relatively little leeway. For example leaves are probably green, the toadstools turn red. My favorite thing to use is the Old Beach brush ...”
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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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