Creative Gameplay Maps: Illustrate a Fantasy World
About Me
A course by Andrew Kolb , Illustrator & Author
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin, I will share my experiences, my work, and my philosophy towards illustration! I find writing about myself to be the hardest part of creating a project like this. Talk about my work? Easy. Talk about me as a person? Not as easy. But hopefully, you will get a glimpse into who I am and why I like to spend my time making pictures. ”
In this video lesson Andrew Kolb addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Gameplay Maps: Illustrate a Fantasy World. Create cartographic pieces full of detail, texture, and wonder using Photoshop and InDesign..
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, welcome, my name is Andrew Kolb. I'll be your teacher for this course. Let's get into it. In this lesson, what I want to talk about is me, and we'll go over some of my inspiration, how I approach illustration and philosophy towards creating artwork. I was a very cute baby, but I started drawing as young as I can remember, mostly on paper, sometimes on walls. From there I then transitioned into artwork in high school, doing work for yearbooks, things like that. I always liked creating images that told a story, and that transitioned into graphic design and going to school for t...”
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Course summary for: Creative Gameplay Maps: Illustrate a Fantasy World
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Category
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Areas
Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration

Andrew Kolb
A course by Andrew Kolb
Andrew Kolb is an illustrator, author, and game designer from Ontario, Canada. Andrew began his career as a graphic designer, but his passion for drawing and storytelling drew him towards books and illustration. He has collaborated with a number of household names, including Disney, Marvel, Penguin Random House, and Funko. He has also published two of his own children’s books. An avid fan of the role-play game Dungeons & Dragons, he has tried his hand at writing books for role-play games as well.
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