Creative Gameplay Maps: Illustrate a Fantasy World
Materials We Will Use
A course by Andrew Kolb , Illustrator & Author
About the video: Materials We Will Use
Overview
“To start we will make sure we have all the resources and tools we need to create the course project. I tend to use mostly traditional media in these early stages, but if you work straight on the computer, that's great! What's most important is that you're comfortable and can get a lot of different ideas down on the page quickly. ”
In this video lesson Andrew Kolb addresses the topic: Materials We Will Use, 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
“ Materials We Will Use In this lesson I'll talk about some of the materials that we'll be using to make our final project. I should explain that our final project will be a map. I wanted to make it based around a fantastical world as it's a good opportunity to push ourselves creatively, both visually and for information. Building this fantastical world will require a few steps. We'll start off with some concept generation. We'll do some research to find visual inspiration. Then we'll start with our sketches, move on to color studies, and then continue into the final artwork. I'll use Photo...”
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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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