Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression

Overview

“In this lesson, I will help you to develop your drawing to a point where it can be fully accepted as a cityscape. Populating the drawing will give a real sense of scale and breathe life into your piece. We will add figures to the image to create a clear indication of the height of the buildings. I will offer guidance on how to conform to realistic proportions. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Populating the Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression. Create illustrations of evocative nature using the feather and immersion ink, focusing on traditional entering techniques and observation drawing.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Populating the Image In this lesson, we'll simply be adding people to our scene. It's the final step, but it brings everything together in the scene, so let's start. Because this is a large-scale building, the people are going to be extra tiny. Have a look at these houses. The doors are here, so they're going to be not much bigger than... Just a bit smaller than those door shapes, literally vertical. The people can be all over the scene. It's up to you where you place them. I'm going to inhabit the majority of the scene. I'm going to start with probably populating this area here. I'll sho...”

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Course summary for: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression

• Level: Beginner
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• 246 students
• 7 units
• 85 lessons (16h 18m)
• 32 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration