Creative Sketching: Fill Your Illustrations with Life and Detail
Planning Out the Composition and Perspective
A course by Mattias Adolfsson, Illustrator
About the video: Planning Out the Composition and Perspective
Overview
“In this lesson, you will sketch out the composition with the help of thumbnail sketches. ”
In this video lesson Mattias Adolfsson addresses the topic: Planning Out the Composition and Perspective , which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Sketching: Fill Your Illustrations with Life and Detail. Create artwork filled with intricate ideas while maintaining balance and harmony.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to make a thumbnail sketch to get the composition right and also start planning out the perspective of the piece. I have taken this image that we used in the mood board as a centerpiece. And as an artist, you can use cheating if you want. So I'm going to show you how to find the vanishing point in this photo. I come to draw the actual outline of this room with my fountain pen. This is a lousy photo actually. When you take photos, try to make them as straight as possible. You don't really need to, It's a good help. So I just draw the backside, the back wall. My st...”
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Course summary for: Creative Sketching: Fill Your Illustrations with Life and Detail
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Mattias Adolfsson
A course by Mattias Adolfsson
Mattias Adolfsson has been working as a freelance illustrator for over eleven years. While working as a graphic designer in the computer games industry, he started sharing his work on social media, where he began his successful career in illustration.
His long list of clients includes Nickelodeon, Disney, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and other important animation studios. He has also illustrated for magazines including The New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter, and The New York Times.
Mattias has created a variety of illustration work in areas like product design, for baby clothes brand Atelier Choux Paris, record sleeves, as well as an art commission for the largest hospital in Sweden.
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