Digital Illustration Process
Create organic looking digital illustrations and avoid getting lost in the details
Tired of your illustrations looking too stiff and digital?
Entertainment concept artist and illustrator Shaun Keenan demonstrates how he brings life and authenticity to his digital workflow and how he avoids getting lost in the details.
In this class you will learn:
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Shaun’s digital illustration process from beginning to end. From ideation and reference to finished black and white illustration.
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Basics of how Shaun works in Photoshop, including clipping masks and flipping canvas.
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How and why to add texture to your digital artwork
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The importance of strong silhouette in design (both with character and environment work).
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What is long lens perspective and an example drawing demonstrating it.
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Shaun’s trick to keeping life and freshness from the thumbnail sketch to the final piece.
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The role social media plays in staying motivated and Shaun’s experiences with clients hiring him from his social media.
This course includes video process of the following 3 illustrations:
Dino Rider demo
Long lens environment demo
Outlaw versus Indian demo
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Digital Illustration Process
About the Instructor
Concept Artist Shaun Keenan
Shaun Keenan is a concept artist in the entertainment industry. He has done work for video games, animation and toy design, and has worked for studios such as Nintendo, Dreamworks TV, and Hasbro. He especially loves drawing dinosaurs and animals, and in 2018 he self published his first book "Dinosaurs of the Wild West."
Who should take this course:
This course is for anyone who wants to learn from a professional artist's digital workflow. Experience with Photoshop is not required for this course, but recommended. Those who have a basic understanding of digital art programs will gain the most from this course. This course does not cover the technical basics of painting, for that reference:
Course curriculum
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Reference and Getting Started
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Rough Sketch
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Clean Sketch
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Basic Tone
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Final Tone
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Environment Reference
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Environment Rough Sketch
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Environment Line Art
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Environment Rough Tone
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Environment Final Tone
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Ideation and Rough Sketch
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Clean Line Phase
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Painting Phase
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Environment and Final Changes
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Building Samples
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Dino Rider Line Art
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Dino Rider PSD
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Outlaw versus Indian PSD
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Town Environment PSD
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Dino Rider Assignment
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Town Assignment
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About this course
- 21 lessons
- 7 hours of video content
- 14 Videos
- 5 Downloads
Reviews
Very helpful! Loved the course.
Dorna Diven
great!
Aniekan Udofia
This class was very useful in terms of the step-by-step approach that the artist took to explain each process. Very helpful and easy to understand!
This class was very useful in terms of the step-by-step approach that the artist took to explain each process. Very helpful and easy to understand!
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Elisabeth Gomes
I really liked the content, explanations and tricks that both give us. The only think that could be improved is the « preparation » they have (what they’re a...
Read MoreI really liked the content, explanations and tricks that both give us. The only think that could be improved is the « preparation » they have (what they’re about to say etc) I learned a lot!
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Stefanie Reichenbach
It was very inspiring and fun to watch. Thanks für Sharing 🙂
It was very inspiring and fun to watch. Thanks für Sharing 🙂
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