00:30 A background is a character
00:44 Garden of Earthly Delights
01:22 Composition
01:30 Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo
01:43 Macklemore character
01:51 Brainstorming a background
02:20 Color Scheme
02:43 Atmospheric Perspective
03:17 Reference images
03:36 Plein air sketching
04:57 Soft Pastels
05:13 Reference objects
06:26 Sketching from objects
07:48 Drawing trees from plants
08:40 Thumbnail sketches
12:38 Composition tips
13:34 Choosing a thumbnail
14:01 Ballpoint pen
17:32 Erasing the colored pencil
18:10 Watercolor cakes vs. tubes
19:23 Watercolor techniques
20:11 Looking from a distance
21:23 Second layer of ballpoint pen
22:15 Finished drawing
22:42 Bloopers
Julie Benbassat
Illustrator
Cat Huang
Illustrator & Comics Artist
Materials provided by Winsor & Newton
Materials provided by Royal Talens
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Prompt
Create and draw an imaginary environment for a creature design.
Core Ideas
Atmospheric perspective, lighting, texture, time of day.
Supplies
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