How to Come Up with Drawing Ideas Using References

19 Lessons

Course All levels | Landscapes | Procreate Make unique illustrations using various references and spark your imagination 2h 30m

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Class Project and Freebies

Resources and canvas setup

Initial Idea - Creating a rough sketch from your inspiration

Warm-up sketches: drawing the flowers from references

Warm-up sketches: drawing a girl with a bike from references

Warm-up sketches: drawing a dog in a basket from references

Let's combine the sketches: Put all the warm-up sketches and inspiration into one illustration idea

Let's redefine our illustration sketch: Redefining the rough concept sketch

Let's add color to the water and the sky: Coloring the water and the sky

Let's add color to the greenery: Coloring the green areas

Let's draw some grass: Drawing grass on the meadow

Let's draw some flowers: Draw flowers and more plants in the meadow

Let's draw the bike: Adding colors and details to the bike

Let's draw the girl: Adding colors and details to the girl on the bike

Let's draw the dog: Adding colors and details to the dog in the basket

Let's adjust the proportions: Adjusting the proportions of the girl

Let's draw the water reflections: Adding water reflections and sparkles to the water

Let's draw some textures: Adding textures to the path and the grass field

Let's add the last details: Adding the last details to the illustration