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Daily Sketching for Creative Inspiration

Studying From Observation

A course by Sorie Kim , Illustrator and Instructor

Illustrator and Instructor. Los Angeles, United States.
Joined October 2020

Improve your drawing process as you explore, imagine, and experiment in your sketchbook on a daily basis

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About the video: Studying From Observation

Overview

“In this lesson, we’ll go through the steps to study a subject from reference and direct observation.”

In this video lesson Sorie Kim addresses the topic: Studying From Observation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Daily Sketching for Creative Inspiration. Improve your drawing process as you explore, imagine, and experiment in your sketchbook on a daily basis.

Partial transcription of the video

“Studying from Observation In this lesson I'll be going over drawing from observation. You may not have a live reference for every subject that you want to draw. In that case, you wanna compile a reference board. And when you're drawing something from photo reference instead of just copying a single image directly, you want to have multiple references of as many angles of your subject as possible. For example, if I'm drawing some kind of bird, in this case a raven, then in my board I may want to have a side view, 3/4 view, close up of the head or even videos of the animal in motion. That way...”

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Course summary for: Daily Sketching for Creative Inspiration

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (3721)
  • 143836 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 25m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Sorie Kim

A course by Sorie Kim

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Illustrator and Instructor

Sorie Kim is a freelance illustrator and instructor based in Los Angeles, US with a passion for sketching animals, plants, and imaginary creatures. While traveling the world, Sorie Kim started documenting her days in a sketchbook. Realizing she’d found her true passion, she made a promise to always work in what she loved most and hasn’t stopped since.

Sorie Kim is currently teaching Foundation Sketching and Advanced Sketching at Brainstorm School and gives workshops at Dreamworks Animation while working on her personal projects and commissioned artwork.


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Daily Sketching for Creative Inspiration. Illustration course by Sorie Kim Best seller

Daily Sketching for Creative Inspiration

A course by Sorie Kim
Illustrator and Instructor. Los Angeles, United States.
Joined October 2020
  • 98% positive reviews (3.7K)
  • 143836 students