Not only will you learn how to draw flowers, but you’ll also learn how to manage a complex project like this one. You’ll learn how to break down a complex task into smaller projects.
The course is available in 🇬🇧 English and 🇪🇸 Spanish. All voice-over explanations are in both languages.
The course includes a PDF guide with additional content for each lesson, as well as a file containing the layers for the floral illustration featured in the course.
Explore my anime-style illustration techniques through step-by-step processes. Each lesson features detailed diagrams, practical examples, valuable tips, and essential theory to guide you in developing distinctive visual narratives and refined artwork.
I'll show you how to work with references, because it's not about copying—it's about understanding shapes, learning to simplify, and working with simple objects so you can work with them easily.
In complex floral illustration, composition is very important. I'll show you how to arrange the elements, share some tips for achieving visual balance, and teach you my basic techniques for creating a strong composition.
How to start shaping the sketch by applying composition principles and building on the work you've done with the reference images.
Clean up and refine the sketch so you can move on to inking. In this step, you'll see that having a clean sketch will make your job much easier.
A little theory about visual rhythm and its importance when dealing with a complex composition like this one.
In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw background or filler vegetation—the leaves and plants that surround the flowers and main elements.
The inking process is very important, as this is when the final illustration begins to take shape. I'll show you my inking techniques, as well as tips for achieving clean, crisp lines.
Choosing colors is a topic that always causes anxiety because it’s complicated. But I’ll show you several tools, as well as tips and tricks, to make it easier for you to choose colors—and help you overcome your fear of this step.
Once you've chosen your color palette, you need to decide how to balance it. I'll show you my techniques for distributing the colors throughout the image so that it looks cohesive and balanced.
I'll show you my techniques so you can easily apply light and shadow using layer blending and basic colors. It's easier than it looks!
In this lesson, we'll add the finishing touches, adjust the colors if necessary, tweak the texture, and share a few tips to get the illustration ready for printing or publishing.
In the bonus content, I'll show you tips for creating variations of the illustration, as well as some simple techniques to give it a unique touch.
Some screenshots from the course
