Inspiring illustrators: Melanie Matthews

…The next artist I'd like to share with you is Melanie Matthews. She's…based out of Melbourne, Australia. And she's,…an incredible illustrator. And the illustration you…see in front of you is a fantasy-based illustration she created for a story.…And Melanie's balance between color palette, composition.…And the detailing effects is handled incredibly…well in this example I'm showing you. One of the things she uses a lot is custom…brush textures in Illustrator. And if I zoom in…on some of the areas here. Like, we'll zoom…in on his wing. And the background of the sky. And you can see these use of…these custom brush textures. In the wing to handle…the shading, the halo around the moon, and then,…in the background, the gradation of the sky.…

You also see it throughout this illustration. She…uses it to handle the glow type effects…within the mouth, the shading on the head, so…on and so forth, and the legs. All…of these are custom brushes, including the shading…on the talons for the dragon itself. And.…It gives it a nice kind of hand-done illustrated…