Adobe® Master Class: Illustrator®: Inspiring artwork and tutorials by established and emerging artists

Sharon Milne

“I love nothing more than getting consumed in an illustration.”

For most of my illustrations, I start with stock images as a reference to draw basic shapes and shading, and then I build upon the foundations with detailing, highlights, deep shadow, and texturing. Sometimes I’ll sketch digitally in Adobe Photoshop and then find stock images to help build a guide, or I’ll use a stock image as the initial inspiration and then work from there in Illustrator. I’ve never hidden my use of stock images from people who follow my work and tutorials; I think it helps make my tutorials more accessible—when starting out, you don’t need to know ...